He was the tallest player. Even at the age of 16, Jimmy Aggrey stood well over six feet. The big lads went at the back. Line up and smile for the camera, please. Chelsea liked him. They thought he had a good chance of making it. For such a tall kid, Aggrey had quick, skilful […]
The jury in Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial is expected to begin deliberations on Wednesday after it receives instructions from the judge presiding over the case. On Tuesday, the 12 jurors heard closing arguments from both the prosecution and the defence. In the defence’s final pitch, Mr Trump’s lead lawyer attacked Michael Cohen – his […]
NEW YORK — The Biden campaign took its biggest step toward engaging with Donald Trump’s criminal trial by staging a news conference on the courthouse’s doorstep Tuesday, injecting the president’s core campaign themes into the coverage but feeding claims from Trump’s team that the prosecution is political. The White House and the president’s reelection campaign […]
A target to start treatment within 18 weeks for most NHS patients in England will be hit within five years, Labour has promised. The party made the pledge as it set out details of how it would start making inroads into the backlog. This includes getting the NHS to do more out-of-hours, and making greater […]
But at least there is some wheat growing. The other half of the field has tiny shoots of beans, which will eventually grow into much cheaper cattle feed. Here the winter wheat, sown in autumn 2023, drowned under the long winter rains. “You sort of watch it die,” Mr Wilkins reflects, ruefully. “You put so […]
The US does not believe Israel has launched a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, White House spokesman John Kirby has said. He spoke hours after Israeli forces reached the centre of the city and reportedly seized a strategically important hill overlooking the nearby border with Egypt. US President Joe Biden has previously said […]
The Colombian beat Japan’s Kouta Omori inside the first 30 seconds of their clash with a stunning right high kick, left hook combination – to announce his presence in the Bantamweight Muay Thai division in some style. Sayik will not be deterred however. Despite that opening-day decision loss his background suggests there is plenty more […]
Pope Francis has apologised following reports that he used extremely derogatory language towards gay men. A statement from the Vatican said the Pope did not mean to offend anyone and apologised to those who were “hurt by the use of a word”. At the Italian Bishops’ Conference, the pope reportedly said gay men should not […]
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised that there will be “no additional tax rises needed” beyond those she has set out if Labour wins the general election. In her first major speech of the election campaign, Ms Reeves said that every Labour policy “will be fully funded and fully costed – no ifs, no ands, […]
A cancer charity is warning people to do more to protect themselves from the sun as the number of melanoma skin-cancer cases in the UK continues to rise. Cancer Research UK predicts there will be a record 20,800 cases diagnosed this year – up from a yearly average of 19,300 between 2020 and 2022. Its […]