Jan 31, 2025, 03:07 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of bolstering their injury-depleted squad were dented on Friday after Bayern Munich forward Mathys Tel rejected the opportunity to join Ange Postecoglou’s side, sources have told ESPN. Tel has informed Bayern of his intention to explore new opportunities in the January transfer window and sources told […]
Simon King and Mark Poynting BBC Weather and Climate teams Getty Images Of all the possible climate futures, there’s a scenario where the United Kingdom and north-west Europe buck the trend of global warming and instead face plunging temperatures and freezing winters. It’s not the most likely outcome, but a number of scientists fear that […]
The college all-star game played Saturday in Mobile, Ala., is called the Senior Bowl, but the game between the Chiefs and Eagles a week from Sunday in New Orleans could be called the Senior Citizen Bowl. While the Sean McVay effect remains real (see the hirings of 38-year-old Ben Johnson and 39-year-old Liam Coen), coaches […]
Bernadette Allen BBC News NI PA The service was held at All Souls Church in Belfast on Saturday The funeral of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley has taken place in Belfast. Mr Longley died in hospital at the age of 85 on 22 January. The poet is survived by his wife Edna and children Rebecca, […]
I spoke to Marc Rowan, the C.E.O. of Apollo Global Management, about a provocative plan he believes could fundamentally reshape our economy and finally fix the federal budget. Whether it has a chance of being implemented is an open question, but Rowan’s ties to President Trump and the chatter the plan is generating means it […]
A Reform MP who was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend 18 years ago will not be suspended and would pass the party’s new vetting process, the party’s deputy leader has said. Richard Tice has defended James McMurdock’s assault on his ex-girlfriend as a “mistake” and said his fellow MP was “doing brilliantly”. Tice said McMurdock, […]
Ben King Business reporter BBC Advert for heated tobacco product on display in a Sainsbury’s store in London Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are displaying adverts for tobacco products in their stores which Trading Standards says are against the law. Video screens and posters promote devices that deliver nicotine by heating tobacco rather than burning it. The […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa — In a recent Iowa women’s basketball team meeting, after the Hawkeyes had dropped five straight Big Ten games, first-year head coach Jan Jensen told the story of Florence Chadwick, an American swimmer. In 1952, Chadwick attempted to become the first woman to swim the 26 miles from the Catalina Islands to […]
Alamy Members in 1934 began their luncheon at the Savoy Hotel with a spot of indoor umbrella-opening At the end of 1890, various London gentlemen received a letter, cordially inviting them to join a new dining club. So far, so normal. But this club had a novel theme – it planned to dispel the notion […]
Jan 31, 2025, 03:23 PM ET Chelsea have announced the signing of England midfielder Keira Walsh from Barcelona, with sources telling ESPN the deal is worth around €550,000 ($572,000). The 27-year-old has signed a 4½-year deal with her new club. Walsh was set to leave Barça at the end of the season on a free […]