Who are ya? Questions swirl about Premier League side Crystal Palace’s new gambling shirt sponsor June 14, 2024 Questions are swirling around Crystal Palace’s new front-of-shirt sponsor - a little-known Vietnamese gambling firm that appears to have no functioning UK website.
Police watchdog tells Met to revisit complaint by Caroline Flack’s mother February 14, 2022 The police watchdog told the Metropolitan Police to revisit Caroline Flack’s mother’s complaint that her daughter’s fame impacted police behaviour two years after the Love Island host’s death. A spokesman for the Met told the BBC that the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has instructed the police to reinvestigate an aspect of the old [...]
Premier League chief denies trying to kick football regulator into the long grass March 28, 2023 Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has rebuffed suggestions that the organisation tried to “kick into the long grass” talks over an independent football regulator. Masters was persistently questioned on the point by MPs at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing on Tuesday. After denying that the expression had been used by anyone [...]
Lib Dems: Stop taking the country for a ride and get back to being liberal June 11, 2024 The Lib Dems could soon be the real opposition – instead of headline-grabbing stunts they should be trying to offer a real alternative to the relentless expansion of the state, says Emma Revell It says a lot about an election campaign when most of the excitement seems to be coming from Ed Davey. In just [...]
Let the Games begin! There’s a rush of excitement for Team GB at Paris 2024 July 25, 2024 The bookies appear to have keyed their odds off the Gracenote forecasts, with a few tweaks. The over/under odds on France golds is currently struck at 24.5; Team GB are at 16.5.
Ed Warner: How do we value sport and the draw of much needed money April 25, 2024 After World Athletics announced it would be paying its Olympic gold medallists, a fresh debate has opened up around money for our athletes and the draw of cash in sport for bodies. Ed Warner writes. The British Olympic Association seats its gold medallists in the front of the plane carrying its team home from a [...]
Dorries’ laws for Big Tech have become overrun trying to keep everyone happy March 17, 2022 Today marks the introduction of the Online Safety Bill: a “world-first” for online safety, but a behemoth bill of confusion. Variations of today’s bill have been bounced around since David Cameron, drawing media attention and public uncertainty, and ultimately landing in the hands of reality TV personality turned politician Nadine Dorries. As it stands today, [...]
Israel-Gaza latest: Cleverly visits, 17 Brits feared dead, King Charles ‘appalled’ and Netanyahu forms war cabinet October 11, 2023 Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has travelled to Israel to show the UK’s “unwavering solidarity” in the wake of the Hamas attacks
Everrati Mercedes-Benz SL ‘Pagoda’ review: Oh! You pretty thing July 18, 2024 Tim Pitt drives a classic Mercedes-Benz SL converted to electric power by Everrati. Is its beauty more than skin-deep?
Junk food ads restrictions on TfL network to save NHS £200m August 2, 2022 The restrictions on junk food ads on the Transport for London (TfL) network are set to save the NHS over £200m. According to a study published today by the University of Sheffield and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the ban has prevented almost 100,000 obesity cases. In place since February 2019, the [...]