The government is to tighten transparency rules for ministerial hospitality, after a row over freebies received by Labour ministers. Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden told the BBC ministers would now have to declare hospitality linked to their government job in their MP’s register too. This information is currently published by departments, but less frequently and […]
What’s Labour’s governing philosophy? That was the question posed at a dinner I went to with some MPs and former staffers during the party’s annual conference in Liverpool last week. Is Keir Starmer more influenced by the communitarian blend of leftwing economics and socially conservative values that is “blue Labour”, or is he driven by […]
Michelle Sword told the BBC she was “heartbroken” that she had “done something so stupid” A mother of two who nearly died after taking a fraudulent weight loss injection is urging others to be careful about what they buy online. Michelle Sword, 46, from Carterton, Oxfordshire, ordered the slimming drug from an online beauty company […]
Having etched her name across the record book during the 2024 WNBA season, Caitlin Clark has been named the league’s Rookie of the Year, league sources told The Athletic on Friday. That Clark won the award came as little surprise considering how prolific her debut season was. Clark broke both the WNBA’s single-season and single-game […]
Hospitals need to review any child treated by bone surgeon Yaser Jabbar, a solicitor representing affected families has told the BBC. The lower limb reconstruction surgeon worked at private hospital The Portland, as well as seeing NHS patients at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust Hospitals and Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) in London. A damning […]
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Sep 28, 2024, 07:43 AM ET Carlo Ancelotti has said that Kylian Mbappé’s injury-enforced absence from the Madrid derby will not cause a major change in how his Real Madrid team approaches Sunday’s game. Mbappé — who has already scored five league goals this season — is expected to be out […]
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton, and Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton during the “A Hillary Christmas” sketch on December 19, 2015. Dana Edelson/NBC hide caption toggle caption Dana Edelson/NBC As a comedy nerd who has watched Saturday Night Live since I stumbled on a rerun of the debut episode back […]
The 41-year-old Leven has had two spells as Aberdeen caretaker since joining the Pittodrie coaching staff in June last year. The former Kilmarnock, MK Dons and Oxford midfielder was also assistant manager at Kilmarnock, Dynamo Brest and Russian side Orenburg before his move to Pittodrie. “It’s up to him, but so far so good, he’s […]
Below is a by-the-numbers look at Jr. NBA Week, The NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024 presented by ADQ, and the growth of basketball and the NBA in the Middle East: Jr. NBA Week in Abu Dhabi: 7,000 – The week of activities, which will be hosted in collaboration with the Celtics and the Nuggets, will reach more […]
The first party conference after a defeat generally tends to be a cross between a wake, an inquest, and a beauty contest for those who believe they have the answers to what went wrong. The Conservatives’ gathering in Birmingham is set to be no different – but with a particular emphasis on the third. So […]