Matches at this summer’s World Cup are set to see more incidents sent for VAR reviews – but referees have been told to be quicker to stop frustrating fans with long delays. Players will also face more clampdowns on time-wasting as the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the independent global body responsible for safeguarding, compiling […]
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Prince Harry became emotional as he finished an intense day of evidence against the publisher of the Daily Mail – telling the High Court his wife Meghan’s life had been made an “absolute misery”. The Duke of Sussex spent about two hours being cross-examined by Associated Newspapers Limited’s lawyer, at times appearing visibly frustrated with
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A teenage girl with learning difficulties spent more than 25 years working as a “house slave” for a woman and her 10 children, a court has heard. From 1995 until 2021, the woman – now in her 40s – was trapped in the squalid home of 56-year-old Amanda Wixon in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. There she endured
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It’s a brutal crime that’s haunted the streets of Merseyside for decades. In 1986, Diane Sindall, 21, was raped and murdered by a killer dubbed the “Beast of Birkenhead”. The florist had just finished working a late shift at a pub. It was a part-time job that she had only taken on to make some
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A young man has pleaded guilty to killing a father-of-two by pushing him into the path of an ambulance. Robert Bromell, 39, was struck by the emergency vehicle in Oban, Argyll and Bute, during the early hours of 6 September 2023. Mr Bromell was taken to hospital with serious injuries following the incident at Corran
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One of Britain’s leading home-grown manufacturers of probiotic supplements is to be taken over by an American peer amid booming demand for gut-health and wellbeing products. Sky News has learnt that Symprove, which was launched by Barry Smith from his Surrey farm in 2010, is being bought by Metagenics, a New Jersey-based provider of nutritional
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Donald Trump took to the stage at Davos to address the World Economic Forum, where he covered a wide range of topics. The US president opened his remarks by saying it was “great to be back in beautiful Davos” and address “so many respected business leaders, so many friends, a few enemies” but as he
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The situation between the US and European allies over Greenland looks at risk of boiling over after an explosive few days. A handful of military personnel have landed on the icy territory over the past week, variously described as an exercise or an effort to show Donald Trump they are serious about the Arctic security
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A police officer accused of dangerous driving after killing a driver during a high-speed pursuit of a suspect broke down in tears as he was cleared of wrongdoing. Matthew Pike, 40, was accused of causing the death of Keryl Johnson by dangerous driving, as well as causing death by careless driving, in 2021. However, after
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Brit School graduates Olivia Dean and Lola Young dominate the nominations for next month’s Brit Awards, with five each, while indie giants Pulp have been put forward for Best Group for the first time in 30 years. Dean – boasting two nominations in the Song of the Year category as well as nods for Album