Flight delay warning after air traffic control fault
“Technical issue” hits UK air traffic control systems, with airlines warning of delays to flights
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Simone Biles wins record eighth US all-around title as comeback continues
Simone Biles broke a 90-year record by winning her eighth all-around title at the US Gymnastics Championships. Her win comes less than a month after the four-time Olympic champion returned to competition, following a two-year break to work on her mental health. The 26-year-old’s floor routine earned a score of 15.400, giving her an all-around…
Suella Braverman does not rule out GPS tagging of illegal migrants
Home Secretary Suella Braverman says “all options” are being considered to deal with small boats.
Labour rules out wealth tax if party wins next election
10 hours ago About sharing By Nathan Williams & Iain Watson, political correspondent BBC News Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has ruled out any version of a wealth tax on the richest in society should Labour win the next general election. She told the Sunday Telegraph extra money for public services would have to come from…
France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools
7 hours ago About sharing By Ece Goksedef BBC News Students will be banned from wearing abaya, a loose-fitting full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, in France’s state-run schools, the education minister has said. The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September. France has a strict…
Every theft must be investigated, home secretary tells police
18 minutes ago About sharing By Christy Cooney BBC News Police must investigate every theft and follow all reasonable leads to catch offenders, the home secretary has said. Suella Braverman says it is “completely unacceptable” that criminals are often “effectively free to break certain laws”. She wants officers to use evidence from smart doorbells and…
Leeds Festival: The Killers, Central Cee and 1975 close the weekend
18 minutes ago About sharing Brandon Flowers of the Killers By Paul Glynn Entertainment reporter at Leeds Festival Leeds Festival closed on Sunday with a heady mix of rock, rap and pop from the Killers, Central Cee and the 1975. The Killers concluded their set with two consecutive different renditions of their eternal anthem Mr…
GB athletics team finish with 10 medals
Great Britain won 10 medals in Budapest to equal their best-ever haul at a World Athletics Championships. Keely Hodgkinson and the 4x400m relay teams won medals on the final day to help Britain finish seventh in the final medal table. Britain recorded a haul of two golds, three silver and five bronze medals after nine…
Jacksonville shooter, 21, who killed three ‘wrote racist manifestos’
1 hour ago About sharing By Antoinette Radford BBC News A man who shot dead three people in a racially motivated attack in Florida wrote of his hatred of Black people, police have said. Twenty-one year old Ryan Christopher Palmeter fired eleven rounds at one woman sitting in her car in Jacksonville, before entering a…
Aston Villa team bus hit by brick after win at Burnley
The windscreen of Aston Villa’s team bus was hit by a brick as the side were travelling back to the Midlands following their victory at Burnley. The incident took place at junction 10 of the M65 after Sunday’s Premier League match, which Villa won 3-1. In a statement Burnley said the club are “relieved to…