Carlos Alcaraz has defended tennis players who participate in exhibition tournaments amid complaints over the calendar. Several stars in the game have voiced concern over the length of the tennis season. The ATP and WTA tours have tournaments across 11 months of the year alongside the ITF’s four grand slamContinue Reading
Donald Trump’s two Scottish golf courses have posted another year of financial losses despite a strong rise in turnover, as the former US president’s business empire continues to invest heavily in luxury tourism and golf. Accounts filed for 2024 show that Trump Turnberry, in Ayrshire, increased its revenue by 15Continue Reading
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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email One part of the UK might escape Keir Starmer’s flagship smoking ban because of a key post-Brexit deal with the EuropeanContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email They look like tiny monkeys peering out from the mist. Known to scientists as Dracula, the so-called “monkey-face orchids” have becomeContinue Reading
Analysis: Starmer tries – and fails – to draw a line under China spy row The Independent’s Whitehall editor Kate Devlin reports: Keir Starmer started PMQs by making a statement on the China spy row – in which he said he had decided to publish the witness statement at theContinue Reading
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The most extensive dinosaur trackways ever discovered in Europe have been uncovered at an Oxfordshire quarry, stunning palaeontologists, who haveContinue Reading
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Lewis Hamilton has joined in the congratulatory messages for forgotten Formula One driver Nicholas Latifi after he posted a photo of himself at a graduation ceremony. Latifi ditched F1 after leaving Williams in 2023 so that he could focus on his studies instead. Having now completed an MBA at theContinue Reading
