Five-time Champions League winner on Saturday’s final with Dortmund, life after retirement and his role with Underrated Golf Gareth Bale’s boyish complexion infers he could well be participating in Saturday’s Champions League final. Instead, a decade on from winning the competition for the first of five times with Real Madrid, the 34-year-old will
Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election
Former president calls verdict ‘a disgrace’ after being convicted in New York on all 34 counts of falsifying business records Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. The verdict came after a jury deliberated for less [&hell
Thames Water tells hundreds of Surrey households not to drink tap water
Company tells Bramley residents that tests have indicated ‘possible deterioration in quality’ after historical fuel leak More than 600 households in Surrey have been told not to drink their tap water after tests carried out by Thames Water. The company said results on Thursday indicated “a possible deterioration in quality” of drinking water “
Europe on high alert after suspected Moscow-linked arson and sabotage
Security services say spate of fires and infrastructure attacks could be part of systemic attempt by Russia to destabilise continent Security services around Europe are on alert to a potential new weapon of Russia’s war – arson and sabotage – after a spate of mystery fires and attacks on infrastructure in the Baltics, Germany and the UK.
Quarter of political donations in EU go to extremist and populist parties, data reveals
Figures from 200 parties in 25 countries suggest hardline groups have had rise in donations in recent years, increasing war chests before European parliament elections Quarter of political donations in EU go to extremist and populist parties, data reveals Figures from 200 parties in 25 countries suggest hardline groups have had rise in donations in
EU keen to deepen ties with a Labour PM but will not offer radical concessions
UK relationship ‘isn’t taking up as much of our mental space as it was a few years ago’, says EU diplomat Since 2016, Britain’s Conservatives have compared the European Union to Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, described a senior EU official’s remarks as “bizarre and stupid” and threatened to break international law wit
Israel-Gaza war live: Fresh attacks on Rafah amid reports that US-made weapons used in strike that led to deadly fire
Journalists in the southern Gaza city report new strikes early Wednesday as NYT says US-made munitions seen in debris after fire in which 45 died The New York Times (NYT) are reporting that bombs used in an Israeli airstrike that caused a huge blaze at a tented area for displaced people in Rafah on Sunday and killed at least 45 people, […]
Greens ‘will not back von der Leyen’ for re-election if she does deal with far right
German Green MEP chair warns that EU plan to tackle climate crisis will be put at risk by agreement with hard right parties Green members of the European parliament will not support Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as the commission president if she makes a deal with hard-right nationalists, the party’s joint lead candidate has
‘No one needs their name near this’: the secret plot by touts to undermine Labour’s reforms
Attendees at Coalition for Ticket Fairness dinner stump up thousands for fighting fund – because they know their time might be up “You’ve sold concert tickets, you’ve sold sports tickets, you’ve sold football tickets, you’ve sold theatre tickets … You’ve made money or you wouldn’t be in this room.” The voice of Scot Tobias, one […]
No Tory MPs voted positively on climate issues since party took power, study finds
No elected Tory MPs have been rated as voting positively on climate issues, under a survey of parliamentary voting patterns since the Conservatives took power in 2010. Only a single sitting Conservative was rated as “good” on climate votes in the ranking, but that was Lisa Cameron, the MP for East Kilbride, who defected from the Scottish