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Hull & Woad provide hope for home Women’s Open win
Charley Hull and Lottie Woad are among the favourites for this week’s AIG Women’s Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes, offering hope of another home victory in a tournament that has previously crowned British champions there. Hull, the world number seven, has yet to win a major despite five runner-up finishes, and admits her…
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Would Leeds move help Trafford oust Pickford from England team?
Manchester City goalkeeper James Trafford is closing in on a £40m move to Leeds United, a fee that would make him one of the most expensive goalkeepers in history and put him in line for regular first-team football. The switch raises the question of whether the 23-year-old could eventually challenge Jordan Pickford, who at 34…
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Scarlets sign Wales fly-half Anscombe from Bayonne
Wales fly-half Gareth Anscombe has returned home to sign for Scarlets ahead of the 2026-27 season, moving from French Top 14 side Bayonne. The 35-year-old, who can also cover full-back, is intended to provide competition for Wales playmaker Sam Costelow, whose absence through injury last season left the region relying on makeshift options at number…
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Idi Amin’s boxer grandson determined to become new King of Scotland
Aziz Abdul, the 25-year-old super-heavyweight boxer grandson of former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, is competing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, a city with a strange resonance given Amin once declared himself “King of Scotland”. He faces England’s Damar Thomas in the 90+kg quarter-finals, with victory guaranteeing at least a bronze medal and making him…
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Britain hopes £7.3M will help electric and hydrogen aircraft take off
The UK government has allocated £7.3 million ($9.7 million) to fund eight projects developing infrastructure for electric and hydrogen-powered aircraft, including airport charging systems, hydrogen storage and flight demonstrations. The funding, announced by the Department for Transport, forms part of a wider £43 million ($57 million) package aimed at supporting next-generation aviation technology, though the…
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Sea views at British holiday resort are blocked by overgrown foliage after council officers swapped petrol strimmers for mountain goats amid green initiative
A council in a British holiday resort has drawn criticism after sea views were obscured by overgrown vegetation, following a decision to replace petrol strimmers with mountain goats as part of a green initiative. The switch, intended to cut carbon emissions and promote more environmentally friendly land maintenance, has instead left foliage unchecked in areas…
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Why can’t Draper play & why won’t surgery help?
Former British number one Jack Draper withdrew from a planned comeback tournament in Washington after experiencing further discomfort from bone bruising in his serving arm, mirroring a similar late withdrawal from Wimbledon last month. The 24-year-old has been battling the injury for over a year, and medical experts stress that patience and rest, not surgery,…
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‘We’ve always been wary of working together’: Val McDermid and Jo Sharp on writing a novel as a couple
Val McDermid, Scotland’s bestselling crime novelist, and her partner Jo Sharp, Scotland’s first female Geographer Royal, have co-written This Door of the Seas, a novella published next week that marks their first joint literary project despite having deliberately kept their work separate throughout their 13-year relationship. The book fictionalises the 1698 Darien scheme, in which…
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Popular former Sheffield United star agrees deal for permanent move – thestar.co.uk
A popular former Sheffield United player has agreed a deal to complete a permanent transfer, according to the Star. The move matters because it ends uncertainty over the player’s future and formally establishes his next club following his time connected with the Blades. The available article text does not contain the report itself, so it…