News – World and UK

Referee David Coote has been suspended pending an investigation after a video was posted on social media which appears to show him using highly offensive language about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. It is unclear when the video was made or how it came into circulation, and it has not been verified by the PA news agency. In it, Coote is asked for his views on a Liverpool match where […]

The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing pressure to resign over a damning report into a barrister thought to have been the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the Church of England. A petition by some members of the General Synod – the church’s parliament – has gathered more than 1,500 signatures urging Justin Welby to stand down over his “failures” to alert authorities about John Smyth QC’s “abhorrent” […]

Casemiro has been impressed by Ruben Amorim’s transformative effect at Sporting Lisbon and says everyone is hungry to learn from the new Manchester United head coach. Ruud van Nistelrooy brought the curtain down on his four-match reign as interim United manager with a 3-0 Premier League victory against Leicester. Amorim bid a final farewell to Sporting in style, securing a thrilling 4-2 comeback win at his former club Braga before […]

Sir Keir Starmer marked Armistice Day in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron, while events took place across the UK to commemorate the end of the First World War. The Prime Minister became the first British premier to attend the armistice ceremony in Paris since Winston Churchill during the Second World War. Sir Keir and Mr Macron laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc […]

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has pleaded guilty partway through his trial to escaping from prison. The 23-year-old escaped from HMP Wandsworth in south-west London in September 2023 by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck using a sling made from kitchen trousers. He continues to deny all the other charges against him. Khalife escaped in the hope he would be kept in a high-security unit (HSU) at a […]

Scientists will explore if a chemical mostly found in red grapes – and products made from red grapes, such as wine and juice – can help prevent bowel cancer as part of a major new trial. The study – known as Colo-Prevent – has been hailed as a “unique experiment” which could have “big implications” for people at risk of the disease. It will also look at other potential treatments […]

Failings in the prevention, diagnoses and treatment of lung diseases are “silently suffocating” the health service and “pushing it to breaking point”, a charity has warned. It comes as new analysis by Asthma and Lung UK found lung diseases were responsible for one in eight emergency hospital admissions in England last year. It warned that the “NHS will continue to struggle” without a “bold overhaul” in how lung diseases are […]

Drivers were mistakenly handed Dartford Crossing fines totalling more than £4 million in 12 months, an investigation has found. National Highways cancelled 59,007 penalty charge notices (PCNs) in the year after it switched to a new provider to manage payments for the south-east England crossing, Freedom of Information figures obtained by the PA news agency show. That is compared with 3,595 during the previous 12 months. The total value of […]

The latest UN climate talks kick off this week against a backdrop of devastating weather extremes, record heat and Donald Trump’s re-election as US President. World leaders including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are heading to the opening summit of Cop29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, where they face pressure over delivering finance for poor countries to cope with climate change, and increasing their ambitions on emissions cuts. The meeting is being […]