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O’Connor leads heptathlon before final event, while Hunt eyes third gold
Ireland’s Kate O’Connor leads the heptathlon at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham with only the 800m remaining, placing her in contention for gold. Her strong Saturday performances moved her ahead of the Dutch contenders, while Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson fell further out of contention after an injury-affected build-up. O’Connor scored personal-best-form long jump of…
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Scotland hope to name 39-year-old Pocognoli as successor to Clarke in fresh approach
Scotland hope to appoint Sébastien Pocognoli as Steve Clarke’s successor early next week, signalling a move towards a different style of management after Clarke’s seven-year tenure. The Belgian would be Scotland’s first non-Scottish manager since Berti Vogts, and his appointment would follow Scotland’s group-stage exit from the World Cup and Clarke’s abrupt departure. Pocognoli, 39,…
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Missed out on tickets to see the Bayeux tapestry in London? A £1,000 hotel stay will get you in
Tickets for the Bayeux tapestry’s British Museum exhibition sold out within a day after visitors faced online queues of up to nine hours, but guests at the five-star One Aldwych hotel can access a reserved allocation. The arrangement has drawn criticism from Hastings and Rye MP Helena Dollimore, who argues that it allows wealthy visitors…
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GB’s women and men through to 4x100m relay finals
Great Britain’s women’s and men’s 4x100m relay teams both qualified convincingly for their finals at the European Athletics Championships. Their progress keeps Britain in contention for relay medals later on Saturday. Amy Hunt ran for the women’s team, while Zharnel Hughes featured for the men’s side. The BBC report did not provide finishing times or…
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A missing sister, a plane that vanished and a secret lover: Teresa Drake’s disappearance sparked global headlines. Now her family reveal she may have been an MI6 spy killed by the US… and have been warned not to ‘ask questions’
Teresa Drake, a 22-year-old British secretary, disappeared on 11 August 1979 after boarding a private plane from Athens to Jeddah alongside her millionaire boss and rumoured lover, oil trader Aladin Hassan Bahri, and three others. The aircraft vanished without a distress call or any immediate trace, triggering global headlines and decades of unresolved speculation set…
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SWFC summer signing joins League Two club on emergency loan – thestar.co.uk
Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Ashley Maynard-Brewer has joined League Two side Gillingham on an emergency loan. The move gives Gillingham immediate cover for their goalkeeping shortage ahead of the new league season, while allowing the Owls’ recent signing to gain match experience. Maynard-Brewer joined Wednesday as a free agent in the summer after leaving Dundee United.…
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BFI Boss Ben Roberts, Picturehouse’s Clare Binns on Gen Z’s Cinema Renaissance, AI Slop and British Indie Film: “We’re Not Great at Comedy”
BFI chief executive Ben Roberts and Picturehouse creative director Clare Binns discussed the future of British independent film at the Edinburgh Film Festival, focusing on funding, audiences and cinema’s role in local communities. Roberts argued that publicly and Lottery-funded films can create value beyond box-office returns by helping launch careers, while warning that the UK…
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Ayo Adenekan: Homeland Insecurity review – SNL UK writer woos the room with summer romance
Ayo Adenekan’s second Edinburgh Fringe show, Homeland Insecurity, is a warm, mischievous comedy set built around a brief summer romance. The reviewer finds his perspective as a queer Scottish-African comic fresh and his joke-writing skilful, noting his rapid move from Fringe newcomer to Saturday Night Live UK writer, but judges the hour uneven and not…
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Heatwave latest: Burnham sends army to battle South Wales wildfires after emergency alert sent to millions
The Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has deployed military personnel to assist firefighters tackling wildfires in South Wales after an emergency alert warned millions across England and Wales of an extreme fire risk. The response follows major blazes during the year’s hottest day, including a fire near Stourbridge in the West Midlands that destroyed homes and…
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Channel children at risk as Stourbridge wildfire forces evacuations
A major grass and woodland fire near Racecourse Lane and Stourbridge Golf Club spread into residential areas on 13 August, prompting a major emergency response. Around 100 firefighters were deployed, while police aviation crews supplied live aerial and thermal-imaging intelligence to help commanders track hotspots, assess vulnerable properties and direct resources. Residents and some care…