The Papers: 'Post Office fury intensifies' and '£500m boat gangs' huge profit'
The Post Office scandal makes the front of the Sunday Times while the Sunday Express leads on small boats. Source: BBC News
School absences: Boost sport to get pupils back in class – report
“Teaching is a tremendously difficult job, and it’s even more difficult if you have a class of 30 and five are absent one day and five another day, that becomes really disruptive not just for that child’s learning but for all the children in that class,” he said. Source: BBC News
No way back after Prince Andrew’s nightmare new year
“They decided to take a picture with it, in which Virginia and Andrew sat on a couch. They put the puppet on Virginia’s lap and I sat on Andrew’s lap, and they put the puppet’s hand on Virginia’s breast, and Andrew put his hand on my breast, and they took a photo,” says Ms Sjoberg’s […]
Hamas command in north Gaza destroyed, Israel says
Three months into the Gaza war, the militants are “without commanders” in the area, the IDF say. Source: BBC News
Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa: Matty Cash hits deflected 87th-minute winner
Aston Villa’s Matty Cash hit an 87th-minute winner at Middlesbrough to earn his side a first win in the FA Cup since 2016. Championship club Boro were close to earning a replay when Cash’s attempt from outside the box took a heavy deflection and beat Tom Glover. Australian keeper Glover had earlier frustrated the Premier […]
US regulator grounds 171 Boeing planes after mid-air blowout
It comes after part of the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 fell off, forcing an emergency landing. Source: BBC News
Maidstone United 1-0 Stevenage: Sixth-tier Stones stun League One side to reach FA Cup fourth round
Sixth-tier Maidstone United pulled off a shock to knock League One side Stevenage out of the FA Cup to reach the fourth round for the first time in their history. Sam Corne sent Maidstone ahead from the spot late in the first half after Louis Thompson brought down Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong. Stevenage should have levelled after […]
Police investigate potential fraud in Post Office scandal
It comes as 50 new potential victims of the scandal have contacted lawyers after the airing of a related TV drama. Source: BBC News
Harry Pitman: Teenager charged with murder
The boy is due in court over the New Year’s Eve stabbing on Primrose Hill in north London. Source: BBC News
Mario Zagallo: Brazil’s four-time World Cup winner dies aged 92
Mario Zagallo is the only man to have been part of four World Cup-winning teams Brazilian football legend Mario Zagallo, who won four World Cups as a player and coach, has died aged 92. Zagallo was a winger in the Brazil team who won back-to-back World Cups in 1958 and 1962, starting in both finals. […]