Image copyright PA Wire Extinction Rebellion protests continued in central London despite police banning the group’s climate change demonstrations in the capital. Activists blocked Oxford Circus with a wooden pyramid structure and descended on Westminster before moving to Trafalgar Square. One man, who was dressed up as Boris Johnson, scaled the scaffolding surrounding Big Ben. […]
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Vivianne Miedema was the top scorer in England’s Women’s Super League last season Vivianne Miedema scored four times as Arsenal beat Slavia Prague to go within touching distance of the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals. The Netherlands striker completed a hat-trick inside 39 minutes to give the Gunners a 3-0 half-time lead away from home against […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Finley Quaye was named Best British Male Solo Artist at the 1998 Brit Awards A Brit Award-winning musician has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work for punching a bar manager and threatening to stab him during an unprovoked drunken attack. Finley Quaye, 45, assaulted Robert […]
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The Norwegian friends travelled 600 miles to unintentionally play their part in Non-League Day Rain might have fallen across much of England on Saturday but it did little to dampen the spirits of football fans celebrating the 10th Non-League Day. With Premier League and Championship clubs on international break the spotlight was on teams outside […]
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Image copyright Reuters A Paralympic medallist climbed on top of a British Airways plane at London City Airport as part of ongoing protests by Extinction Rebellion. James Brown, who is visually impaired, filmed himself clinging to the fuselage as he streamed a live message online. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick described the action as […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe humpback whale was spotted swimming near Dartford A humpback whale seen swimming in the River Thames over the weekend has died. The mammal was spotted lying motionless on mudflats along the River Thames at Greenhithe on Tuesday afternoon. Sam Lipman, from the British Divers Marine Life […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Krept was assaulted at a BBC Radio 1Xtra event Rapper Krept has said he is “good” and will be “back in no time” after he was assaulted backstage at a BBC Radio 1Xtra live event in Birmingham. The sold-out Saturday night show at the Arena Birmingham finished early after […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption A card by the company involved in the trademark dispute with Banksy A greeting cards company has denied it attempted to “take custody” of the graffiti artist Banksy name to sell “fake” merchandise of his art. Full Colour Black, which is involved in a trademark legal row, said the […]
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Ross Barkley and his Chelsea team-mates flew to France after training on Monday Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley was “naive to be out before a Champions League game” after being pictured in a row with a taxi driver in Liverpool on Sunday night, said boss Frank Lampard. Barkley reportedly spilled chips on the floor of the […]
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Dina Asher-Smith won world 100m silver on Sunday 2019 World Athletics Championships Venue: Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Dates: 27 September-6 October Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and app; Listen live on BBC Radio 5 Live; Live streams, clips and text commentary online. Dina Asher-Smith showed no signs of […]
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