Month: January 2022

Melanie C has said she is “very excited” as she announced the publication date of her autobiography Who I Am. The book by the Spice Girls singer, real name Melanie […]

Britain’s biggest building society will boost rates on a range of savings accounts by at least 0.15 percentage points. Nationwide Building Society’s savings shake-up from February 1 will include rate […]

Officials at the Professional Jockeys Association are working towards “finding potential solutions” with the British Horseracing Authority in the dispute over a planned 2lb rise in handicap weights. The BHA […]

British athletes’ rights to free expression must be upheld at the Beijing Olympic Games, Amnesty International has said. The UK chief executive of the human rights organisation, Sacha Deshmukh, has […]

The head of football policing in the UK has called for an urgent meeting with the English game’s authorities to discuss the increase in disorder at matches. The UK Football […]

A man has been jailed after accosting Professor Sir Chris Whitty in a central London park. Jonathan Chew, 24, approached England’s chief medical officer as he walked through St James’s […]

The Church of England should introduce blessings for gay and lesbian marriages “sooner rather than later”, Church Commissioners have heard. Labour MP Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) told […]

Holocaust survivors and politicians have warned about the resurgence of antisemitism and Holocaust denial as the world remembered Nazi atrocities and commemorated the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the […]

Veteran comic Barry Cryer provoked laughter for decades, whether his jokes came from the pen or from the stage. The writer, comedian, and actor, was a prolific talent and a […]

Sir David Attenborough has revisited a desert bush he was photographed with 40 years previously, only to find the plant had only grown a quarter of an inch. The veteran […]