New post-Brexit UK border controls coming into force later this month will cost British businesses £2bn and fuel higher inflation, according to a report warning that UK-EU trade will be damaged as a result. With less than a month before the introduction of new checks on animal and plant products from 30 April, the insurer […]
Hundreds of political and news content creators, along with activists, meme account administrators and journalists, have signed an open letter to Meta asking the company to reverse its decision to limit the reach of accounts posting “political content” on Threads and Instagram. Meta announced in February that it no longer would recommend content about politics […]
An important thing to remember about Andre Villas-Boas is that he had ridiculously good hair. You don’t spend a record-shattering €15 million (£12.9; $16.3m) fee to sign a rookie manager away from Porto unless you’re pretty sure you know what you’re getting, and one thing Chelsea knew for certain, back in the heady days of […]
Daly made three appearances at last year’s World Cup England and Aston Villa forward Rachel Daly has retired from international football. The 32-year-old, who has 84 caps, was part of the England side that won Euro 2022. She came on as a late substitute in Tuesday’s 2-0 Euro 2025 qualifying win over the Republic of […]
Water levels on rivers in Russia and Kazakhstan continue to rise and flood whole villages and cities, with more than 100,000 people evacuated and the Kremlin warning a “very, very tense” situation was expected to worsen. Fast-melting snow and ice has caused rivers in Russia’s southern Urals, western Siberia as well as northern Kazakhstan to […]
Post Office inquiry live updates: Lord Arbuthnot giving evidence – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary The Post Office inquiry hears from Lord Arbuthnot, a leading supporter of the campaign for justice for hundreds of wrongly convicted sub-postmasters He says he was not satisfied with a “brush-off” reply he had from a Post […]
Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week across Europe, and it even crops up in the Champions League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? On Tuesday, Arsenal’s quarterfinal meeting with Bayern Munich had three high-profile incidents. Should Bukayo Saka have been awarded an injury-time penalty for a foul by Manuel Neuer? How […]
Darcy Howard knows a thing or two about solar eclipses. Before today, she told the BBC she’s seen five of them. We caught up with Darcy earlier, before the eclipse happened. And we’ve just spoken to her again to see how it went. She drove hundreds of miles to a friend’s farm in Missouri to […]
Newsportu’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., about former President Trump’s recent comments advocating for abortion laws to be decided by individual states. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A court ruling in Arizona today underscores how central abortion will be to the presidential election. The state’s Supreme Court upheld a law dating back to the […]
A federal program that has helped roughly 23 million American households receive free or heavily discounted high-speed internet is set to see sharp cuts in May, leaving many low-income families facing possible price hikes — or the imminent loss of service altogether. Congress has not yet approved new money for the digital initiative, so the […]