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The victory lifts Posh two places to seventh in League One, while Port Vale remain 11th. Ephron Mason-Clark struck a quickfire second-half double to hand Darren Ferguson a winning start to his fourth spell as Peterborough manager with a 2-0 victory at Port Vale. Ferguson, who replaced Grant McCann earlier this month, engineered his team’s first away success in five matches and denied Vale a fourth straight home win. The […]

The wave of industrial action which has swept across the country for months will continue this week and could escalate unless there is a breakthrough to bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. The wave of industrial action which has swept across the country for months will continue this week and could escalate unless there is a breakthrough to bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Royal […]

It happened as the aircraft was landing at a newly-opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara Authorities in Nepal said 68 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 on board crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly-opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara. It is the country’s deadliest aviation accident in three decades. Scores of rescue workers and onlookers crowded near the steep […]

The man in his 60s was taken into custody in Cheshire A man has been arrested under terrorism laws after traces of uranium were found in a cargo package at Heathrow Airport, police said. Border Force officers found the radioactive material with a shipment of scrap metal on December 29 which, according to the Sun newspaper, had originated in Pakistan and was bound for Iranians in the UK. Police in […]

Emma Raducanu feels lucky to have England captain Harry Kane in her corner as she looks to take the next steps in her professional career. The 20-year-old goes into 2023 feeling positive about her game and her prospects, and appears to have overcome an untimely ankle injury ahead of a first-round meeting against Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch at the Australian Open on Monday morning. Raducanu’s remarkable US Open triumph saw her […]

Death threats sent to chairman Bill Kenwright and the recent physical assault of chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale forced Everton into the unprecedented step of ordering all board members not to attend their match with Southampton. Tensions are running high among the fanbase with the club facing a second successive relegation battle and while supporters will stage a sit-in protest after the final whistle, events in the lead-up to the must-win […]

The UK has sanctioned Iran’s prosecutor general after the “barbaric regime” executed a dual British-Iranian national on spy charges. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the move “underlines our disgust” at the decision to put Alireza Akbari to death. Prosecutor general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri is at the “heart of Iran’s use of the death penalty”, the Cabinet minister added. It comes after Iranian state media on Saturday announced that Mr Akbari, […]

Single-use plastic plates, cutlery and a host of other items are set to be banned in England from October, the Government has said. The Department for the Environment said that a new ban will also cover single-use plastic bowls, trays as well as certain types of polystyrene cups and food containers, as the Government seeks to curb the “devastating” impact of plastic on the environment. Department officials said that England […]

Heavy rain and blustery winds across much of the UK this weekend will be followed by a period of potentially severe cold weather next week. The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for rain for Wales and many parts of England which are in place from Friday night until midday on Saturday. A yellow warning for wind and rain is in place in Northern Ireland from 2pm on Saturday until […]