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Spain's Supreme Court clears new soccer chief of malfeasance

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Supreme Court has upheld an appeal by the new president of the country's scandal-ridden soccer federation (RFEF), Rafael Louzan, against his conviction on charges of malfeasance and a seven-year ban. The decision saves the RFEF from further embarrassment and the need for a new election. Louzan was elected in December despite a previous lower court verdict against him


Chiefs' Andy Reid explains reasoning for retirement decision regardless of Super Bowl result

Andy Reid could continue to make opposing coaches' lives difficult throughout the 2020s as long as he is healthy and happy.


Netflix smash hit notches up over 15 million views in a single week


‘Much-needed confidence boost’ for home buyers as mortgage rates fall

‘Much-needed confidence boost’ for home buyers as mortgage rates fall - The typical borrower on a tracker deal will see their monthly payments decrease by £28.98 following Thursday’s base rate cut.


Starmer and Dutch PM agree ‘further co-operation’ on illegal migration

Starmer and Dutch PM agree ‘further co-operation’ on illegal migration - Sir Keir Starmer met Dick Schoof in Downing Street on Thursday evening.


Majority of school leaders reject Ofsted’s proposed report card system – poll

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the NAHT school leaders’ union, has called on the watchdog to reconsider its ‘ill-thought-through plans’.


Steve Coogan spared driving ban after plea to save new series of The Trip with Rob Bryson

Steve Coogan spared driving ban after plea to save new series of The Trip with Rob Bryson - Steve Coogan said crew on The Trip with Rob Brydon would be affected if he received a driving ban


After Alcaraz signing: Everton can now finally axe Dyche's "shining light"

Everton's new signing might get a start at the weekend


US aid freeze puts HIV treatment in Africa at risk

Milicent Muyoma has been turned away twice from the clinic where she collects her HIV medication in Mathare, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. The last time she visited, about a week ago, she was told the medicines had not arrived. When she returned three days later as advise...


Zoe Ball leaves Radio 2 Breakfast Show with audience boost

Zoe Ball leaves Radio 2 Breakfast Show with audience boost - Ball’s replacement, Scott Mills, took over the show on January 27.


Ex-GOP and Dem USAID leaders condemn Trump’s aim to demolish agency: report

Former Democratic and Republican leaders who "served under Biden, Obama, George W. Bush, Clinton, and Reagan administrations,"according to an exclusive CNN report, are urging Congress to stop President Donald TRump's administration from closing down the US Agency for International Development (USAID). CNN reports the ex-USAID officials called on “C...


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Teacher with long Covid wins £42k for unfair sacking

A teacher with long Covid has won more than £42,000 in a disability discrimination case after she was fired for taking too much time off work. Joanna White told an employment tribunal that her deputy head teacher said that she “just had to get on with it” after she raised concerns about her health. A panel found that Dorothy Stringer School in Brig...


Princess Anne was treated in intensive care for head injuries last year

The Princess Royal was treated in intensive care for head injuries last year, it was revealed as she visited the unit to “fill in the blanks” and thank doctors for her care. The Princess spent five nights at Southmead Hospital in Bristol following an accident on her Gatcombe Park estate, in Gloucestershire, on June 23. The 74-year-old had set out a...


Soccer-Ex-Brazil and Real Madrid defender Marcelo announces retirement

(Reuters) - Former Brazil and Real Madrid defender Marcelo has retired from football, the 36-year-old announced on Thursday. Marcelo played for Real from 2007-2022 and left the Spanish club with 25 trophies, including five Champions League and six LaLiga titles, two Copa del Rey trophies, five Spanish Super Cups, four Club World Cups and three European Super Cups. He also made 58 appearances for


Shohei Ohtani’s former translator sentenced to five years for stealing $17m from LA Dodgers star

Shohei Ohtani’s former translator sentenced to five years for stealing $17m from LA Dodgers star - Prosecutors said Dodgers star was unaware of scheme


The Guardian view on England’s cancelled elections: hardly a vote of confidence

Suppose that you heard that the next election has been cancelled by the government. How would you react to that news? Quite probably with disbelief and the suspicion that it was fake news. Very likely with outrage. And maybe also with a frisson of fear. Possibly a mix of all three. After all, a thing like that isn’t supposed to happen in a settled democracy like ours, is it? Except that this week it really did happen. It was even announced in...


