You won. We won. All of us. Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, every manager who spoke out, every player who took a stand. The fans outside Stamford Bridge. The Chelsea Pitch Owners. Those who took their banners down from The Kop. Those who rejected preciously rare tickets for Sunday’s cup final. Even the helpfully populist PM … Read more
MARTIN SAMUEL: Roman Abramovich was always different. And that made Chelsea different, too. He was in it for something more than money. He was in it for glory. The same with Sheikh Mansour.
More than a third of graduates won a first-class degree last summer thanks to new Covid rules allowing students to self-certify as sick and still get top marks for late coursework Proportion of students awarded first-class degrees rose from 28 per cent in 2019 Leap came as undergraduates studied from home as institutions moved online … Read more
More than a third of graduates won a first-class degree last summer thanks to new Covid rules allowing students to self-certify as sick and still get top marks for late coursework Proportion of students awarded first-class degrees rose from 28 per cent in 2019 Leap came as undergraduates studied from home as institutions moved online … Read more
Matt Hancock faces fresh ‘cronyism’ row after it emerges he and his sister own shares in firm that won NHS contracts Matt Hancock declared getting 15 per cent of shares in shredding firm Topwood The company has been awarded a contract worth £300,000 by NHS Wales Mr Hancock did not declare publicly his sister also … Read more
Mourners lined the streets as the funeral procession of former racing driver the Marquess of Bute took place in London this afternoon. John Crichton-Stuart, who also went by John Bute and was a close friend of Prince Charles, is believed to have died from cancer aged 62 on March 22. He spent much of his … Read more
A Californian firm backed by private equity has won deals with No10 to supply more than a billion coronavirus tests ahead of the mass twice-a-week testing drive. Innova Medical Group has raked in £2.8billion from British taxpayers in controversial deals for lateral flow tests that give results within 30 minutes. It was officially founded last … Read more
A primary school teacher has been awarded more than £150,000 in compensation after a pupil assaulted her for asking him to get on with his work, union figures show. The six-figure payout was among cases in which education staff were awarded settlements for injuries and discrimination suffered in school. Overall, the NASUWT teaching union secured … Read more
A primary school teacher has been awarded more than £150,000 in compensation after a pupil assaulted her for asking him to get on with his work, union figures show. The six-figure payout was among cases in which education staff were awarded settlements for injuries and discrimination suffered in school. Overall, the NASUWT teaching union secured … Read more
Academy Award-winning screenwriter and novelist Larry McMurtry passed away on Thursday at the age of 84. The news was confirmed by the McMurtry family spokesperson, Amanda Lundberg, in an obituary published by the New York Times. Neither the cause or location of the writer’s death were made public. Rest in peace: Larry McMurtry passed away … Read more