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It follows nine consecutive defeats in the Women's Super League Tottenham have sacked head coach Rehanne Skinner after Sunday’s loss to Liverpool made it nine consecutive defeats in the Women’s Super League. Spurs blew an early lead to lose 2-1 at Prenton Park as Rosella Ayane’s goal was cancelled out by Emma Koivisto’s deflected strike before Missy Bo Kearns’ winner left Skinner admitting her side faced a “battle” to turn

It comes amid a banking stock sell-off More than £50 billion has been wiped off the UK’s biggest stock market on Monday after the second and third biggest bank failures in US history spooked investors across the globe. The collapse of tech-focused Silicon Valley Bank sparked fears across Wall Street that the banking system was being crippled by a relentless cycle of interest rate rises. It has prompted calls to

He made the speech at Westminster Abbey The King has issued a rallying call to the family of nations urging them to “strive together” to achieve a “global common good” in his first Commonwealth Day address. Charles highlighted the institution’s “indispensable role in the most pressing issues of our time” in his speech delivered during the annual Westminster Abbey service celebrating the Commonwealth. He also paid tribute to his “beloved

The full-back was targeted with a series of offensive replies in Instagram Southampton have demanded action from social media platforms after calling in police over racist abuse aimed at defender Kyle Walker-Peters. The full-back was targeted with a series of offensive replies, including monkey emojis, to his latest Instagram post following Sunday’s 0-0 Premier League draw at Manchester United. One racist term was used in reference to United substitute Alejandro

They've begun a 72-hour walkout which will see appointments and operations cancelled for thousands of patients Tens of thousands of junior doctors have gone on strike across England, with the NHS bracing itself for three days of mass disruption. The 72-hour walkout, which began on Monday morning, will see operations and appointments cancelled for thousands of patients as doctors join picket lines outside their hospitals. More than 100,000 appointments have already been postponed this

The blast happened this morning in Morriston One person remains unaccounted for and three people have been taken to hospital following a suspected gas explosion in Swansea. Emergency services were called at just after 11.20am on Monday to an explosion at an address on the junction of Clydach Road and Field Close in Morriston. Images from the scene appear to show one house has collapsed and another is badly damaged, with debris strewn into

A draw at the weekend left the Hammers outside the drop zone on goal difference David Moyes retains the support of the West Ham hierarchy despite the threat of relegation. Sunday’s 1-1 draw at home to Aston Villa left the Hammers outside the bottom three on goal difference alone. But the PA news agency understands there is no appetite at the club to make a managerial change and that owner

He'll be back hosting Match of the Day this Saturday The BBC has apologised after an impartiality row over a tweet by Gary Lineker ended with the presenter reinstated as the host of Match of the Day. Director-General Tim Davie said he recognised “the potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the BBC’s social media guidance” following a “difficult period for staff, contributors, presenters, and most importantly, our audiences”. Lineker thanked his

He earned 112 caps for his country Aaron Hughes has been appointed as a senior coach for Northern Ireland ahead of their upcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers. The 43-year-old earned 112 caps for his country and represented the likes of Newcastle, Fulham, Aston Villa and Hearts before retiring in June 2019. More recently, the former Northern Ireland captain was named technical director at the Irish Football Association in November 2022, focusing

That's according to National Highways Protesters will find it harder to climb motorway gantries built using a new design, National Highways said. The roadside structures will be “more resilient to trespassers” as steps for maintenance crews will be inside pillars rather than outside, according to the government-owned company. Gantries above the M25 were repeatedly scaled by Just Stop Oil activists in November last year, bringing traffic on the UK’s busiest