Nottingham Open 2023: Andy Murray, Katie Boulter, Harriet Dart & Jodie Burrage all reach quarter-finals
Murray, having claimed his first title on home soil since Wimbledon in 2016 with his win at Surbiton last week, secured an early break to take control of the first set against Grenier. The Frenchman came out firing in the second but the Scot rallied with a hold to love to draw level at 5-5 […]
Crawley MP Henry Smith to step down at next election
UK Parliament Mr Smith said he was “deeply grateful” to the local people for electing him to an “unprecedented” four terms in office The Conservative MP for Crawley, Henry Smith, has announced he will not be seeking re-election. In a statement released on Friday, he said it had been a “great honour” to represent the […]
The staggering economic impact of the Indian diaspora
Getty Images As high-earning Indians settle abroad, they’re infusing billions into local economies. Shubhangi Sharma is set to host a Holi party later this month at her family home in an affluent part of Berlin. To celebrate the popular Hindu festival of colours, which falls on 25 March, the 34-year-old will spend around €200 (£171; […]
Wimbledon: Paraffin, matches and the plot to burn down All England Club
When people think of the suffragettes, they likely think of marches and protests with banners, large gatherings with leaders of the movement delivering speeches to rousing crowds, or women tying themselves to railings and refusing to move. And until around 1909, that is what the suffragettes did. But change was coming to the movement. The […]
May on backstop and Chinese economy slows
AFP Brexit: May to focus on backstop concerns It’s understood the cross-party talks Theresa May called for after last week’s overwhelming defeat of her Brexit plan aren’t going too well, with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn not taking part and not enough of his MPs likely to back her in another vote. So, cabinet sources say, […]
Wimbledon 2021: Ashleigh Barty faces Karolina Pliskova in women’s final
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty says she “couldn’t be more rapt” to play for her first Wimbledon title on the 50th anniversary of her idol Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s maiden win. Top seed Barty faces Czech eighth seed Karolina Pliskova on Saturday. It is the first time since 1977 that both women are playing in a Wimbledon final […]
Troubled airline returns to intercontinental travel
Getty Images In 2011, the airline marked the arrival of new planes but its fleet has now been pared back South African Airways – once a giant of African aviation – is back in the intercontinental market, but there are still doubts about its financial viability. It had disappeared from our skies altogether in September […]
Five new realities after four weeks of Israel-Gaza war
Reuters The aftermath of a strike on Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp earlier this week One of the first things to understand about the reportage, analysis and commentary that has poured out since the Hamas attacks of 7 October is that no-one has the full story. Not only is it, as ever, hard to penetrate the […]
What is known about care home deaths?
Getty Images Nearly half of Scotland’s 4,193 coronavirus deaths have been linked to care homes. So what do we know about these men and women who succumbed to a disease that has ravaged the world? Surprisingly, the answer is very little. The first Alan Wightman knew about virus-related deaths in his mother’s care home came […]
Google diversity head removed over anti-Semitic blog post
Getty Images Kamau Bobb has reportedly emailed the Jewish staff group at Google to apologise Google has removed its head of diversity over a 2007 blog post that said Jewish people had “an insatiable appetite for war and killing”. In a post about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that resurfaced this week, Kamau Bobb also claimed Jewish […]