Tyson Fury has confirmed his return to boxing with a comeback fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov. The 37-year-old heavyweight boxer announced his retirement a year ago in the wake of successive defeats to Oleksandr Usyk. Fury plans to fight three times this year and has been training in Thailand ahead of his return, which is set […]
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A third of international travellers say they are less likely to visit the US if proposals to scrutinise social media accounts are brought in, according to a survey. It suggests proposals to screen visitors’ social media accounts and family histories – as announced last month – could cut tourism spending by $15bn (£10.8bn) and impact
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Dame Sarah Mullally has been confirmed as the first-ever female Archbishop of Canterbury, some 1,400 years after the role was created. The ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral in London also confirmed the 63-year-old as the first woman to assume the spiritual leadership of the Church of England in its nearly 500-year history. Dame Sarah, who
The BBC has announced who will carry the corporation forward after the departure of director general Tim Davie. Rhodri Talfan Davies, who led BBC Cymru Wales from 2011 to 2020, will assume the role of interim director general on 3 April. Mr Davies, who is currently the broadcaster’s Director of Nations, will steer the BBC
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Ministers have abandoned plans to delay elections for 30 English local councils, following what it says is new legal advice. Those 30 councils – a fifth of the overall 136 elections due to take place this year – will now have elections on 7 May as originally planned. Politics latest: Follow the latest updates The
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The police watchdog has paused misconduct proceedings against the officer cleared of murdering Chris Kaba ahead of a law change on the use of force. Mr Kaba’s family said they were “devastated” by the Independent Office for Police Conduct’s (IOPC) decision to delay serving Sergeant Martyn Blake with misconduct papers. The 24-year-old, who was not
A man has been found guilty of blowing up an ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) camera using a homemade bomb. Retired electrical appliances engineer Kevin Rees was found to have damaged a camera in Willersley Avenue, Sidcup, in southeast London, by using a low-sophistication, improvised explosive device at 6.45pm on 6 December 2023. A jury at
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A man has been found guilty of assaulting a woman after Donald Trump’s youngest son told UK police that he saw her being attacked on a video call. Barron Trump, 19, was in the US when he told a 999 call handler that a woman was “getting beat up” in London, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.
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A man died after his lorry crashed into a river on Tuesday during Storm Chandra. Hampshire Police said the lorry driver, who was in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident in the New Forest. “We were called just after 1pm on Tuesday to a report that a lorry had gone
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One of the first people in the UK to use Elon Musk’s brain chip says it “feels magical” and believes it could transform the lives of those with severe paralysis. “It is a massive change in your life where you can suddenly no longer move any of your limbs,” said Sebastian Gomez-Pena, a volunteer in