Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta could risk upsetting some of his senior players if the club move for Athletic Bilbao's Spain forward Nico Williams - because of the 21-year-old's wage demands. (Express), externalThe Gunners, Liverpool and Manchester City are among the five clubs still in consideration for Joshua Kimmich if the Germany midfielder, 29, leaves Bayern Munich. (Sky Sport Germany), externalWant more transfer stories? Read Monday's full gossip column
Flights at Manchester Airport have resumed after a power cut caused a day of chaos. Up to 90,000 passengers were affected as flights were cancelled and scheduled arrivals diverted. Check-in and departures at Terminal 1 and 2 have now fully re-started, the airport said in an update. Officials said further disruption is not expected on Monday and they are working to reschedule cancelled flights and reunite passengers without their bags. Airport managing director Chris Woodroofe said a "fault with a cable had caused a power surge that took down security systems and baggage screening".
A fourth senior Conservative is being looked into by the Gambling Commission over bets allegedly placed on the date of the general election. The Sunday Times reported that the party's chief data officer Nick Mason allegedly placed dozens of bets, which the paper says could have generated winnings of thousands of pounds. A spokesman for Mr Mason told the BBC that it would not be appropriate to comment during an investigation but he denied wrongdoing. Mr Mason, who is also a Conservative councillor in Herefordshire, has now taken a leave of absence from his Tory party role, 11 days from election day on 4 July. The Conservative Party said it was "not permitted to discuss any matters related" to any Gambling Commission investigation.
The Times alleged that dozens of bets had been placed with potential winnings worth thousands of pounds.The reports came after revelations in recent days that two Conservative election candidates, Laura Saunders and Craig Williams, are under investigation by the gambling watchdog. The arrest came after the gambling regulator confirmed it was investigating "the possibility of offences concerning the date of the election. Sunak announced on May 22 that parliamentary elections would be held on July 4. "It looks like one rule for them and one rule for us. That's the most potentially damaging thing."
This month, the Queensland Law Society is celebrating Pride and raising the visibility of the LGBTQIA+ community in the workplace. LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, held annually in June, marks the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, a pivotal event in the fight for LGBTQIA+ rights. To celebrate Pride month, the QLS Pride Committee is creating conversations about the meaning of Pride, by displaying the “Intersex Inclusive Progress Pride Flag” as a symbol of inclusivity and wholeheartedness in the workplace. Building trust: Trust is essential for effective legal advocacy and client relationships, and showing solidarity during Pride Month reinforces this trust. Participating in Pride Month is a reflection of this commitment and an opportunity to reaffirm these values.
Read our privacy policyMargot Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerley have opened up about married life together – and the one thing they fight over. Robbie, 33, and Ackerley, 34, met in 2013 while filming Suite Francaise, a Second World War romantic drama, in Belgium. In a new interview with The Times, Robbie and Ackerley gave fans a little insight into their marriage. Asked whether they ever have arguments at home, Ackerley said the topic that he and Robbie clash over is chocolate biscuits – specifically “whether Tim Tams or Penguins are better”. Similar to the English brand of Penguin biscuits, Tim Tams are an Australian treat consisting of two malted biscuits separated by a hard chocolate cream filling and coated in a thin layer of chocolate.
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Scotland's Tartan Army brought the sound of the Highlands to Stuttgart as bagpipers marched through the city centre. The pipers' march followed with a concert on stage that got the travelling fans in the mood before their game against Hungary.
Manchester Airport, the third-busiest in Britain, cancelled over 100 flights affecting thousands of passengers Sunday following a major power cut. At least 20 percent of all outgoing and incoming flights were cancelled, a Manchester Airport spokesperson said, adding that it expected further disruption. The power cut led to problems with airport security and baggage systems, according to Chris Woodroofe, the airport managing director. EasyJet warned of "very long queues" for security and said passengers could only board flights with cabin bags. Last month, a nationwide outage of immigration e-gates caused long delays for thousands of passengers.
An official from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party is being investigated by Britain's gambling regulator over allegations he placed bets on the date of the general election before it was announced, the Sunday Times reported. Britain's Gambling Commission has already been reported to be investigating two Conservative election candidates and the party's director of campaigning over bets on the date of the July 4 election. The official was named by the paper as Nick Mason, chief data officer at the Conservative Party. The Sunday Times cited a statement from the Conservative Party as saying Mason had taken a leave of absence. A police officer working in a special protection unit has also been arrested over alleged bets on the election date.
Or as the Americans say: “Nothing succeeds like success.” And I’ve been clasping to it hard. After my couple of deals went through last week, Natasha had her own super-Friday. She’d been on the hunt for two long years to find a charming couple their next home, so it was doubly gratifying. He’s bounced back after a disappointing start to the week. He’s a flat in Little Venice with a garden that leads on to three acres of communal
CCTV footage from Saturday shows the moment a Russian bomb hit a street in Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv, narrowly missing a pedestrian. The video shows the person walking away after the blast only a few metres away. The latest strikes killed at least three people and wounded 52 more. Ukraine is struggling with a new wave of rolling blackouts after relentless Russian attacks on energy infrastructure
There were many highlights and key moments from Trooping the Colour - one of which includes the adorable moment Princess Charlotte told off her six-year-old little brother, Prince Louis. Royal fans have likened the young Princess to her great-grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth and compared it to when the monarch told off her grandson Prince William in 2016. The royal stood on the Buckingham Palace balcony with her parents the Prince and Princess of Wales and siblings Prince Louis and Prince George. The Queen and Princess Charlotte also seemed to be in sync, as they both waved to thousands of fans standing on the Mall at the same time. Princess Charlotte sat next to her cheeky younger brother Prince Louis for the duration of the concert.
During a break in the second half of Portugal’s Group F match against Turkey, a child wearing the red tracksuit top of his own youth league team and matching red trainers bounded onto the pitch toward Cristiano Ronaldo. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner gave 10-year-old Berat a warm welcome, grinning and stretching out his arms. Berat whipped out a mobile phone and snapped a selfie with the Portugal captain before running off again, zigzagging past two stewards to cheers from the 60,000-capacity crowd. His father, Cetin, told German newspaper Bild that his son got away with a warning for the incident.
Stuttgart is today at a standstill as an estimated 100,000 Scottish football fans descend on the city for Sunday's crucial Euro 2024 clash. The main Schloss Platz fan zone was given over to 30,000 ticketless Germany fans, keen to watch the host nation’s match with Switzerland from Frankfurt. The Tartan Army has been allocated the much smaller Stadt Garten, a minor city centre park next to Stuttgart’s University. So we pushed the host organisation to do something for the thousands of ticketless Scotland fans who we expected to be here. "The Scotland fan zone is for around 10,000 and I believe they have got an overflow plan as well.
