Month: February 2025

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has been cleared of causing racially aggravated harassment after calling a Metropolitan Police officer “stupid and white”. The Australian international made the comments to Pc Stephen Lovell during an incident in south-west London in the early hours of January 30 2023. Kerr, 31, and her partner, West Ham midfielder Kristie Mewis, had been out drinking when they were driven to Twickenham Police Station by a taxi […]

The football community came together to pay their final respects to the great Denis Law in Manchester on Tuesday. An exquisite footballer and a brilliant man, the much-loved former Manchester United and Manchester City forward died aged 84 on January 17. Law remains the only Scottish player to have ever won the Ballon d’Or and no man has scored more goals for the national team. Sir Kenny Dalglish is joint […]

A High Court ruling that the Metropolitan Police cannot dismiss officers by removing their vetting clearance “has significant implications for the work the Met is now doing to clean up the force”, the Mayor of London has said. Sergeant Lino Di Maria successfully mounted a legal challenge, supported by the Metropolitan Police Federation, after having his vetting removed over sexual assault allegations, which he denies. He was found to have […]

Former glamour model Katie Price is to have one of her two bankruptcies discharged following a hearing at a specialist court in London. The 46-year-old was due to face questions over her finances on Tuesday at a hearing known as a public examination after first being declared bankrupt in 2019. Bankruptcy orders typically end after a year in England and Wales, but the automatic discharge of Price’s first bankruptcy was […]

Heathrow airport said it has recorded the busiest January in its history. More than 6.3 million passengers travelled through the west London airport’s four terminals last month. That is up more than 5% from 6.0 million in January 2024. The airport said transatlantic travel was a “key contributor” to the growth. More than 1.2 million passengers travelled between Heathrow and the US in January, up 8% compared with a year earlier. In […]

Synod members will debate and vote on a new safeguarding model for the Church of England on Tuesday. Two so-called models for independent safeguarding will be presented to Synod, following reviews in recent years by former chairwoman of the national Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) Professor Alexis Jay, and barrister Sarah Wilkinson. The Synod is sitting for its first session since the resignation of the archbishop of Canterbury […]

Crystal Palace avoided becoming another Premier League scalp as they eased to a 2-0 win at Doncaster in the fourth round of the FA Cup. In the fifth round draw, Sky Bet Championship strugglers Plymouth – who caused a massive upset when knocking Premier League leaders Liverpool out on Sunday – were handed a dream trip to Manchester City. Tuesday night’s action will see City meet Real Madrid again in […]

US singer Sabrina Carpenter will receive the global success award at the 2025 Brit Awards and perform at its London ceremony. Carpenter, 25, will become only the fifth artist to receive the award on Saturday, March 1 at the O2 Arena, following One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Adele and Sam Smith, and will be the first international artist to take the gong. The Please Please Please singer won her first Grammy […]

Doctor Who star David Tennant, The Crown actress Imelda Staunton and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express are among the winners at a ceremony which celebrated the “diversity and variety of theatre productions” in the UK. Doctor Who star David Tennant, The Crown actress Imelda Staunton and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express are among the winners at a ceremony which celebrated the “diversity and variety of theatre productions” in the UK. […]