Image copyright Getty Images New homes and hospitals will be granted “automatic” permission to be built as part of sweeping planning reforms in England, the housing secretary says. Robert Jenrick announced a “permission in principle” will be given to developments on land designated “for renewal” to speed-up building. It comes after the PM pledged £5bn […]
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Arsenal beat Chelsea to win the FA Cup final in 2017, adding to their victory over the Blues in the 2002 showpiece BBC coverage How to follow: Watch live on BBC One; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC local radio; text commentary on the BBC Sport website TEAM NEWS Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHeathrow boss John Holland-Kaye: “More work needs to be done, we need to test and learn.” The culture secretary has told the BBC that coronavirus testing at airports is not a “silver bullet” to stop the need for quarantine. Oliver Dowden said testing for coronavirus was not […]
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Jan Vertonghen played in the Champions League final loss to Liverpool in 2019 Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen has left the club after eight years. Vertonghen, 33, made 315 appearances for Tottenham, but leaves after seeing his playing time limited under new manager Jose Mourinho this season. The Belgian, who departs as a free agent, helped […]
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Grime artist Wiley has been dropped by his management following anti-Semitic comments on his social media accounts. His manager John Woolf said A-List Management has “cut all ties” after a long series of posts on Friday on accounts that belong to the rapper. The Campaign Against Antisemitism has asked police to investigate and called for […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Indoor performances, with socially distanced audiences, can resume in England from 1 August The government has been too slow to respond to the “existential threat” faced by live theatre, music and other culture, a committee of MPs has said. Minsiters “consistently failed to recognise” the challenges Covid-19 posed to […]
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp could lose back-to-back league games for the first time since April 2015 with former club Borussia Dortmund TEAM NEWS Liverpool are expected to welcome back James Milner, who has missed the past two matches with a muscular injury. The Reds have no new injury concerns, with Dejan Lovren, Xherdan Shaqiri and […]
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The Met Police has released bodycam footage of officers being pelted with bottles as they closed down an illegal street party in north London. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lucy D’Orsi said despite warnings not to hold “unlicensed music events”, many were being staged across London meaning hundreds of officers taken away from local boroughs, with many […]
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Maro Itoje has 38 England caps and was named the 2016 European player of the year England lock Maro Itoje has signed a new “long-term” contract at Saracens. The 25-year-old had been linked with loan moves to Leicester and French side Racing 92 after Saracens were relegated to the Championship in January. But Itoje has […]
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A Jewish woman saved nearly 75 years ago from a Nazi concentration camp has met the family of the man that set her free. Lily Ebert survived the horrors of Auschwitz but lost her mother, brothers and sister in the death camps. Nearly eight decades later, she met the American family of the soldier who […]
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