Lee Bowyer began his playing career with Charlton and won promotion with the Addicks in his first full season as a manager Charlton Athletic say they have been unable to agree terms with manager Lee Bowyer over a new contract. The 42-year-old led Charlton to the Championship this season with victory in the League One […]
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Image copyright Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Image caption Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since April 2016 A British-Iranian mother detained in Iran has begun a new hunger strike. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies. Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, who is joining her in refusing […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFlooding has disrupted large parts of England Homes have been evacuated, motorists stranded and trains cancelled as flooding hit parts of England. The Environment Agency issued more than 20 flood warnings and nearly 70 alerts across the country. The majority were across the Midlands and North West, […]
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Leicestershire held out to draw with Lancashire in their last match in the County Championship Specsavers County Championship Division Two, Fischer County Ground (day one): No play possible on Monday because of rain Match scorecard No play was possible on day one of Leicestershire’s County Championship Division Two game against Middlesex at Grace Road because […]
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption The balloons flew over many of London’s famous landmarks Dozens of hot air balloons took flight over London and filled the capital’s skyline on Sunday morning. A total of 46 balloons took off from Battersea Park and flew over some of London’s landmarks including The Shard, Canary Wharf and Greenwich. […]
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Image copyright @Perfection7 Image caption People pitched up on plastic chairs outside Size on Carnaby Street Thousands of people queued for hours to get their hands on trainers designed by rapper Kanye West. Shoppers were waiting outside stores from midnight to grab a pair of Adidas Yeezy Boost 350s. Within minutes of their release at […]
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Image copyright PA Image caption TfL said the lower speeds were “vital to protect people walking, cycling and riding motorcycles” A consultation on imposing a 20mph speed limit on all central London roads managed by Transport for London (TfL) has been launched. The scheme would see a new limit along 5.5 miles (8.9 km) of […]
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Image copyright NHS Press Office/PA Image caption Simonne Kerr appeared on Britain’s Got Talent as part of the B Positive Choir last year A nurse who performed on Britain’s Got Talent was killed by her partner who stabbed her more than 70 times and slashed her throat, a court has heard. Simonne Kerr, 31, was […]
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Jose Antonio Reyes in action for Arsenal Former Arsenal winger Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a car accident aged 35, Spanish club Sevilla have announced. “We couldn’t be confirming worse news,” the La Liga club said on Twitter. The Spaniard joined the Gunners from the La Liga side in January 2004 and was part […]
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A post-it note war over the ownership of flowers on a public pavement has been deemed the “most middle-class argument ever”. The handwritten note trail nailed to a tree on Dalyell Road in Brixton began when one person wrote “don’t pick my flowers” above a lupin. An unknown person then replied with: “In an area […]
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