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That's according to boss Unai Emery Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says European qualification is a possibility this season. Villa are currently in the bottom half of the Premier League, but are looking up after registering back-to-back wins. Finishing seventh could earn a route into the Europa Conference League, but Emery knows his side would need a strong end to the campaign. “Getting into Europe is a possibility and if

The Blues came from 1-nil down to progress to the Champions League Quarter Finals earlier in the week Graham Potter admitted Chelsea’s Champions League last-16 triumph over Borussia Dortmund lifted a weight off his shoulders. The Blues won 2-0 at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit and advance into the quarter-finals. Having beaten Leeds last weekend, the victory over Dortmund secured Chelsea’s first back-to-back wins since

A steak, ale and stilton cheese pie named Moo-and-Blue has been crowned UK supreme champion at the British Pie Awards. The winning savoury manufactured by Leicestershire-based Brockleby’s Pies ate up competition from more than 900 entries. The champion was announced on Friday after this year’s annual contest saw 150 judges sampling crust and crumb under tightly controlled conditions in the beautiful surroundings of St Mary’s Church in Melton Mowbray. Family-run Brockleby’s, which makes more

The retail giant behind the department store chain and Waitrose is set to reveal its trading performance for the year to January on Thursday John Lewis Partnership could slide to a loss for the past year in the face of rocketing costs at its Waitrose supermarket arm, according to industry analysts. It would mean staff at the high street stalwart would miss out on an annual bonus payout. The retail

Members of the RMT will talk out on the 16th and 18th of March Parts of Britain’s rail network will be closed during next week’s strikes, passengers have been warned. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out at 14 train companies on March 16 and 18, as well as March 30 and April 1. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents train operators, said it

He will race at the Circuit of the Americas, Chicago, and Indianapolis Jenson Button has signed a deal to race in three NASCAR Cup Series meetings this year. The 2009 Formula One world champion, 43, will make his debut in the stock car championship at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas – a venue he raced at during his F1 career – on March 26. He will also compete at a

That's according to the comedian, Kerry Godliman Comedian Kerry Godliman described the Oscars slap-gate as a “real tragedy” that implied live comedy carries the risk or threat of violence, which “isn’t the case”. At the 94th Academy Awards Hollywood actor Will Smith stormed the stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock, after he made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair-loss. In the aftermath of the slap, Smith went

Bernard Looney earned around 4.5 million pounds in 2021. The boss of BP earned more than 170 times more than his average employee last year as his pay doubled to around £10 million after the company benefited from the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. New figures from the oil giant showed that Bernard Looney’s total pay packet increased from around £4.5 million in 2021. The company’s profit doubled between 2021

It follows the allegations of racism made by Azeem Rafiq The England and Wales Cricket Board has been accused of a “dereliction of duty” in its handling of the Azeem Rafiq case by a former Yorkshire chairman. Robin Smith says ECB chairman Richard Thompson should have acted to halt the disciplinary proceedings and instead called an independent inquiry to look into Rafiq’s allegations of racism. The ECB charged seven individuals

Schools are facing more “challenging” behaviour from pupils who see school routines as “oppressive” following months at home during the pandemic, a headteachers’ union has said. Pupils who became used to wearing no uniforms and going to the toilet when they wanted are now “flexing their muscles”, Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said. It comes after the union received a number of