Month: July 2022

Ed Sheeran has brought Jamal Edwards’ “vision to life” in new music video with American rapper Russ. The 31-year-old singer-songwriter said he “hit up” Edwards for music video ideas after deciding to collaborate with Russ, “knowing that he would create something incredible”. The music entrepreneur planned out the video but died at the age of 31, before the video to Are You Entertained could be shot. Sheeran said on Instagram: […]

Actor Adrian Edmondson has reflected on the relevance today of the theme of poverty in A Christmas Carol as he prepares to take on the lead role in an upcoming production. The Young Ones star, 65, is to play Ebenezer Scrooge in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) revival of David Edgar’s adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, which was first published in London in 1843. Directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, the […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits the best way Darwin Nunez can dispel scrutiny about his price tag is by scoring goals. The Reds boss said the Uruguay international, who joined this summer in what could be a club-record £85million move from Benfica, would not be a “normal human being” if he did not feel some pressure associated with the fee. There had been some criticism on social media after the […]

Wheelchair users who need help from others will be able to enter the London Marathon for the first time, as organisers aim to make the event more inclusive. The London Marathon announced three major policy changes on Thursday, to become more inclusive of pregnant or postpartum, disabled and religious participants, which will come into immediate effect. Up to four wheelchair users who require assistance to participate in the event – […]

Uncertainty over Aaron Ramsey’s future grew on Thursday when he was left out of Juventus’ squad for the Serie A club’s pre-season tour to the United States. The 31-year-old Wales midfielder, who spent the second half of the 2021-22 campaign on loan at cinch Premiership Rangers, has been omitted from Massimiliano Allegri’s travelling party along with Federico Chiesa, Mattia De Sciglio, Kaio Jorge, Arthur Melo, Marko Pjaca and Adrien Rabiot. […]

The coronavirus inquiry will be conducted “as speedily as possible” so lessons can be learned before another pandemic strikes, the chairwoman of the probe has pledged. Baroness Heather Hallett said preliminary hearings will begin as soon as September this year, ahead of substantive public hearings starting in late spring 2023. She pledged to conduct the probe as speedily and efficiently as possible, but warned the “substantial task… will take time […]

Adam Peaty has revealed that the pain of watching his world swimming titles being wrenched from his grasp in Budapest last month has reasserted his desire to create new and unattainable benchmarks in his sport. The 27-year-old was denied the chance to claim his fourth consecutive world double of 50m and 100m breaststroke titles after fracturing a bone in his foot during a freak training accident in May. His injury […]

Here are some examples of how the cost of everyday goods and services have risen in the past year. The figures are based on the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation and have been published by the Office for National Statistics. In each case, the figure is the percentage change in the average price over the 12 months to June 2022. – Food Low fat milk 26.3% Butter 21.5% […]

A teenager has been charged with murdering a 16-year-old who was found with a stab wound after reports of a shooting. Sekou Doucoure died on July 12 despite the efforts of armed police and paramedics to save him after he was found injured in Nursery Road, Lozells, Birmingham. West Midlands Police said a boy who is also 16 has been charged with Sekou’s murder. The youth, who cannot be named […]