‘Huge push’ to make venues Covid-secure ahead of major events like Wimbledon and the Euros

Save our summer of sport! ‘Huge push’ to make venues Covid-secure ahead of major events like Wimbledon and the Euros with testing kits sent out with tickets and temperature checks on arrival among the plans Government is ‘pushing hard’ to get stadiums and venues open  for summer  Plans being devised include home tests for fans … Read more

Drunk student, 19, who assaulted emergency workers, avoids jail

A drunk student who screamed homophobic abuse and assaulted hospital staff after drinking a bottle of tequila has been spared jail after the court was told she would be horrified if her gay friends found out.  Zofia Nowacka, 19, screamed: ‘F***ing gay faggot, f***ing c***, motherf***er,’ and violently pulled a female paramedic’s hair; punched a … Read more

Wimbledon is urged to sever ties with HSBC over Hong Kong human rights

Wimbledon is urged to sever ties with HSBC for failing to stand up for human rights in Hong Kong By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 4 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 4 February 2021 Major sporting events are under pressure to cut their ties with HSBC and Standard Chartered over … Read more

Millionaire houseboat tycoon, 60, ‘chased tenant with roofer’s tool’

Millionaire houseboat tycoon, 60, ‘chased tenant with roofer’s tool shouting ‘I’ll break your f***ing head’ and slapped him with gardening gloves in row over £5,500 charges at west London boatyard, court hears Millionaire houseboat tycoon Myck Djuberg, 60, chased Klaus Beversluis, 52  Djuberg ‘sprung’ additional and unwarranted charges on tenant Mr Beversluis    The 60-year-old then chased … Read more

Millionaire houseboat tycoon, 60, ‘chased tenant with roofer’s tool’

Millionaire houseboat tycoon, 60, ‘chased tenant with roofer’s tool shouting ‘I’ll break your f***ing head’ and slapped him with gardening gloves in row over £5,500 charges at west London boatyard, court hears Millionaire houseboat tycoon Myck Djuberg, 60, chased Klaus Beversluis, 52  Djuberg ‘sprung’ additional and unwarranted charges on tenant Mr Beversluis    The 60-year-old then chased … Read more

AFC Wimbledon ‘considering Chelsea women’s Emma Hayes for first senior female manager’

AFC Wimbledon ‘is considering Chelsea women’s boss Emma Hayes as their new manager’ after 33-game unbeaten run – in what would be first female appointment in Football League HISTORY AFC Wimbledon are considering an approach to make Emma Hayes manager  The move would make her the first female manager in men’s senior football  Ian Holloway, … Read more

City insurance executive avoids jail after assaulting girlfriend

A City insurance executive has avoided jail after he grabbed his ‘petrified’ girlfriend by her throat and lifted her onto her tiptoes in a row outside his £1.6million west London flat. Howard James Burnell, 62, was convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend Mary Phillips in the doorway of his flat in Richmond, where they both lived, after … Read more

Black teenager wins £16,000 after tribunal says Topshop bosses were racist for calling her ‘thick’

A black teenager has won £16,000 after a tribunal ruled Topshop bosses were racist for calling her ‘thick’ and she was ‘earning a lot of money for someone like her’. Shaniqua McKenzie, who was 16 at the time, was asked by her bosses at a Topshop in Wimbledon, London, how her grandma could afford to … Read more

Black teenager wins £16,000 after tribunal says Topshop bosses were racist for calling her ‘thick’

A black teenager has won £16,000 after a tribunal ruled Topshop bosses were racist for calling her ‘thick’ and she was ‘earning a lot of money for someone like her’. Shaniqua McKenzie, who was 16 at the time, was asked by her bosses at a Topshop in Wimbledon, London, how her grandma could afford to … Read more

Insurance executive, 62, lifted girlfriend onto her tiptoes by the throat during violent row

A City insurance executive lifted his ‘petrified’ girlfriend onto her tiptoes by the throat during a violent row at their £1.6m west London flat, a court heard. Howard James Burnell, 62, was convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend Mary Phillips in the doorway of his flat in Little Green, Richmond, where they both lived, after a dinner date on … Read more