Rosberg imposes Lewis Hamilton ban; Verstappen handed F1 2025 warning – round-up

It is time to bring you up to speed with the latest key Formula 1 headlines...


Tesco 'interested in acquiring axed Post Office branches' as part of franchise model

Tesjson has shown an interest in acquiring a number of axed Post Office branches as part of a franchise model, according to reports


USPS reverses order suspending packages from Hong Kong and China amid Trump trade war

USPS reverses order suspending packages from Hong Kong and China amid Trump trade war - U.S. president says he’s in ‘no hurry’ to defuse the new trade war between Washington and Beijing


‘Decision has got to be made’, says PM after anger over Grenfell demolition plan

‘Decision has got to be made’, says PM after anger over Grenfell demolition plan - The Government’s decision, shared with families at a private meeting on Wednesday evening, has prompted anger among some bereaved and survivors.


AstraZeneca ‘very disappointed’ after ditching £450m Liverpool vaccine site

AstraZeneca ‘very disappointed’ after ditching £450m Liverpool vaccine site - Pascal Soriot, chief executive of AstraZeneca, denied any rift with the Government over the decision.


Homebase shop closures: Full list of 33 stores closing in February

Homebase shop closures: Full list of 33 stores closing in February - It comes after 13 of the DIY chain's branches were shut last month


Ben Stiller denies USAID funded Ukraine trip: ‘These are lies coming from Russian media’

Ben Stiller denies USAID funded Ukraine trip: ‘These are lies coming from Russian media’ - ‘I completely self-funded my humanitarian trip to Ukraine,’ said the Zoolander star


Raptors make a baffling move with trade for star forward

The Toronto Raptors were over a year into a slow, cautious rebuild where they traded off veterans and slowly accumulated draft picks. Wednesday, they completely reversed course to make a win-now trade.


The Cornish resort shedding its party town image

From the bath in my hotel room, I can see – in the folds of the hills outside – the caravan park where we had our first lads’ holiday, back in the early 2000s. It was a week of underage drinking, all-night clubbing, and bed sharing in shabby caravans that stank of cheap lager, hash and unwashed boys. Newquay was a party town back then, a domestic 1...


Irv Gotti, music executive who create Murder Inc. Records, dies at 54

Irv Gotti, music executive who create Murder Inc. Records, dies at 54 - Irv Gotti, a music mogul who founded Murder Inc. Records and was behind major hip-hop and R&B artists such as Ashanti and Ja Rule, has died


Germany: Tesla sales plunge 59% in January

Tesla sales plunged 59% in Germany in January, after Elon Musk endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and urged people to vote for them during an audio livestream that month.


Major car dealership axes jobs and shuts showrooms on Sundays

The country's third largest car retailer says it is cutting jobs and closing its dealerships on a Sunday as part of efforts to reduce costs amid tough trading and looming budget tax hikes.


Paragon spyware cancels contract with Italian government after targeting journalists and citizens across Europe

Italian government confirms seven of its citizens were targeted by Paragon spyware.


NHS warns hospitals are 'close to full' as norovirus cases surge

Hospitals in England are “close to full” – with a significant number of beds occupied by patients who are well enough to be discharged, NHS officials have warned.


