COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Gene Smith and Ryan Day met after the season, the athletic director made it clear he was going “all in” on football. Ohio State heavily investing in football is hardly new, but after three consecutive losses to Michigan, Smith wanted to take it up a notch before retiring this summer. Smith […]
Image source, Getty Images By Vanessa Clarke Education reporter Exams season is beginning for hundreds of thousands of GCSE students in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Here is everything you need to know. When are 2024’s GCSE exam dates? The GCSE summer exam period begins on Thursday 9 May, and finishes at the end of […]
Sadiq Khan officially wins London mayoral race The final London mayoral constituency of Lambeth and Southwark has announced its results, which show Labour’s Sadiq Khan has held it. Khan received 106,861 votes (43.8%) while Susan Hall received 26,347 (15.1%). Havering and Redbridge, the second-last constituency to declare, was held by the Conservatives. Here, Susan Hall […]
Laszlo Kemencei lives as sustainably as possible on his small farm in eastern Hungary. He believes the land is effectively borrowed from his daughter, so he must do all he can to preserve it for the future. Kemencei, 28, his wife Cintia, 31, and their daughter Boroka, who is almost two, moved to the farm […]
Wisconsin’s young voters — who have turned out in big numbers in recent elections — are key for either candidate to win the state. But Biden is facing some skepticism on the state’s college campuses. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Hiring slowed down last month. A report from the labor department today shows that employers added 175,000 […]
Labour’s Claire Ward elected first mayor of East Midlands Jessica Murray Labour’s Claire Ward has been elected the first mayor of the East Midlands, beating the Conservative Ben Bradley. A Labour source described the region as “the beating heart of the general election battleground”, suggesting the party’s win there is one of the biggest signs […]
His team were drawing 1-1 at the time. It was late in the game, under the floodlights, when they missed a chance to take the lead. And that was the moment, Tony, a Sheffield United fan, lost his temper and shouted something at Matt Turner, the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper, that he would never be able […]
The historic Kashan bazaar in central Iran once sat on a major caravan route, its silk carpets known the world over. But for the weavers trying to sell their rugs under its ancient arches, their world has only unravelled since the collapse of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers and wider tensions with the West. […]
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 1, 2024, 07:00 PM ET DORTMUND, Germany — Borussia Dortmund don’t need a star to sparkle. They don’t have Vinícius Júnior, Harry Kane or Kylian Mbappé — the talismans of this year’s other Champions League semifinalists — but the players they do have, they use effectively. Now, seemingly against the odds, they’re […]
When Watkins arrived in F1 in 1978, death was a regular occurrence – at least one driver would be killed while racing most years. Watkins’ work was to reduce that fatality rate. He had been hired by Bernie Ecclestone, then the owner of the Brabham team and chief executive of the Formula One Constructors’ Association. […]