Even on those rare occasions when it seems they may be at risk of slipping up, Manchester City can always draw strength from the likelihood of Erling Haaland producing the unanswerable ruthlessness that made the difference in this victory over an insubordinate West Ham. Be afraid. After looking short of peak sharpness at the end … Read more
Most people in the UK now believe they will have to spend their own money on private healthcare for routine services such as dentistry, physiotherapy and counselling because they won’t be able to get them quickly on the NHS, pioneering new research has found. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says its findings, based on extensive focus … Read more
During the general election, I made a promise to the British people: to restore economic stability. I did so because I saw the damage taking risks with the public finances can cause. Liz Truss’s mini-budget, less than two years ago, crashed markets and caused interest rates to soar. Stability is the essential ingredient to a … Read more
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is under fresh pressure this weekend over controversial plans to limit winter fuel allowance to the poorest pensioners, amid claims that it will cause “severe hardship” to millions of elderly people. The Observer has learned that the country’s leading charity for older people, Age UK, has written to Reeves with a … Read more
It feels like only yesterday that Joe Root walked out to the middle in Nagpur, met Kevin Pietersen with an upbeat “Eh up, lad, how’s it going?”, and calmly opened his account with a crisply driven three through the covers. England fancied they had a good ’un on their hands, although how good was still … Read more
This weekend, the BFI Southbank in London begins a season of films entitled Martin Scorsese Selects Hidden Gems of British Cinema. Among the treats that caught my eye are a terrific Terence Fisher double bill (1948’s To the Public Danger and 1952’s Stolen Face), Roy Ward Baker’s Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), John Hough’s … Read more
Toto Wolff remains open to bringing the world champion, Max Verstappen, to Mercedes even as the team announced signing Kimi Antonelli to replace Lewis Hamilton for the 2025 season. Mercedes confirmed the 18-year-old would arrive next season alongside George Russell on Saturday yesterday morning at the Italian Grand Prix where McLaren’s Lando Norris went on to … Read more
A mother found to have been raped by her ex-partner was “devastated” after the family court permitted the convicted sex offender to have contact with their child. Kristoffer Paul Arthur White, a serial rapist, was granted unsupervised access to his daughter following a recommendation by a Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) … Read more
Ansarallah, the Shiite jihadist terror organization commonly known as the Houthis, published a video on Thursday that it claimed showed its members boarding the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion and planting bombs while chanting, “Allahu akbar.” The Houthis, who control the Yemeni capital of Sana’a and launched a terrorist campaign to disrupt commercial shipping in the Red … Read more
The issue: work-life balance Paul C Brunson, 50, co-host of Married at First Sight and Celebs Go Dating, and head of global research at Tinder, has been with his wife and business partner, Jill, 50, for 32 years, married for 23. They have two sons, aged 10 and 13. Paul and Jill met when they were … Read more