The risk of wildfires is currently high or extreme in summer holiday destinations across most of southern Europe, authorities have warned. The fire danger map has turned shades of dark orange and deep red across the continent, from Portugal in the west, through parts of southern France, most of Italy, swathes of Croatia and most…

Fulltime Thoughts – Granted it’s only preseason but the Blues still look strangers to each other on the pitch. Which is pretty embarrassing because they only had two new players on the field today, and Tim Iroegbunam was by far the best player in the new black and yellow threads today. 90’ – There’s the…

Met Police Anjem Choudary, the leader of the banned group al-Muhajiroun, has been jailed for life and may never leave prison alive. The extremist preacher was found guilty of directing the group, which is banned under UK terror laws, and encouraging support for it through online meetings. The sentence means he cannot seek to leave…

45+1’ – There’s the halftime whistle. Coventry deservedly ahead, Everton have shown little today. 43’ – Uh oh. Coleman gets his right leg caught under an opponent and he goes down hard, looked like his knee twisted under him. Physio is on. 41’ – Calvert-Lewin’s finishing tends to come under criticism often, and he shows…

PA Three young girls have been killed in a “ferocious” knife attack in Southport at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga event. They have been named by police as six-year-old Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, aged seven, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar. Eight more children were injured, with five in a critical condition, after the…

Beirut, Lebanon — Jad Barazi’s roommates nowadays keep their windows open. Not for the air — but so they won’t shatter from a sudden blast. Working on her laptop in a cafe in Hamra, a bustling Beirut neighbourhood, the 27-year-old entrepreneur said she is coping with anxiety in anticipation of a possible large-scale Israeli attack…

PARIS — The scene felt all too familiar to Coco Gauff. An officiating decision she was sure was wrong. A chair umpire who wouldn’t listen. Tears streaming down her cheeks. And, most disappointing of all, a loss, this time at the Paris Olympics. Even the site was the same: Court Philippe Chatrier was where the…

Andrew RT Davies appearing on GB News Emily Price Wales’ most senior Tory has reignited a row over the banning of GB News from the Senedd, despite the channel still being available to all Senedd Members and their staff. In a social media post on Monday (July 29) Andrew RT Davies claimed the Senedd had“permanently…

But the remarkable impact of Antoine Dupont, who galvanised the French team, helping them to achieve a spectacular triumph in Paris, puts a new lens on the subject and shows what is possible. Dupont’s switch was huge news in France – with his presence dominating media coverage in the lead-up to the Games – and…