Connah’s Quay Nomads have appointed Billy Paynter as their new head coach on a two-year contract. The 40-year-old made more than 500 senior appearances as a player, scoring 131 goals for clubs such as Port Vale, Leeds United and Swindon Town. In 2023, Paynter was named manager of Runcorn Linnets in the Northern Premier League […]
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Aug 24, 2024, 06:40 AM ET Barcelona have included Dani Olmo in their matchday squad for Saturday’s fixture against Athletic Club at the Olympic Stadium as they race to get him registered with LaLiga in time. Olmo, 26, joined Barça from RB Leipzig for an initial €55 million ($61.6m) earlier this […]
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg There have been five mass coral-bleaching events at the Great Barrier Reef over the past nine years A study of samples taken from inside the bodies of centuries-old coral has revealed the threat climate change now poses to the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers in Australia say temperatures in and around the vast coral […]
The UK must act to curb a sharp increase in the use of racist hate speech by British politicians and high-profile public figures, a UN body has said. Ministers must “adopt comprehensive measures to discourage and combat racist hate speech and xenophobic discourse by political and public figures” and ensure that such cases are “effectively […]
PA Media Janusz Racz, 67, says he is “open to trying new things” A 67-year-old man has become the first person in the UK to try what doctors hope will be a revolutionary new treatment for lung cancer – a vaccine that tells the body how to fight and kill the disease. It uses the […]
Getty Images Scott Brash was part of the gold medal winning team in Paris When Scott Brash took his second Olympic gold in Paris it prompted cheers hundreds of miles further north. The 38-year-old is a proud Borderer and the people of Peebles were delighted with his triumph in the team showjumping. “They’re just great,” […]
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Brian Jones Mr Jones says he and his wife look closely at their expenditure Charities are warning that pensioners may be “going to bed in hats and coats” this winter as energy prices rise and financial support is withdrawn. Organisations including Independent Age have said that some older people would be cut off from a […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Molten Ventures, a fintech venture capital firm has announced that its stake in Revolut has increased. The firm’s £7 million investment rose to £160 million after the latest share sale which valued the […]
The union representing workers at the Canadian National Railway (CN) says they will strike next week, in a new threat to the economy after promising to challenge a government decision to end an unprecedented rail stoppage. The Teamsters union filed notice on Friday, just days after returning to work, that conductors, locomotive engineers and other […]