BOT IS HOT™Ex-West Brom & Stoke striker Berahino retires at 33
Saido Berahino, who cost Stoke City £12m when they signed him from West Bromwich Albion in January 2017, retires from football at 33.
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Uber wins bid to throw out £340m black cab claims
Claims that Uber misled TfL over its licence were thrown out because they were brought too late.
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Stop ‘cash for trash’ housebuilding in Norfolk Broads, says Labour MP
Exclusive: Chris Hinchcliff urges environment watchdog to block rules that will allow almost 16,000 new homes in one of UK’s most protected areas The environment watchdog is being urged to intervene in “cash to trash” planning rules that will allow almost 16,000 new homes in the Norfolk Broads despite the damage to one of the UK’s most environmentally protected areas. Labour’s flagship planning reforms allow damage to protected habitats and species to be overlooked if developers pay into a central nature restoration fund, which is used for conservation actions at a later date. These environmental delivery plans (EDPs) have been dubbed “cash to trash” by critics , who say they roll back decades of environmental law and are a “licence to kill nature”. Continue reading...
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Youth services in parts of England in state of emergency, children’s commissioner says
Rachel de Souza names Middlesbrough and Hounslow among hardest places in which to grow up and says some children are being ‘radically failed’ Services for children in parts of England are in a “state of emergency”, according to a report that identifies what it claims to be the hardest places in the country for young people to grow up in. The children’s commissioner, Rachel de Souza, said in some local authorities individual service failures or systemic problems meant “no child could reasonably be expected to thrive and those that do thrive do so against the odds”. Continue reading...
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Everton legend Ferguson returns to management in Irish League
Ex-Everton and Rangers striker Duncan Ferguson is named as the new manager of Irish Premiership club Glentoran.
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England manager Wiegman signs contract extension
Sarina Wiegman says she "cannot think of a better job in football" as she commits to staying on as manager of the Lionesses until after Euro 2029.
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Alberta heads to polls to decide whether to hold vote on separation from Canada
Polling suggests most Albertans favour remaining part of the country, although the debate alone has proven divisive.
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Possible wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane likely to be trees, say researchers
Researchers travelled to a remote Pacific Island to confirm whether an object first spotted on satellite imagery in 2020 solved the mystery of the pilot's disappearance.
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Deadly fire at Canada military base moved a kilometre 'in 30 to 60 seconds'
The blaze that killed four men and injured dozens of others spread with alarming speed, accounts suggest.
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Watch: Best of the weekend's SPFL action
Watch the best of the action from the weekend's action in the Scottish Championship, League 1 and League 2.
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Hearts humiliated - but would Vrancken do anything differently?
Manager Wouter Vrancken focuses on individual errors by his players rather than his tactical approach after Hearts are thrashed by Celtic.
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Cindy Crawford 'beyond heartbroken' after death of son Presley at 27
Presley Gerber's death in September is being investigated as a suspected overdose.
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