Gareth Bale is to return to Tottenham, where he scored 26 goals during the 2012-13 campaign Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale is set to fly to England on Friday to complete his return to Tottenham Hotspur. A deal for Wales international Bale, 31, to rejoin Spurs on loan from Real Madrid is still being negotiated. […]
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Image copyright Getty Images The number of people allowed to meet socially is being reduced from 30 to six in England, amid a rise in coronavirus cases. What do the new rules mean and how will they be enforced? What are the new rules on socialising? The new limit of six people will apply to […]
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Image copyright Reuters Prioritising coronavirus testing in high-risk areas has led to shortages in other places, leading to some people with symptoms being asked to drive more than 100 miles for a swab. The government says areas with fewer Covid-19 cases have had their testing capacity reduced to cope with outbreaks elsewhere. But public health […]
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Image copyright Kirsty O’Connor Image caption The 45-year-old man was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Team A man has been arrested in London on suspicion of war crimes during the Liberian civil wars. The 45-year-old man is accused of offences relating to the country’s first and second civil wars between 1989 […]
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Image copyright Metropolitan Police/PA Wire Image caption Michelle Samaraweera was raped and murdered in Walthamstow after she went out to buy some snacks early in the morning of 30 May 2009 A serial rapist dubbed the “night stalker” has been jailed for life for the murder of one of his victims more than a decade […]
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Tom Lace’s 2019 season came to a premature end when he broke a finger while batting in August Gloucestershire have signed batsman Tom Lace on a deal until the end of the 2023 campaign. Lace scored 835 runs in Division Two in 2019 for Middlesex and Derbyshire, where he spent time on loan. “I’m looking […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Lockdown made Joanna Coghlan realise she wanted to move away from her flat near Battersea Power Station When the coronavirus lockdown began, asset manager Joanna Coghlan knew she just had to get out of London and move to the countryside. She had bought a flat in a new development […]
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Image caption Ranae James, now a graphic designer, was excluded dozens of time during a tough period Black pupils are disproportionately hit with fixed-term exclusions in England – by three times as many in some places, data shows. Pupils with black ethnicity have higher temporary exclusion rates in two-thirds of local authority areas, new analysis […]
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Image copyright PA Image caption Ms Begum was 15 and living in Bethnal Green, London, when she left the UK in 2015 Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Ms Begum, now 20, was one of three […]
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