Four Lionesses have been recognised in the New Year Honours list, which also sees Queen guitarist Brian May and artist Grayson Perry knighted. The honours are the first to be issued by King Charles. Lionesses make the list – but not all of them Captain Leah Williamson is among four of England’s Euro 2022-winning side
Month: December 2022
Nearly 2,000 offenders have been made to wear tags that detect if they have drunk alcohol this Christmas. New statistics have revealed about 1,800 offenders have been made to wear sobriety tags over the Christmas and New Year period to tackle alcohol-related crime. The tags, introduced in 2020, monitor the alcohol content in an individual’s
The number of flu cases in hospital is seven times higher than last month, latest figures show. New data from NHS England shows there were 3,746 patients a day in hospital with flu last week, up from 520 a month ago. Of those in hospital last week, 267 were in critical care beds. The NHS
Tony Blair wanted Vladimir Putin to have a seat at the international “top table” during his time as prime minister, according to newly released official files. The Labour PM from 1997 to 2007 believed the Russian president was at heart a “Russian patriot” and it was important to encourage him to adopt Western values, the
House prices recorded their “worst run” since 2008 following a fourth consecutive monthly decline in December, according to a closely-watched measure. Mortgage lender Nationwide’s index charted a sharp slowdown in the annual rate of price growth – to 2.8% this month following the 4.4% recorded in November. It said prices dipped 0.1% in December compared
Brazil football great Pele has been praised all over the world following his death at age 82. But his greatness on the pitch has been hailed by his peers for decades. Here is a selection of quotes by fellow players, past and present. Sir Bobby Charlton, England’s World Cup winner in 1966: “I sometimes feel
Almost a week since a ferocious storm choked parts of western New York, killing scores and paralysing normal life, Buffalo, the state’s second-largest city, is starting to churn again. Planes on the runway at Niagara airport are being de-iced and the departure hall is brimming. The roads are busy, too, after a travel ban lasting
Some of the fashion industry’s biggest names have paid tribute to designer Dame Vivienne Westwood after she died at the age of 81. Dame Vivienne died peacefully surrounded by her family in Clapham, south London, on Thursday her representatives said in a statement. American fashion designer Marc Jacobs said he was “heartbroken” at the news
Social media influencer Andrew Tate has been arrested in Romania on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group, prosecutors have confirmed. The 36-year-old British-American and his brother Tristan were arrested in Bucharest on Thursday evening and will be detained for 24 hours alongside two Romanian suspects, prosecutors in the country said.
Legendary British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood has died age 81. A statement said she died on Thursday in London, surrounded by her family. Dame Vivienne found fame in the 1970s when she brought punk fashions into the mainstream, running a boutique on London’s King’s Road alongside Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren. She went on
The cost of living crisis will deepen next year as people continue to be hit with falling pay, higher taxes and soaring bills, a think tank has warned. Households face a cost of living “groundhog year” with disposable incomes plummeting even further than in 2022 and living standards getting “far worse” before they improve, according
The death of Pope Emeritus Benedict marks an unfamiliar junction for modern Catholics. He is the first pope since the Middle Ages to die after retiring from office. His death will trigger public mourning but not the election of a successor which many are used to. Former pontiff dies after Pope Francis revealed he was
At least 19 people are dead and up to 30 are missing after a fire at a casino and hotel in western Cambodia. The blaze at the Grand Diamond City Casino in the city of Poipet, started at about midnight on Wednesday, the General Commissariat of National Police said. Just after 4am UK time (11am
There are no plans to introduce mandatory COVID-19 tests for arrivals to the UK from China, after a series of other countries said they would impose controls. The news comes after China announced it was abandoning its COVID-zero policy and was preparing to reopen its borders in January. There are fears that the end of
Government targets to curb the number of smokers in England by 2030 will not be met, according to new analysis. In 2019 ministers set out an ambition for England to become “smoke-free” by 2030 – which is said to be achieved when adult smoking rates fall to 5% or less. But Cancer Research UK said
The family of rapper Theophilus London have filed a missing persons report and are asking for the public’s help, saying he has not been seen in months. Someone last spoke to the musician in July in Los Angeles, according to the family’s statement released by Secretly, a music label that has worked with London. London’s
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