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Government shutdown averted, City land Ndiaye as Premier League smashes £3.46bn deadline day record
MPs passed a stopgap funding bill averting a shutdown ahead of the midterms, while Manchester City’s £65m Iliman Ndiaye deal capped a record-breaking Premier League summer; also: Tupac’s killer convicted, Netflix’s GTA VI preview soars, and Dick Van Dyke, 100, still working out.
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Sheffield Wednesday injury update on Louie Barry – The72
Sheffield Wednesday are awaiting an assessment on Louie Barry after the winger was forced off injured shortly after scoring in their 2-1 League One win at Wycombe Wanderers. The outcome matters because Barry has made a strong early contribution and any absence could weaken the Owls’ attacking options during a promising start to the season.…
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Football connects communities but can pull them apart if governed carelessly
The article argues that youth football should help children build confidence, resilience and teamwork, but that poor adult behaviour is undermining those benefits. It says violence, intimidation and excessive competitiveness at grassroots matches can make children associate sport with aggression rather than enjoyment, and calls for stronger leadership and safer environments. In Scotland, games involving…
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Dell’s newest laptop sounds a lot like a MacBook Neo
Dell has unveiled the 14S, a budget-friendly laptop aimed at students, unveiled at IFA 2026. It slots in below the recently launched XPS 13, giving Dell another affordable option at a time when most laptop prices continue to rise, and it echoes recent MacBook design trends by coming in four colours rather than the more…
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The Dell 14S is yet another cheap laptop chasing the MacBook Neo
Dell has unveiled the 14S, a new mid-range laptop pitched as an affordable alternative to Apple’s MacBook Neo, following the recent refresh of its XPS 13 with a similar aim. The move underlines how rival manufacturers are moving quickly to capture some of the attention and market share generated by Apple’s newest entry-level machine. The…
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Arm in the enterprise is at least three years away, says Broadcom software boss
Ram Velaga, president of Broadcom’s enterprise software division, has said that Arm-based processors will not gain significant market share in the enterprise for at least three to five years, dampening expectations for hardware makers pushing Arm servers. This matters because VMware, the dominant enterprise server virtualisation platform, still only virtualises x86 servers, meaning businesses cannot…
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‘We have had enough’: thousands of staff at the University of Sydney walk off the job over AI, job security
Around 2,000 staff at the University of Sydney walked off the job for a 24-hour strike, driven by disputes over artificial intelligence protections, job security and workload fairness during ongoing enterprise bargaining. The action, backed by roughly 500 picketers stationed at every entrance to the inner-city campus, comes amid deep staff distrust of management, with…
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Aussie couple’s outrage over $132,000 fine for clearing trees: ‘All about money’
A Tasmanian farming couple, Melissa and William Fergusson, have spoken out after being fined $100,000 for clearing trees on their own property, saying the penalty shows regulators care more about money than the environment. The Forest Practices Authority (FPA) detected the unauthorised clearing via satellite imagery and initially imposed a $132,000 fine for clearing and…
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Israel court blitz, BT’s copper windfall and Tulsa King’s return lead today’s news
Apple pushes for expedited discovery in its OpenAI trade-secrets case; BT eyes over £2bn recycling old copper cables; plus Doncaster Rovers sign James Collins, Tulsa King’s fourth season, an Emily Blunt honour and a new Alex Ross Marvel graphic novel.
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Zelensky says airlines should avoid Russian airspace as Ukraine escalates drone operations
Ukraine has formally notified the UN’s aviation body that Russian airspace is unsafe for civilian flights, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the “Russian sky is becoming completely dangerous” as Kyiv escalates long-range drone strikes. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Ukraine had told the International Civil Aviation Organization it wanted to “prevent unintended incidents”, while…