Australia’s Boomers beat Germany to secure quarter-finals as Patty Mills stars to stay unbeaten

Boomers star Patty Mills powers Australia to a win over Germany and a place in the basketball quarter-finals By Australian Associated Press Published: 07:13 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 07:13 EDT, 31 July 2021 Australia will head into the Tokyo Olympics men’s basketball finals as unbeaten group winners after making it a perfect three … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Team GB secure their first women’s team gymnastics medal in 93 YEARS with bronze

Team GB secure their first women’s team gymnastics medal in 93 YEARS after producing stunning fightback to take bronze having been SEVENTH earlier in the competition… with 16-year-old twins Jennifer and Jessica Gadirova starring By Pa Reporter Published: 09:17 EDT, 27 July 2021 | Updated: 12:46 EDT, 27 July 2021 Great Britain claimed a first women’s … Read more

BT rival in talks with 20 funds to secure £1bn for broadband push

High-speed broadband builder CityFibre nearing sale of £1bn stake in company as it plots expansion to ramp up pressure on rival BT By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 22 May 2021 | Updated: 11:46 BST, 23 May 2021 High-speed broadband builder CityFibre is nearing the sale of a £1billion stake in … Read more

Britain ‘WON’T lower beef standards to secure a trade deal’

Britain ‘WON’T lower beef standards to secure a trade deal’ – but we could be drinking cheaper wine from Australia Australia has been pushing for the move as part of a new trade deal with the UK Liz Truss said that food standards was an issue she would not be giving way on  Miss Truss did … Read more

Pubs gear up for al fresco drinking as 75% of punters say they’ve struggled to secure seats

Britons will be back basking in a mini-heatwave next week as pub gardens are finally set to reopen – but only if you’ve managed to grab a seat. Pub-goers will be able to return to their favourite local for the first time in months from Monday as the country enters its second phase of lockdown easing, … Read more

Expenses watchdog looks at leasing 650 ‘secure’ offices for MPs

Fears have been raised over the risk of spiralling costs after it emerged the expenses watchdog could lease 650 ‘secure’ constituency offices for MPs. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) is looking at ‘centralising’ the process for managing constituency bases. The move – broadly backed by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle – would be based on … Read more

Farmers charging dog walkers up to £20 an HOUR for secure place to walk their pooches

Farmers are raking it in by turning their fields into exercise spaces for DOGS – where owners pay up to £20 an HOUR for a safe place to walk their pooches Farmers are opening up their fields to let dog walkers hire them out for the day There are more than 450 fields currently available … Read more

Farmers charging dog walkers up to £20 an HOUR for secure place to walk their pooches

Farmers are raking it in by turning their fields into exercise spaces for DOGS – where owners pay up to £20 an HOUR for a safe place to walk their pooches Farmers are opening up their fields to let dog walkers hire them out for the day There are more than 450 fields currently available … Read more

Owners of motorhomes and campervans are failing to secure vehicles

With more Britons expecting to staycation this summer, expect to see plenty more motorhomes and campervans on our roads in 2021. Demand for these vehicles boomed in 2020, with restrictions on overseas travel resulting in a surge in sales as people looked to invest in different ways to enjoy time away from home. However, with … Read more

Brexit: Britain’s former US ambassador Kim Darroch is blamed for failure to secure US trade deal

Downing Street is studying a damning report that blames Britain’s former ambassador to Washington for Boris Johnson’s failure to strike a post-Brexit trade deal with Joe Biden’s government.  Lord Darroch, who quit his post after a series of explosive memos were published which found that he had called President Donald Trump ‘inept’, ‘insecure’ and ‘incompetent’, is … Read more