Britain’s Tom Pidcock was unable to retain his UCI MTB World Championships cross-country title, taking bronze as South Africa’s Alan Hatherly claimed gold in Andorra. Hatherly, 28, who was third behind Olympic champion Pidcock and Victor Koretzky in Paris, led from the fourth lap and held off the Frenchman to win by 22 seconds. Pidcock...
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Europe’s 5 wealthiest cities – number 1 is in the UK with 258k millionaires
London is home to more millionaires than anywhere else in Europe with 258,000 people who can boast 6 figures to their name. The ample number of millionaires living in the capital sit alongside 36 billionaires, which is, again, the most on the continent. New research from Henley & Partners reports on figures from 2023 as...
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Elliot Giles smashes world road mile record in Dusseldorf
Great Britain’s Elliot Giles broke the world road mile record as he soared to victory in the men’s race at the Kö Meile in Dusseldorf on Sunday (1 September). The Paris 2024 800m semi-finalist crossed the line in 3:51.3 ahead of United States 1500m bronze medallist Yared Nuguse, who was hot on his heels in...
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UK must give up its permanent UN Security Council seat to India: Ex-Singaporean diplomat
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Singapore later this month, former Singaporean diplomat and acclaimed academic Kishore Mahbubani has called for urgent reforms in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), asserting that New Delhi deserves a permanent seat on the council. In an interview with NDTV, Mahbubani argued that the United Kingdom should...
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‘India deserves permanent seat on UN security council, UK should step aside’, says former Singaporean diplomat – World News
Former Singaporean diplomat and professor Kishore Mahbubani has called for urgent reforms to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), asserting that India deserves a permanent seat on the council. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Mahbubani argued that the United Kingdom should relinquish its permanent seat at the UNSC to India. “India is undeniably the...
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Tour of Britain: World cycling stars heading to Scottish Borders
Getty Images Tom Pidcock is one of the biggest names taking part in the Tour of Britain Some of the biggest stars in the world of cycling are heading to the Scottish Borders. The opening stage of the Tour of Britain men’s race takes place within the region on Tuesday. The 182km (113 mile) route...
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Paralympic Games, Day 3: World Records For Stephen Clegg, Will Ellard & Ma Jia; Ihar Boki Claims 19th Gold
Paralympic Games, Day 3: World Records For Great Britain Duo Stephen Clegg & Will Ellard Great Britain’s Stephen Clegg set a world record of 59.02 en-route to gold in the men’s S12 100m backstroke on the third day of the Paralympics in Paris. The 28-year-old led throughout, extending his advantage on the second 50 to...
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Five injured and three in critical condition after stabbing attack in Germany
A woman injured five people with a knife on Friday evening while on a bus on its way to a city festival in Germany. The stabbing attack took place at around 7.40pm local time (6.40pm BST) on Freiengründer Strasse in Eiserfeld, part of the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia. At the time of the incident,...
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Physio student to make Paralympics debut in Great Britain rowing squad
ParalympicsGB rower Frankie Allen Credit: Benedict Tufnell for British Rowing As the first woman in sports history to win double world championship titles in one regatta and smashing multiple world records, Frankie is one to watch as the GB Para-Rowing Team competes at the Games. Frankie and the ParalympicsGB squad rowed their way into the finals...
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Superyacht latest: Diver speaks of ‘unbearable’ search for Mike Lynch’s daughter
Final moments of seven who died in Bayesian tragedy revealed by fire service boss For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A diver who led the search...
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Great Britain claim second swimming gold at Paralympics as new world record is broken
Swimmers Tully Kearney and Poppy Maskill have won the first two gold medals for ParalympicsGB at the Paris Games. Maskill’s time of one minute and three seconds in the women’s S14 100m butterfly final broke the world record by a third of a second. There were plenty of smiles and waves from Maskill in Paris...
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Cheshire swimmer claims GB’s first Paralympic gold with world-record breaking time
Poppy Maskill won gold in the Women’s 100m Butterfly S14. In her debut Paralympic Games, the 19-year-old finished with a new world record time of 1.03.00. In doing so, the former Northwich Centurions and Winsford Swim Team competitor claimed ParalympicsGB’s first gold medal. Andrew Matthews/PA Wire. (Image: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire) Maskill arrived at the Paris games...