Richard Riakporhe is between his morning training session and his afternoon hill run. The coronavirus pandemic has played havoc with the boxing calendar but he is staying focused. Having won his first 11 fights as a professional – as well as picking up the British and WBA Intercontinental titles along […]
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“I want Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Tommy Robinson, Donald Trump and the geezer from North Korea to be put on a boat that gets sent around the world for the next 25 years,” Neville Southall says as he sinks back into his chair. “That would do me,” he adds, with […]
He said in a video: “The big news is I’m writing a book. Here’s a question for you, what unites this lot? An old fella who looks after a memorial, Shirley Ballas, a police office who specialised in knife crime, Gary Speed, a coronavirus frontline hero, a girl from a […]
Neville Staple on stage (Image: PA) His group, now called From The Specials, are all full-time musicians. “We’re in the same boat as most working bands; there’s no government support for artists,” says Nev. “It’s been tough. We’ve had 68 shows cancelled including a European tour. Where we’ve had flights […]
Instead, Rhys considers himself to be “lucky” that the man survived and that instead he is nearly halfway through a two-year stretch. It is an incongruous sight seeing the journalist viewers know from presenting the BBC News and waltzing around the Strictly Come Dancing floor inside a former borstal, Scotland’s […]
It was a peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstration in Hyde Park, where protesters of many different racial and cultural backgrounds chanted Floyd’s name through their face masks, demanding justice. Several protesters shared their outrage over the killing to CNN, drawing parallels with their own experiences, and expressed dismay about US […]
It is believed that the shooting took place following a disagreement between two groups of youths before one individual began firing a gun. At least three people are believed to have been injured in the shooting. Police have now launched a widespread manhunt to find multiple suspects. The suspects fled […]
(Bloomberg) — Boris Johnson has succeeded, finally, in getting Parliament to give him the general election that he wants. The polls have him far ahead: YouGov had 36% of voters backing his Conservatives, with Labour in second place on 23%. But his move is still a risky one. Here are […]