Month: July 2022

Manchester City have completed the signing of midfielder Kalvin Phillips from Leeds on a six-year contract, the Premier League champions have announced. City agreed a basic fee of £42million with Leeds for the England international last month, with a potential further £3m to be added in bonuses. Phillips, who came through the youth ranks at Leeds, switches to the Etihad Stadium after making 235 appearances for his hometown club over […]

Rolling roadblocks have brought parts of the M4 to a standstill as protesters target motorways in a demonstration over high fuel prices. Campaigners focused on a stretch of motorway between Bristol and South Wales, including the Prince of Wales Severn bridge crossing, as part of action calling for a cut in fuel duty. The protests are understood to have been organised via social media under the banner Fuel Price Stand […]

Sandwich and coffee chain Pret a Manger has said it returned to profitability in March after suffering another year of hefty losses in 2021 amid lockdowns and Covid restrictions. The group revealed it remained in the red with operating losses of £225.9 million last year, in new filings at Companies House. This was an improvement on the £343 million loss seen in 2020 at the height of the pandemic thanks […]

Dame Kelly Holmes told Pride attendees “we all deserve to have our voices heard” She said: “I could never speak before but I have realised no matter if you lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, black, white, short, tall, big, small, however you identify and even being straight, we have the right to stand side by side with each other, we all deserve to have our voices heard. “As […]

The family of a teenager who died in a stabbing attack in Wolverhampton has paid tribute to him as a “kind-hearted, loving, caring” person. Ronan Kanda’s loved ones said their “hearts are broken” following his death on Wednesday. West Midlands Police said a post-mortem showed he had been stabbed twice at the scene on Mount Road, Lanesfield, shortly before 9pm on Wednesday. He died at the scene. Five people, aged […]

British Airways and Heathrow Airport have welcomed measures to help airlines prevent last-minute flight cancellations over the summer. Government regulations will allow a one-off “amnesty” on airport slots rules, enabling airlines to plan ahead and deliver a more realistic summer schedule with a view to minimising disruption at airports. Airlines will be able to cancel flights without being penalised for not using their airport slot, but must finalise their summer […]

Hundreds of people are expected to turn out for a silent vigil for Zara Aleena on Saturday afternoon to “walk her home”. Hundreds of people are expected to turn out for a silent vigil for Zara Aleena on Saturday afternoon to “walk her home”. The 35-year-old law graduate was only minutes from her front door when she was attacked and killed while walking home along Cranbrook Road in Ilford, east […]

Rescue teams were deployed near the epicentre At least five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude-6.3 earthquake in southern Iran earlier today. State media reported rescue teams were deployed near the epicentre, Sayeh Khosh village, which is home to around 300 people in Hormozgan province, some 620 miles south of the capital, Tehran. People went into the streets as aftershocks continued to jolt the area after […]

Celebrations in London today More than a million people are expected to descend on the capital for Pride in London on Saturday. It will be the first time the event has been held since the outbreak of the pandemic. The event, which organisers are calling the “biggest and most inclusive event in history”, will also feature a line-up of artists performing across four stages around Central London. Commencing at midday […]