Holiday firms in fresh plea over 2-week flight quarantine plans
Getty Images A group of 200 travel companies has written to Home Secretary Priti Patel asking for current quarantine plans for people entering the UK to be scrapped. It follows calls last week from MPs and travel bosses to reconsider the rules. From 8 June, people entering the UK from abroad will be told to […]
Rangers Women: Former England midfielder Jo Potter named new head coach
Former England midfielder Jo Potter is the new head coach at Rangers Women. The 38-year-old, most recently assistant manager at Birmingham City, replaces Malky Thomson, who returned to a role with the men’s academy. Potter won the last of her 35 caps in 2018 and counts Arsenal, Birmingham City, Everton, Leicester City and Reading among […]
New Manx fishing agreement means greater autonomy, minister says
Alex Blake BBC News, Isle of Man BBC The deal supersedes a previous agreement from 2012 A new fishing management agreement will give the Isle of Man greater autonomy over its fisheries, a government spokesman has said. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the island, UK, Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish governments was signed last […]
Rag ‘n’ Bone Man on fame, tattoos and fatherhood
Mark Savage BBC music reporter Getty Images The star won two Brit awards in 2017 – best breakthrough and critics’ choice Uh oh. It’s 10:30 in the morning, and Rag ‘n’ Bone Man is wearing shades indoors. Has he succumbed to delusions of grandeur? Has he, since the global success of Human and Giant, turned […]
Short-term contracts not fit for purpose
Laws which control people who work in Jersey on a short-term contract are not fit for purpose, a deputy has said. Deputy Beatriz Poree said she was worried about people who lost their jobs when two Nude Food restaurants stopped trading in November, when about 20 staff out of the 26 employed came to the […]
UK cuts funding to UN in change of strategy
James Landale Diplomatic correspondent MOD The government is to give billions of pounds less in foreign aid to international organisations such as the United Nations. Instead, the Foreign Office will spend the aid money on individual projects and countries that are UK priorities. The change is part of a new strategy designed to ensure aid […]
Is the decline of oil in sight?
Getty Images As renewables and electric cars continue to expand, the International Energy Agency thinks the world will reach a peak in oil use by the end of the decade (Credit: Getty Images) The International Energy Agency thinks peak oil use is in sight this decade as the world switches to renewables. What is driving […]
Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney and Rosie Hughes’ Wrexham dream
“You think about how many people are inspired today out of the 10,000 people that are here,” he said. “How many little girls were watching Rosie and thinking, ‘I want to go and do that’? “And Rosie setting all sorts of goal records that I hope will stand for a long time. I also hope […]
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor retires aged 25 because of ‘debilitating’ struggles
Olympic silver medallist Siobhan-Marie O’Connor has retired from swimming at the age of 25 because of “debilitating” struggles with ulcerative colitis. She was diagnosed with the condition at the age of 16, just months after competing at London 2012, but went on to claim silver at the Rio 2016 Games. She was hospitalised by the […]
Women’s sides can add ‘significant value’ to world’s top football clubs – Deloitte
Women’s sides will bring “significant value” to clubs in future seasons, according to analysis from Deloitte. But the finance company warns there is still work to do if the women’s game is to keep growing in a “financially sustainable way”. A report found the world’s leading clubs made an average revenue of 2.1m euros (£1.9m) […]