Six Nations 2024: Italy 24-27 England – Visitors come from behind for narrow win in Rome
Italy: (17) 24 Tries: A Garbisi, Allan, Ioane Con: Allan 2, P Garbisi Pen: Allan England: (14) 27 Tries: Daly, Mitchell Con: Ford Pen: Ford 5 England dominated the second half to come from behind and launch their Six Nations campaign with victory in Italy. Alex Mitchell’s try after the interval overturned a narrow deficit […]
Imran Khan: Pakistan ex-PM and wife Bushra Bibi jailed for illegal marriage
The court voids Khan’s marriage with a faith healer, in the latest case against the Pakistani ex-PM. Source: BBC News
India vs England: Jasprit Bumrah stars on day two in Visakhapatnam
England batter Ollie Pope had no answer to Jasprit Bumrah’s stunning yorker Second Test, Visakhapatnam (day two of five): India 396 (Jaiswal 209; Anderson 3-47, Ahmed 3-65, Bashir 3-138) & 28-0 England 253: Crawley 76; Bumrah 6-45, Kuldeep 3-71 India lead by 171 runs Scorecard England were blown away by a scintillating spell of reverse-swing […]
Could the Covid inquiry reshape the UK?
The idea that, a quarter of a century into the devolution era, Whitehall could simply take back control in an emergency is “completely unrealistic,” she argues, pointing out that the pandemic cut across myriad aspects of devolved life and governance — “not just health, but education, social work, justice, prisons,” and so on. Source: BBC […]
NI government to be restored two years after collapse
Michelle O’Neill is set to become Northern Ireland’s first Irish nationalist first minister. Source: BBC News
Russia struggles to sell Pacific oil, 14 tankers stuck
CommoditiesHuman Interest 26 January 2024, 9:49 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that more than a dozen tankers loaded with 10 million barrels of Russia’s Sokol grade crude oil have been stranded off the coast of South Korea for weeks, so far unsold due to U.S. sanctions and payment issues, according to two traders and […]
Newspaper headlines: Killers 'unmasked' and Clapham suspect asylum 'outcry'
Saturday’s papers feature the faces of Brianna Ghey’s killers, as their identities have been revealed for the first time. Source: BBC News
Inert nuclear missile found in US man's garage
The device did not have any deadly warhead, and is “basically a gas tank for rocket fuel”, police say. Source: BBC News
Jonnie Irwin: Escape to the Country and A Place in the Sun host dies aged 50
The TV host was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2020 after the disease had spread from his lungs. Source: BBC News
Saudi Arabia’s capacity U-turn was months in the making
EnergyHuman Interest 31 January 2024, 10:08 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Saudi Arabia’s surprise reversal of its oil expansion ambitions was at least six months in the making, after Riyadh concluded its vast spare capacity was enough to supply markets during crises and further investments in new fields would make no economic sense. […]