Author: News Desk

Sam Kerr’s World Cup goal gives Australia moment to remember even in defeat The Guardian says Sam Kerr’s hands were on her knees. At the other end of the pitch she had just witnessed Alessia Russo score England’s third goal to end Australia’s dream of winning the Women’s World Cup. The feeling of responsibility was obvious. Just 72 seconds earlier, she had missed a chance from close range that would have levelled the match. For Kerr, it looked like torture. The worst thing that could happen to a striker, a captain, the leader of a footballing nation. The kind of…

‘No plans’ for bank holiday if England Lionesses win World Cup final The Metro says There are no plans to give Brits a bank holiday to celebrate if England wins the Women’s World Cup on Sunday, the government has said. Figures including Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, are among those calling for people to get a day off in the event of the Lionesses beating Spain in the final. It would be the first time an English national team has lifted a World Cup for 57 years. But in a…

Top A-levels fall to pre-Covid levels, with fall steepest in England Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving their A-level results today and grades are down.  The proportion of A or A* grades is 27.2% – down from a peak of 44.8% during the pandemic. The steepest fall was in England where 26.5% of exams got the top grade, whilst in Wales, the figure was 34%, with 37.5% in Northern Ireland getting the top grades. Across the UK, 79% of those receiving results gained a place at their first-choice university, UCAS say. The proportion of A-levels marked at…

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Saudi crown prince invited to visit UK, government source says A government source has said the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been invited to visit the UK. Whilst No 10 said they would only confirm the PM’s engagements in the usual way, with nothing in the diary yet, a government source s claiming there was no reason to think a visit would not happen. It would be the first visit since the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Khashoggi was a critic of Saudi Arabia’s government and his murder was condemned by…

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British Museum worker sacked over missing treasures A member of staff at the British Museum in London has been sacked after treasures were reported: “missing, stolen, or damaged.” A police investigation has begun. Items including gold, jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones were among those missing from the museum, one of the UK’s largest tourist attractions. Most of the items were being kept in a storeroom, the museum said. British Museum director Hartwig Fischer said the museum would “throw our efforts into the recovery of objects”. He added: “This is a highly unusual incident. I know I speak for all…

Britney Spears and husband Sam Asghari split, US media say US singer Britney Spears and her husband Sam Asghari have reportedly split after 14 months of marriage, US media says. The couple met in 2016 on the set of a music video, they married in June 2022. Asghari,29 has supported Spears throughout her fight to end her conservatorship. Whilst US tabloids are claiming the couple have split, representatives for them have not yet commented. TMZ broke the story and a source confirmed to the Associated Press news agency that Asghari had filed for divorce. The pair were recently spotted not…

His family have received a statement.