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Deportivo, Parma, Hamburg. Not just a football hipster’s holiday hit-list, but a sample of erstwhile headline acts who have returned to their respective top flights in recent years. You can throw Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Schalke and Malaga into the mix too. But with such footballing royalty back in the big time, where can you … Read more

A government consultation on adoption support was launched in February 2026. Josh MacAlister, the minister for children and families – who is responsible for adoption and children’s social care in England – told the BBC that medical records was one of the issues being looked at. “Adoption support and how it’s set up at the … Read more

Parts of the Indian capital, Delhi, have been turned into a fortress, with tens of thousands of security forces deployed, as the influential Gen Z-led “cockroach” movement has called for a major protest on Saturday. The protesters are seeking electoral reforms and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of manipulating … Read more

Hurricane Isaias has made landfall in the US state of Florida and is expected to bring life-threatening flooding and winds that have forced thousands to evacuate. The storm weakened slightly to a category 2 hurricane, with 110 mph (175 kph) winds, before ramming into Florida’s western panhandle on Friday evening. Florida, Alabama, and Georgia have … Read more

The chairman of John Lewis has warned that a “tax raid” on department stores and supermarkets would “only harm our high streets”, according to the Daily Telegraph. In what the paper describes as an “unusually outspoken attack on the potential Budget”, Jason Tarry, who is also the chairman of Waitrose, said that “piling more costs” … Read more

Tim Armitage, investment strategist at Quilter Cheviot, said the numbers mentioned by Trump were “relatively small”. He said the first tranche equated to approximately 2.25m barrels, and daily US consumption was around 3.8m barrels, “so it won’t make a material difference to pump prices in the US”. “Granted, there are then two more releases to … Read more

As dustbins burn and students chant “everyone hates the police” in the French city of Lille, one teenager explains why he and his friends have taken to the streets. “There aren’t even enough chairs. We have to go and find some at the start of every lesson,” the 16-year-old, who did not want to give … Read more

For months, the American president has been searching for ways to ease his party’s political pain. He recently pressured European allies to further tap their oil reserves. He deferred federal taxes on the fuel and authorised supplies designated for farm use to be used in interstate trucking. He has also promised that he would not … Read more

Mikel Arteta says his conscience is clear over Manchester City’s Premier League rule breaches during a period when he was assistant manager at the club. The Arsenal boss worked under Pep Guardiola between 2016 and 2019, which overlapped with the nine seasons during which City have been found to have broken rules and disguised secret … Read more

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant has said he will ban the contentious Orange Order parade at Drumcree. The dispute has led to a stand-off between Orangemen and nationalist residents of the Garvaghy Road in Portadown lasting almost two weeks. Sir Chris said the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) chief constable advised him “that … Read more

Conservative commentator Katie Zacharia has been offered the job of White House press secretary, a White House official confirmed to the BBC. Zacharia, who currently works as a communication’s adviser for Trump Media & Technology Group would become the president’s sixth chief spokesperson across his two administrations. She previously had a brief stint as a … Read more

US Vice President JD Vance has cast doubt on the Pentagon’s plans to livestream a firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter. Talking with reporters, Vance expressed doubt that it would happen as planned, saying: “I don’t know that that’s actually going to happen”. He added, that “if it’s through live stream, I’m not … Read more

US immigration officials have defended the actions of officers who shot and wounded a man in his car in New York on Thursday while his five-year-old son was in the back seat. Markwayne Mullin, the head of homeland security (DHS), which runs the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said officers fired their weapons while trying … Read more

A man who murdered his wife with a hammer and hid her body in a chest freezer while telling family and friends she was ill in hospital has been jailed for life. David Barraclough, 46, killed Carolann Barraclough, a mother of three, at the family’s house in Horbury, near Wakefield, in February. Leeds Crown Court … Read more

Liberal Democrat MP Charlie Maynard has resigned from the party’s frontbench and wants to see Sir Ed Davey replaced as leader. As first reported by the Financial Times, external, the Witney MP left his role as Treasury spokesman on Friday. Those close to Sir Ed privately acknowledge that there is what they see as a … Read more

Picking Maddinson over 23-year-old Cooper Connolly to replace injured all-rounder Cameron Green, Australia named an entire XI aged over 30 for the first time in their history. The other new name in their ageing batting line-up from last winter’s Ashes was 30-year-old Matt Renshaw, who made his debut 10 years ago. Maddinson played on to … Read more

Following the hottest and one of the driest summers on record, rainfall continued to be below average through September. East Yorkshire was the driest area anywhere in the UK last month, with some locations recording less than 20% of expected rainfall. Reservoirs are currently just above 40% capacity, well below the average for the time … Read more

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has defended his decision to miss a debate at his party’s conference on a controversial motion declaring Zionism a form of racism. Questioned by presenter Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he denied deliberately avoiding the debate, saying he had been campaigning in the Holborn and St Pancras … Read more

Zack Polanski has vowed to stay on as Green Party leader after his by-election defeat, as he faced calls from within his own party to resign. The leader of the Jewish Greens, Vivien Lichtenstein, said on Friday he “should resign”, adding it was a “big mistake” for him to have dodged a debate about a … Read more

Mercedes driver George Russell led Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in practice at the Singapore Grand Prix. A late lap from Leclerc, who was 0.198 seconds off Russell’s pace, split up what had been an all-British top three. McLaren’s Lando Norris was third fastest, 0.273secs behind Russell, and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton fourth, 0.499secs off the pace. The … Read more

Thursday’s demonstration turned violent following allegations that a foreign national had assaulted one of the protesters in Durban. Three foreign nationals were arrested in connection with the alleged assault, police said. In Durban, in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, protesters gathered outside a government refugee reception centre demanding that it stop accepting asylum applications. Police … Read more

Everton owners The Friedkin Group (TFG) are exploring the sale of the club less than two years after taking control. The American group completed a takeover of the club in 2024 in a deal believed to be worth in excess of £400m. In a statement, TFG said after prioritising stability, investment and the opening of … Read more

Arteta’s response to Brighton, starting when they host Leeds on Saturday (12:30 BST), will be another chapter in his team’s evolution – one that is both proactive and reactive. This season we have seen Arteta encourage more asymmetrical and fluid play too, particularly down their right – a phenomenon worth its own deep-dive. Kai Havertz … Read more

If the verdict about City breaking the Premier League’s financial rules is upheld, it will come at a heavy cost to the club and its reputation. I feel there needs to be more attention paid to all of these rules, and their fairness, because professional football at the top level is now dominated by massive … Read more

But the real reason for the nocturnal scramble of cameras, microphones and questions for Polanski had little to do with the by election – and everything to do with a vote at the Green Party’s conference in Brighton last weekend. Activists there passed a motion declaring Zionism as a form of racism. The motion defined … Read more