Category: Politics

When Leeds were looking for a hero, their captain Pascal Struijk showed leadership to set his side on the way to inflicting a first defeat of the Championship season on Sheffield United. After many of his attack-minded colleagues had failed to produce a finish Struijk ignited a tense affair, thrashing home a corner before Mateo […]

A former soldier “congratulated” the police officer who captured him three days after he was accused of escaping from prison, a jury has heard. Woolwich crown court on Friday heard evidence from the Metropolitan police officer, who said he grabbed hold of Daniel Khalife on a canal towpath in west London. The plainclothes detective sergeant, […]

Harris whacks Trump over reports he canceled interviews due to ‘exhaustion’ Kamala Harris seized on reports that Donald Trump had backed out of interviews because he was “exhausted”, saying that they were proof he is not up to the job of being president. “He has no plan for how he would address the needs of […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature No changes from Daniel Farke to the team that drew 2-2 at Sunderland before the international break. Chris Wilder does switch things up, with Jamie Shackleton, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Gustavo Hamer and Harrison Burrows coming in to a more defensive set-up with […]

The NHS is set to get an inflation-busting 4% rise in its budget next year but health chiefs have said it may not allow them to cut waiting lists for another 18 months, the Guardian has learned. The health service is on course to be one of the big winners in the spending review on […]

The last 12 asylum seekers being held in a new Italian migration hub in Albania must be transferred to Italy, a court has ruled, in a heavy blow to a controversial deal between the far-right Rome government and Tirana aimed at curbing migrant arrivals. The decision casts further doubt on the feasibility and legality of […]

The Confederation of African Football’s audit and compliance committee has claimed that more than $16m of “unrecognised expenses” were not included in official accounts, meaning it should have posted losses of more than $25m. A letter sent to members of Caf’s executive committee last Saturday and seen by the Guardian alleges that its review of […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 6th over: New Zealand 32-0 (Bates 19; Plimmer 13) The end of the power play – with the spoils shared. Plimmer, who has struggled a little for touch, shimmies down to Taylor and sends her over midwicket for four. Share 5th […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Leg 1 of 8: Nervy start here. Ineos Britannia is sticking to the right side but gets pushed to the left when they skid and break at the cross. They had no choice but they find themselves over 100m behind from […]

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched an investigation after a heavily pregnant woman and her unborn child were killed in a collision with an unmarked police car in south London. The Metropolitan police said an unmarked vehicle collided with a car on the A20 in Eltham, south-east London, at about 6.15pm on […]