Month: June 2022

Former Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette has rejoined Lyon on a three-year deal. The 31-year-old former France international was a free agent after seeing out his contract with the Premier League club, which officially expires on June 30. Ligue 1 side Lyon confirmed on Thursday morning that they had resigned the player they sold to the Gunners in 2017. A club statement read: “Olympique Lyonnais are very proud and very happy […]

The minimum legal age to buy cigarettes in England could eventually be as high as 21, with a government-commissioned report on the nation's smoking habits set to be released later. Health officials are considering “radical ways” to reduce the number of smokers in England, Sajid Javid has said. But the Health Secretary would not be drawn on whether or not the Javed Khan review on smoking would recommend that the […]

TikTok has announced new digital wellbeing tools for users that will prompt them to take a screen break from the app after extended single sittings online and help them take control of the overall amount of time they spend on the social media platform. The video-sharing platform is hugely popular among teenagers. The company said the two new tools would sit alongside its existing daily screen time limit feature that […]

The average cost of filling a typical family car with petrol could exceed £100 for the first time on Wednesday. Data firm Experian Catalist said a litre of petrol cost an average of 180.7p on Tuesday. That was an increase of 2.2p compared with the previous day. A similar increase on Wednesday will take the average cost of a full tank for a 55-litre family car to more than £100 […]

Conor Bradley has reflected on a “mad year” after taking major strides forward with Liverpool and Northern Ireland. It is just over 12 months since Bradley, 18, made his international debut in a friendly against Malta despite never having played a senior game at club level, but since then he has earned another five caps and played Champions League football among five Liverpool appearances. He got his second competitive start […]

A strike by Italian aviation workers is causing more misery for UK travellers. Dozens of flights between the UK and Italy were cancelled on Wednesday, with easyJet, Ryanair and British Airways among the airlines affected. EasyJet axed 20 Gatwick flights, including departures to Bologna, Milan, Naples, Rome and Venice. The airline told passengers: “Although this is outside of our control, we would like to reassure customers that we are doing […]

Retailer JD Sports, sporting goods firm Elite Sports and Rangers Football Club have been provisionally found by the UK competition watchdog to have conspired to fix prices of Rangers club clothing merchandise. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) alleges that the two retailers, with help from Rangers, colluded to keep prices of Rangers-branded replica kits high so they could “pocket more money for themselves at the expense of fans”. The […]

Jeff Goldblum has recalled sitting and eating popcorn with Diana, Princess of Wales at a special screening of the first Jurassic Park film, almost 30 years ago. The Hollywood star said Diana had been a “spectacular lady” and they had been seated next to one another at the showing at London’s Natural History Museum. Goldblum was joined by fellow cast member Laura Dern at the global premiere of the final […]

European Council president Charles Michel accused Russia of using food supplies as a 'stealth missile' Moscow’s UN ambassador walked out of the Security Council after the EU accused Russia of using food supplies as “a stealth missile against developing countries” and blamed the Kremlin for the looming global food crisis. European Council President Charles Miche addressed Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia directly at the council meeting, saying he saw millions of […]