“I don’t believe in fate or in coincidences. There is always a reason. Betis have not met Liverpool since the 2005 Champions League.” Adrian San Miguel is talking at Real Betis’s training ground in a sweltering Seville. It’s a busy week. On Monday there was an emotional official return to his boyhood club, having decided…
It’s reported the Ted Baker brand is planning to shut all its shops within the next 3 weeks, … [+] sparking fears the retail chain would leave highstreets forever. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Getty Images Ted Baker, once renowned for its distinctive British style and meticulous attention to detail, now faces a critical juncture…
Ring of Honor is bringing their second PPV of the year with Death Before Dishonor from Arlington, TX on Friday, July 26, 2024. The card features six title fights, a Texas Death Match, the Von Erichs in action, and a luchador showcase. The headlining attractions are Mark Briscoe versus Roderick Strong for the ROH World…
The health secretary has declared that the CQC is ‘not fit for purpose’ and needs ‘increased oversight’, following the damning findings of an independent review. An interim report on the watchdog’s operational effectiveness, which was led by North West London ICS chair Dr Penny Dash, identified low levels of inspections, a ‘lack of clinical expertise’…
An independent review has identified “significant internal failings” at the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and has warned that the regulator is unable to “consistently and effectively” judge the quality of health and care services. The Government said it will now take “immediate steps” to restore public confidence in the effectiveness of health and…
Pick of the weekWicked Little Letters When a series of anonymous poison pen letters are sent to prim coastal town resident Edith (Olivia Colman), suspicion immediately falls on her neighbour Rose (Jessie Buckley), an Irish single mother with a boisterous, proto-feminist attitude. There is something inherently hilarious about Colman swearing, and Thea Sharrock’s fact-based 1920s…
Representing Poland has always held a special place in the heart and mind of Iga Swiatek. That’s because in 1987, her father, Tomasz, was a gold medalist in the quadruple sculls at the World University Games in Zagreb. A year later, he rowed to a seventh-place finish at the Seoul Olympic Games. Over time, that…
It has to feel pretty weird. You’re in charge of the biggest event your country’s ever organised. You have worked on it to the exclusion, basically, of everything else in your life, for very nearly a decade. And now – it’s a week away. “It’s a very strange feeling,” confirms Tony Estanguet, head of the…
England 38 for 3 (Crawley 18, Seales 2-19) trail West Indies 282 (Brathwaite 61, Holder 59, Atkinson 4-67, Woakes 3-69) by 244 runs Flashes of West Indies fight saw them end the opening day of the third Test at Edgbaston just about even with England, but the tourists’ challenge is to turn the glimmers of…