Bird flu: US detects new type of H5N1 virus in dairy cows

Experts said the discovery raises questions about how widely the virus has spread, and underscores the difficulty of controlling infections among animals and people working with them. View on euronews


UK winner claims ‘jaw-dropping’ £83m EuroMillions prize

UK winner claims ‘jaw-dropping’ £83m EuroMillions prize - Win is number 23 on National Lottery's ‘most spectacular’ prizes of all time


14,000 pigs and 714,000 hens: The ‘mega farm’ causing uproar in a quiet, rural community

Blink and you will miss the white, laminated single sheet of A4 paper tied to a farm gateway next to the B1112 on the outskirts of the Breckland village of Methwold. It shows the details of a planning application and is the only visible hint I spot that this quiet, rural community is, in the words of its local MP, currently in “uproar” over its con...


Temperatures in UK set to plummet to -7C as cold health alerts issued

The UK is set to see temperatures plunge as low as -7C (19.4F) as cold health alerts have been issued.


Japan Airlines plane collides with Delta jet at Seattle airport

Japan Airlines plane collides with Delta jet at Seattle airport - The incident comes a week after an American Eagle regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington D.C.


Starmer ditches plans to end Britain’s ‘sick note culture’

Sir Keir Starmer has scrapped reforms designed to end Britain’s “sick note culture”, The Telegraph can reveal. A flagship Tory plan announced last year proposed to let work specialists, rather than GPs, decide whether employees were fit enough to do their jobs. The reforms were an attempt to tackle the surge in sick notes – now officially called “f...


Water brand Liquid Death reportedly pulls plug on UK sales

The brand, which launched in the UK in 2023, will pause its international expansion, including in the UK, according to The Grocer.


Nottingham Forest's City Ground redevelopment - what we know so far as start date 'pencilled in'

Nottingham Forest first announced their City Ground redevelopment project in 2019 but work is yet to begin


Ozzy Osbourne admits he 'can’t walk' as he prepares for final Black Sabbath performance

Ozzy Osbourne admits he 'can’t walk' as he prepares for final Black Sabbath performance - On Wednesday, the legendary rock band announced that their farewell show with Osbourne as frontman will take place this summer


Second watchdog chief ousted amid Reeves’s clampdown on anti-growth regulation

The head of a leading consumer watchdog has been ousted amid Rachel Reeves’s push to spur growth. Abby Thomas unexpectedly quit as chief executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) on Thursday, which is responsible for resolving disputes between City firms and their customers. Her abrupt departure comes weeks after Marcus Bokkerink was remov...


Analysis-BOJ's fresh take on labour crunch opens door for more rate hikes

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak economic activity, a justification it may use to lift interest rates beyond what was initially expected. From factories to hotels to restaurants, Japanese businesses are struggling to hit full capacity not because they can't find customers but


King’s Cross to remove trains from departure board three minutes before they leave

Trains from London King’s Cross station will be removed from the departure board three minutes before they leave. Network Rail, which runs 20 of the country’s biggest stations including all the main London termini, is trialling the “ridiculous” scheme in an effort to reduce last-second sprints by tardy passengers. Posters have been put up at King’s...


Decision made by government on Immingham Green Energy Terminal

The Government has made a decision on the Immingham Green Energy Terminal project proposed by Associated British Ports (ABP)


Liverpool FC news recap: Van Dijk and Salah DECISION as momentous deal agreed

Here's all your news for Thursday 6th February 2025.


Eddie Jordan health update as F1 team line up new title sponsor – roundup

Thursday's fast-paced F1 news is go, go, go!


Nigeria's Tems wins African Music Performance Grammy

Tems accepts the award for Best African Music Performance


Preparations underway in Poland for exhumation of victims of Volhynia tragedy - Media

Exhumation of the victims of the Volhynia tragedy in Ukraine will begin in April. The work will be carried out in the Ternopil region, RMF FM reports. The Polish Wolność i Demokracja (Freedom and Democracy) Foundation is completing the formation of its mission team. About 20 people, including several Ukrainians, will carry out the exhumations in to...


Map shows all the councils cutting bin collections despite council tax going up

Will your bin collections be changing?


State of emergency declared in Santorini after powerful earthquake

People have been advised to avoid large indoor gatherings, small ports and areas where rockslides could occur.