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Three weeks before Christmas, the Football Association (FA) could have to sanction a player's devotion to Jesus.There is little wriggle room having already formally reminded Crystal Palace player Marc Guehi that the laws of football were being breached by writing "I love Jesus" on his captain's armband during a Premier League match on Saturday. The request to keep the armband free of religious messaging was ignored.A similar message appeared on […]

Downing Street has said the future of the Elgin Marbles is a matter for the British Museum, as Sir Keir Starmer met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.But there was no mention of the ancient Parthenon sculptures during the meeting. It comes as The Times reported the meeting between the two leaders was organised due to progress in negotiations for a potential deal that could see the sculptures returned to Greece. […]

A Scottish Labour councillor and former lord provost of Glasgow has been charged in connection with stalking offences.It is understood Philip Braat, 48, has also been suspended from his party pending the outcome of an investigation. Braat has represented the Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward since 2007.He served as deputy lord provost from 2017 and was appointed lord provost in 2020 until 2022 following the 2019 resignation of Eva Bolander amid criticism of […]

Hundreds of people in England with a rare form of eye cancer are set to have access to a "pioneering" drug, the NHS has announced.Following approval by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), patients diagnosed with uveal melanoma can now be offered a drug called tebentafusp. The cancer is thought to affect between 500 and 600 people in the UK each year, and develops from cells in […]

The UK is "widely" underestimating the severity of the threat from cyberspace, the head of the country's cyber security service will warn. It comes as the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - a part of GCHQ - revealed there had been a three-fold increase in the most serious attacks compared with a year ago. Companies, organisations and other parties must immediately do more to bolster their resilience to the evolving risk […]

A former MasterChef contestant has told Sky News that Gregg Wallace made innuendos "constantly" during filming and was heard by crew members - and that one sexually inappropriate comment left her in tears.Jackie Kearney, who is now a chef and recipe book author, finished fourth in the BBC cooking show in 2011, and later returned as a guest judge. Following the rise of the #MeToo movement in 2017, she told […]

Reports of the BBC's handling of complaints about MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace are "deeply troubling", the head of a TV workers' union has said.Wallace has stepped back from presenting the BBC cooking show after accusations he made sexual comments towards staff and celebrity guests on a range of programmes over 17 years. At the weekend, the presenter issued a defiant response to mounting allegations against him, dismissing his accusers as […]

Bereaved families and MPs are urging the government to take tougher steps to protect younger teenagers from "horrific" content on social media.  The Australian government's decision to legislate for a smartphone ban for under 16s has reignited the debate in the UK about further restrictions, and a Labour MP is hoping to get government support for curbs on social media. Stuart Stephens is among those campaigning for the government to […]

Former snooker world champion Terry Griffiths has died aged 77 after a lengthy battle with dementia, his family has said.Griffiths' son Wayne wrote on Facebook: "To our friends and snooker followers in general, we are deeply saddened to share the news of our loss. "Terry Griffiths OBE passed away peacefully on 1st December, after a lengthy battle with dementia. He was surrounded by his family in his beloved home-town in […]