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England head coach Sarina Wiegman felt the defending champions created their “own problems” after opening their Euro 2025 campaign with a 2-1 loss to France in Zurich. The Lionesses were forced to regroup after Alessia Russo had an early goal chalked off following a VAR review for offside in the build-up and needed to dig […]

Infected blood victims are set to get their payments more quickly as the administration and process delays will be reduced, the Government said. The Victims and Prisoners Act will be used to get records from the Infected Blood Inquiry, and evidence will be used to contribute to assessment of proof of infection, which help some […]

A total of 29 people have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences after protesters gathered in central London to show support for the now proscribed group Palestine Action, police said. The Metropolitan Police posted on X on Saturday afternoon saying officers were responding to the demonstration in Parliament Square and making arrests. Palestine Action […]

Max Verstappen silenced the British fans by seeing off McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to put his Red Bull on pole position at Silverstone. Verstappen did not look to be in the hunt for first place, but he pulled a brilliant lap out of the bag to beat Piastri by 0.103 seconds with […]

MP James McMurdock has resigned the Reform UK whip from himself amid questions over “business propriety during the pandemic”. The party’s chief whip said on Saturday that Mr McMurdock had “removed the party whip” from himself pending the outcome of an investigation. The Sunday Times published a story on Saturday which alleged two businesses connected […]

England defender Kyle Walker has joined Burnley on a two-year deal. Walker joins the newly-promoted Premier League side from Manchester City, where he had a year remaining on his contract. He had started as club captain of City last season, but finished on loan with AC Milan and was not part of Pep Guardiola’s squad […]

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said she asked the BBC why nobody has been fired for airing a Gaza documentary which featured the son of a Hamas official. This comes ahead of a review looking into Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone, which is reportedly set to be published next week. The programme first aired […]

Emma Raducanu has urged Wimbledon to improve electronic line calling after saying she was disappointed by the technology during her defeat against Aryna Sabalenka. A fully automated system has replaced human line judges – whose calls could be challenged using electronic reviews – for the first time at the Championships this year. The two most […]

Liverpool players have arrived in Portugal ahead of Diogo Jota’s funeral, following the player’s death in a car crash in Spain. Liverpool players have arrived in Portugal ahead of Diogo Jota’s funeral, following the player’s death in a car crash in Spain. Reds manager Arne Slot, captain Virgil van Dijk, players Andrew Robertson, Alexis Mac […]

At least 24 people have been killed and many others are missing, including more than 20 girls from a summer camp, after a storm caused severe flooding in Texas. The destructive force of the flash floods after the Guadalupe River burst its banks just before dawn on Friday washed out homes and swept away vehicles […]