Ninety riders from 15 teams will roll out of Welshpool on Thursday morning as the resurrected and newly renamed Tour of Britain Women gets under way in mid-Wales. The four-day event is one of the key build-up races before the Paris Olympics, and Lizzie Deignan will lead a strong Great Britain Cycling Team. The world...
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2024 European Athletics Championships: Strong British squad selected for Rome including Keely Hodgkinson, Dina Asher-Smith, KJT and more
Asher-Smith, Neita, Bradshaw and Caudery take to the European stage Withdrawals from the GB men’s team include World men’s 100m bronze medallist Zharnel Hughes who has cited focusing on training for Paris for his absence, as has one-lap wonder Matthew Hudson-Smith who secured a blistering European 400m record at the Oslo Diamond League on 30...
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Gibraltar fires back warning after Spanish MEP demands UK to ‘get off’ the Rock
Furious Gibraltarians have branded a Spanish MEP as “clueless” and a “puppet”, after he called for the UK to decolonise the Rock. In a campaign visit on Sunday to Campo de Gibraltar, which neighbours the British Overseas Territory, Jordi Cañas demanded that the UK hand back the Rock to Spain. He called the territory a...
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British war hero thrown in Dubai jail after being accused of spying
A highly-decorated Royal Navy hero was arrested and thrown in jail in Dubai after being accused of spying. It was revealed yesterday that the Royal Marine was kept in an unsanitary Dubai prison after being accused of spying but has been told very little about the case against him. Lance Corporal Matt Croucher, 40, was...
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Why immigration is a major issue in Britain’s election
In 2010, Conservative then-prime minister David Cameron pledged to bring net migration back to tens of thousands a year, a target he never came close to reaching. Ending the free movement of people into Britain from other European countries was a major factor that led to the 2016 vote to leave the European Union, with...
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UK urged to admit 11 Gaza children hurt in the war for urgent treatment
Kareem saw the tanks and yelled. His mother and sister ran outside to find him, and then the tank fired. The pain was so excruciating that Kareem begged the doctors to amputate his leg. Because of the war, they had to do it without an anaesthetic. His screams were so loud that people on the...
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Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak clash in first U.K. election debate
LONDON — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party met the opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer Tuesday night in their first debate of Britain’s general election campaign, facing tough questions from an audience of voters frustrated with the high cost of living, long waiting times to get health care and the sorry state...
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Trump ally Nigel Farage gets doused with milkshake by UK OnlyFans model
Her milkshake brings Farage to the yard. A British OnlyFans model threw a milkshake at Trump ally Nigel Farage, the new leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, after his first public speech promoting his bid for parliament. Farage, who is now running to represent the seaside town of Clacton, was addressing local voters on Tuesday...
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Britain to send 1,000 first-person view drones to Ukraine
Britain is pushing to deliver 1,000 first-person view drones to Ukraine as part of an international coalition in support of Kyiv. According to a tender notice posted on the Government’s website, industry providers have been invited to submit bids to provide drones and equipment that can be fitted with armour-destroying munitions. The appeal, worth £300,000,...
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Spanish MEP’s fury as he vows to take back Gibraltar from Britain
A Spanish politician branded Gibraltar a “parasite” of Spain and claimed Britain should hand the territory over to the EU nation. Jordi Cañas, a politician in the Ciudadanos party list for the upcoming European elections, made the blistering remarks on June 2, during a visit to the Spanish area neighbouring the Rock – Campo de...
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Indian election: How does the UK diaspora feel?
8 hours ago Perisha Kudhail,BBC News, Midlands Getty Images Nearly a billion voters were eligible to vote in the Indian election, with polls closing at the weekend As results are counted in India’s general election, the Indian diaspora in the UK will be keeping a close eye on the results expected on Tuesday. Exit polls...
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‘Commonwealth soldiers’ service in World Wars must be honoured too’
The service of Commonwealth soldiers must be remembered and honoured as the nation prepares to commemorate D-Day, leading voices from the worlds of the military, history, faith and charity have urged. The call comes as a survey suggested just over half the public thinks the contribution of soldiers from Commonwealth countries in the World Wars...