News – World and UK

Taylor Swift is to release an Eras Tour book to “commemorate the memories” she made with fans on her mammoth world tour. The US pop superstar, 34, announced the latest project on social media ahead of beginning the last leg of her tour on Friday in the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. She said it will be filled with her own personal reflections and more than 500 photos including never-before-seen, […]

The Prince of Wales showed off his “unbelievable arm” playing non-contact American football with youngsters at an NFL event supporting children living in deprived parts of the UK. Youngsters shouted “what a throw” as acting quarterback William lobbed the ball across the pitch to his teammate on Tuesday morning. Children from Birmingham, Manchester and London gathered to play NFL flag, the non-contact version of American football, at Kennington Park hockey […]

Funeral directors could work at home and keep bodies in their garages, an inquiry chairman warned, as he called for urgent regulation of the industry. Sir Jonathan Michael, who is investigating how people who have died are looked after in the wake of necrophiliac killer David Fuller’s mortuary abuse, said he was “personally shocked” to find funeral directors do not need a licence, qualifications or training, and described the sector […]

Sara Sharif was hooded, restrained and beaten with a belt buckle and pole in a campaign of abuse lasting more than two years before her death, a court has heard. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of his 10-year-old daughter’s murder alongside Sara’s stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29. Police found Sara’s body in a bunk bed in her home in […]

Former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is in current talks with the Football Association over the England manager vacancy, according to reports. Tuchel, 51, led the Blues to Champions League glory in 2021 but was sacked the following year. He has been among the bookmakers’ favourites for the England job since Gareth Southgate stood down after Euro 2024. The report from Sky Sports News follows a Times report on Monday which […]

The mother of Salisbury poisonings victim Dawn Sturgess has said her family found comfort that she was the only person to be killed by the Russian nerve agent Novichok “when the potential harm was much, much more”. Caroline Sturgess paid tribute to her daughter at the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry on Tuesday, describing her as an “intelligent … extremely selfless and very kind person”. She also read a short statement from […]

Sir Alex Ferguson will step away from a reported £2million-a-year ambassador role with Manchester United at the end of the season as part of a club cost-cutting exercise. The Scot won 38 trophies at United during a managerial reign spanning nearly 27 years, including 13 Premier League titles and two European Cups. The PA news agency understands Ferguson has reached an amicable agreement with the club to cease his ambassador […]

Funeral directors could work at home and keep bodies of dead people in their garages, an inquiry chairman has warned as he called for a regulator to police the sector. Sir Jonathan Michael, who is investigating how people who have died are looked after around the country in the wake of necrophiliac killer David Fuller’s mortuary abuse, said people are “shocked” to find that funeral services are unchecked and that […]

The Prime Minister has declined to rule out increasing employers’ national insurance contributions at the Budget but insisted Labour would keep its promise not to raise taxes on “working people”. In an interview with the BBC, Sir Keir Starmer warned again that October 30 would bring a “tough” Budget amid speculation that Chancellor Rachel Reeves could announce more tax rises than those included in Labour’s manifesto. That manifesto included a […]