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Tottenham still waiting for first league goal of season after draw against Everton
Tottenham Hotspur remain without a Premier League goal after four matches this season, following a 0-0 draw at home to Everton, a run without precedent at the start of a top-flight campaign in the club’s history. The result piles further pressure on Spurs, who spent around £300m rebuilding their squad over the summer, and comes…
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How Much Solar Power Do You Actually Need For An RV?
The article explains how RV owners can work out how much solar power they actually need to run their off-grid systems, an increasingly relevant question as renewable energy becomes more popular for camping and travel. Going fully solar is possible, but it requires more than just panels: a battery bank to store energy, an inverter…
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European football: Dortmund win again but Freiburg top after Gladbach rout
Borussia Dortmund maintained their perfect start to the Bundesliga season with a 3-0 home win over promoted Paderborn, thanks to Fábio Silva and a double from substitute Felix Nmecha, marking Dortmund’s best opening to a campaign in 11 years. Freiburg, however, moved top of the table after thrashing a 10-man Borussia Mönchengladbach 5-0, while Augsburg’s…
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TOM HARRIS: Flynn was like a dying guppy gasping for air… he’s not across his brief – and (God help us) he wants to be First Minister!
Scottish Transport Secretary Stephen Flynn was heavily criticised after appearing unaware, during a Holyrood transport committee session, of a dangerous gas leak on the Glen Sannox ferry – despite the incident having been reported on BBC news that same morning. The episode, likened by columnist Tom Harris to watching a “dying guppy gasping for air”,…
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Hull stun Chelsea with Mohamed Belloumi double before João Pedro rescues a point
Hull City stunned Chelsea by twice taking the lead at Stamford Bridge, with Mohamed Belloumi scoring both goals, before João Pedro’s equaliser earned Xabi Alonso’s side a 2-2 draw. The result extends Hull’s unbeaten start to the season and leaves them third in the Premier League, while exposing Chelsea’s ongoing defensive frailties despite their attacking…
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UK’s busiest long-distance train line cuts trains for Christmas to ‘save taxpayers’ – but route to Andy Burnham’s Number 10 North avoids the axe’
Avanti West Coast, the UK’s poorly performing long-distance rail operator, has been given government approval to cut scores of daily services on its West Coast Main Line before and after Christmas, with the exception of the London to Manchester route, which critics have dubbed the “No 10 North Line” because it serves Andy Burnham’s Greater…
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Trump says Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman is a ‘good friend of mine’ and reveals they had ‘fine and dandy’ phone call… just hours after 9/11 widow blasted Arab kingdom for ‘supporting’ terrorists
US President Donald Trump described Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) as a “good friend” and said a recent phone call between them was “fine and dandy”, a day after the widow of a 9/11 victim publicly accused Saudi Arabia of supporting the hijackers behind the 2001 attacks. The remarks, made during a visit…
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On-the-run tea heiress disappeared with my autistic sons and the only time I have seen them since was on TV, says devastated ex-husband
Ben Baier, a 43-year-old financier from near Denver, Colorado, has spoken of his anguish after his ex-wife, tea heiress Nishika Samaratunga, failed to return their two young sons following a court-approved visit to the UK, sparking an international search. The 34-year-old, a British citizen and great-granddaughter of the founder of Sri Lankan conglomerate Mackwoods, was…
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Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskier
Reform UK has received £72m in donations, most of it from two crypto billionaires, Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, giving Nigel Farage’s party a war chest larger than the combined 2024 election spending of all major UK parties. While this could dramatically boost Reform’s campaign infrastructure, it also carries significant political risk, as it undercuts…
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Trump is giving data centers a pass to pollute
Former US Environmental Protection Agency officials have accused the Trump administration of dismantling pollution safeguards to fast-track the construction of AI data centres, warning that the resulting reliance on fossil fuels and lax oversight poses growing health risks to Americans. The group, now part of the Environmental Protection Network, is calling on President Trump to…