Month: June 2022

Carlos Alcaraz feels this year is too soon for him to challenge for the Wimbledon title. The 19-year-old has established himself as the most exciting young talent in the men’s game over the past couple of seasons and has already won four ATP Tour titles this year, three on clay and one on grass. He went into the French Open as the leading challenger to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic […]

Boris Johnson has said he will “keep going” after his authority was dealt a series of blows by a double by-election defeat which triggered the resignation of a Cabinet minister. The Prime Minister acknowledged on Friday that losing the former Tory stronghold of Tiverton and Honiton to the Lib Dems as well as surrendering Wakefield to Labour was “tough”, but he insisted he was pushing on, and vowed to “listen” […]

Households are facing a “huge” jump in energy-related scams as fraudsters exploit fear and confusion around soaring bills, figures show. Scams mentioning one of the ‘big six’ energy firms in the first quarter of this year were up 10% on the same period last year, figures from Action Fraud and reported by Which? show. January alone saw a 27% year-on-year increase. Which? said it believed the true figure was likely […]

Jill Scott has described waiting for England’s squad announcement for next month’s home European Championship as “probably one of the worst days of my life”. Lionesses head coach Sarina Wiegman named her final 23-player squad last week and Scott, behind only Fara Williams as England’s most capped women’s player, feared she would not make the cut. But the 35-year-old will appear at her 10th major tournament for her country at […]

Teachers going on strike would be “unforgiveable”, Nadhim Zahawi said as the biggest teachers’ union warned of industrial action over pay and workload. The Education Secretary said such a move would be “irresponsible” in the wake of the upheaval to children’s learning caused by the pandemic. It came after the National Education Union (NEU) said it would consult its members in the autumn, “strongly encouraging them” to back industrial action […]

More than half of employees in Scotland are now working from home either all or part of the time, research has found. A new report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found 15% of employees in Scotland are now fully working from home, while 39% work in a hybrid pattern. Lee Ann Panglea, head of the CIPD in Scotland and Northern Ireland, said: “We are at the […]

Todd Boehly will act as interim sporting director to handle Chelsea’s summer transfer dealings. Chelsea’s co-controlling owner has been confirmed as the Stamford Bridge club’s new chairman, replacing Bruce Buck with immediate effect. Marina Granovskaia has also been confirmed as stepping down from her directorship, leaving US magnate Boehly to spearhead Chelsea’s recruitment negotiations in this summer transfer window. All the top Boehly-Clearlake Capital consortium figureheads have been added to […]

Hundreds of bus drivers are to go on strike in a dispute over pay. Members of the Unite union employed by Stagecoach in Merseyside will walk out on June 30 and again on July 4. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Stagecoach is a highly profitable company – it can easily afford to pay its workers a decent wage but it is choosing not to. “Unite will always challenge employers […]

Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas has urged people to “be vigilant and ask more questions” of loved ones, after reflecting on the “preventable” suicide of her brother. The entertainer said she failed to spot any signs that her older brother and “protector” David was suicidal before he took his own life in 2003 at the age of 44, despite speaking every day on the phone. David’s picture is one […]