Monthly Archives: March 2025
The Football Associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will bid to host the Women’s World Cup in 2035. The announcement comes after Wednesday’s decision by the FIFA Council to recommend Europe or Africa as the host for the 2035 tournament. Meanwhile, the 2031 edition will be held in a CAF or CONCACAF nation, with the […]
Rachel Reeves has said she will not accept free concert tickets again, following a backlash over her attendance at a Sabrina Carpenter gig. She has repeatedly defended her decision to accept tickets worth £600 for her and a family member to watch the American singer from a box at London’s O2 arena. She argued it […]
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out her plans for the UK economy in her Spring Statement and is on track to meet her self-imposed rules on the public finances, which she has said are “non-negotiable”. On the face of it, that sounds like a good thing. So why are people saying that she may struggle […]
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out her plans for the UK economy during her Spring Statement in the House of Commons. It came as the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) – which monitors the government’s spending plans – unveiled its latest economic forecasts. Here is a summary of the main points. Welfare changes Economic forecasts […]
The United Kingdom has become the first country to officially recognise parkour as a sport. The practice, also known as freerunning, has had its application to be recognised approved by the home country sports councils. Governing body Parkour UK says participants can “take part whenever and wherever they want”. Minister for Sport Tracey Crouch described […]
“The biggest opportunity we’ve had – or maybe ever will have – to show the sport to new audiences.” Liam Carroll, head coach of the Great Britain baseball team, has no doubt about the importance of the London Series weekend, which provided a landmark game in this storied rivalry. For two nights, the famous West […]
Western sanctions on Russia need to be increased, not weakened, in order to bring it to the negotiating table, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The prime minister accused Vladimir Putin of “playing games and playing for time” after the Russian president demanded sanctions were lifted before a US-brokered maritime ceasefire is enacted. “Now is not the time […]
At 3am last Wednesday, as the rain poured down, pro-Palestine students at Bristol University set up an encampment opposite a study centre on campus. Eugenia and five other student activists who had met at previous protests put four tents together. But despite the cold, more sprung up over the next few nights. “It’s now grown […]
On a Sunday morning in February 2011, William Hague, the British foreign secretary, received an unexpected phone call at home from Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the well-connected son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. “He came on the line to say there was now an alarming situation in Libya, and on behalf of his government he was […]
The United Kingdom has announced sanctions on four Israeli settlers accused of committing human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank after a similar move by the United States this month. The sanctions announced on Monday follow what the UK called “unprecedented levels of violence by extremist settlers in the West Bank” over […]