Clive Tyldesley kept things as professional as ever with his final words on the microphone after covering his final game for ITV. The veteran commentator is leaving the broadcaster after 28 years, having been informed before the start of Euro 2024 that his contract would not be renewed. The 69-year-oldContinue Reading
England captain Harry Kane has shared how a meeting with cricket star Ben Stokes is helping Gareth Southgate’s squad weather the storm of criticism threatening to derail their Euro 2024 campaign. Stokes, who has won World Cups in two formats and helped reinvent the Test team with his aggressive ‘Bazball’Continue Reading
What a belter. On their last two appearances ats Glastonbury, The Streets have closed the festival on the Sunday night in the recently-renamed Woodsies tent, providing a rowdy last hurrah to exhausted revellers. A sonic “one for the road”, if you will. So it is something of a fillip toContinue Reading
Germany’s game against Denmark at Euro 2024 was suspended due to ‘adverse weather conditions’ as torrential rain and lightning wreaked havoc in Dortmund. The match, which was still goalless, was halted just before half-time with referee Michael Oliver leading both sets of players off the pitch. The game kicked offContinue Reading
Keir Starmer has warned Labour activists the “hardest mile” is still ahead as he attempted to rally his troops for a final push towards polling day. The Labour leader told an event in central London: “This is the final furlong. This is the last push. The last mile, the hardestContinue Reading
The Conservatives’ “project fear” tactic deployed to scare voters with the threat of a Labour “supermajority” has spectacularly backfired, new polling has revealed. According to findings from Techne UK for The Independent, twice as many people are “more likely” to vote Labour (26 per cent) than more likely to voteContinue Reading
“On the doorsteps I’ve noticed a real shift,” Johnny Mercer tells his assembled troops on the grass verge at a post-war council housing estate on the northwestern fringe of Plymouth. Poring over a road map, the 42-year-old former Commando, wearing a polo shirt, combat trousers and rough-terrain shoes, says peopleContinue Reading
We’re only an hour away from the first knockout round match of Euro 2024 – Italy vs Switzerland in Berlin. And the teams have been confirmed… Italy XI: Donnaruma, Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Mancini, Darmian, Barella, Fagioli, Cristante, El Shaarawy, Scamacca, Chiesa Switzerland XI: Sommer, Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez, Rieder, Freuler, Xhaka,Continue Reading
Dua Lipa performs ‘Levitating’ during Glastonbury headline set Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free British pop star Dua Lipa was the first headliner of Glastonbury 2024, as she tookContinue Reading
Reform UK has dropped three more candidates and said it has reported Channel 4 to the Electoral Commission, after the broadcaster released footage of an activist campaigning for Nigel Farage using a racial slur to describe Rishi Sunak. Edward Oakenfull, Robert Lomas, and Leslie Lilley, will still appear on theContinue Reading
