Chelsea v Manchester United: Match in Pictures Sign up HERE for the latest MUFC breaking news and transfer updates SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Roy Keane "disagreed with everything" Manchester United interim boss Michael Carrick said in his interview after the draw at Chelsea on Sunday. United picked up a point at Stamford Bridge after Jorginho's penalty cancelled out Jadon Sancho's opener. It was Jorginho who gifted United their opener 10 minutes into the second half. Related articles Cristiano Ronaldo storms off again after Man Utd and Chelsea draw Man Utd boss Carrick names four players who impressed in Chelsea draw The Italy international miscontrolled a high ball and allowed Sancho …
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‘I stand by what I said’ – Joe Root reaffirms stance over Azeem Rafiq racism allegations
Joe Root has stood by his statement that he does not recall witnessing any instances of racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Root’s latest comments come after Rafiq described the England captain’s original denial of hearing any racism as ‘hurtful’ when he stood before a parliamentary select committee earlier this month. ‘To be clear, Root is a good man. He’s never engaged in racist language. I found [his statement] hurtful, because Rooty was not only Gary [Ballance’s] housemate but, before he started playing for England, he was involved in a lot of those socialising nights out where I’d been called a p***,’ Rafiq said. But despite Rafiq’s frustration, Root has again reaffirmed his stance, while also admitting that both he and cricket must learn from the scandal. ‘I stand by what I said. I don’t recall those instances [at Yorkshire] and if they are oversights on my part then that is an area we all have to learn from and I have to learn from,’ Root told …
Ghislaine Maxwell Made Jeffrey Epstein’s Abuse Possible, Prosecutors Said In Opening Statements
NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell was Jeffrey Epstein’s main “partner in crime” who made his “pyramid scheme” of sexually abusing young girls possible for years, prosecutors said as her federal trial began Monday in Manhattan. “For a decade, the defendant played an essential role in the scheme,” Assistant US Attorney Lara Pomerantz said in her opening statement. “She knew exactly what she was doing — she was dangerous.” Maxwell, the daughter of a British media magnate, is the former girlfriend and longtime associate of Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, whose death in prison while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges on Aug. 10, 2019, was ruled a suicide. With his death coming before he faced a jury, Monday’s proceedings in Maxwell’s case marked a major milestone in a saga that has stretched decades, only drawing renewed attention after a series of articles in the Miami Herald highlighting how the justice system had failed the women who said they …
Freddie Mercury and Brian May’s Queen tension laid bare: ‘We said terrible things’
GMB: Brian May remembers Freddie Mercury's final days Sign up for FREE for the latest news from the world of showbiz SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info ‘Queen at the BBC ’ airs on BBC Two at 8pm. The programme shows a collection of the band’s TV appearances from the BBC’s archives including highlights from their famous performance at the Montreux Pop Festival in the Eighties. There are also clips from the band’s lauded 1975 concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. Related articles Madonna, 63, leaves fans completely stunned as she poses nude Piers Morgan reignites feud with Madonna as he mocks her naked pics Over the course of the programme Queen fans can enjoy performances of ‘Seven …
Covid booster vaccines rolled out to all adults three months after second dose
The rollout of boosters is to be sped up, with over-18s offered a third jab as little as three months after their second dose in an effort to tackle the threat posed by the omicron variant . The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has ruled that booster vaccines should be offered to everyone over the age of 18 . Currently, the top-up jabs are only offered to those over the age of 40, apart from those in priority groups. On Monday, the JCVI announced that everyone over the age of 18 will be offered a booster , meaning an extra 13 million people will be eligible. The interval between second and third doses will be shortened to a minimum of three months. This means that 43 million people - the vast majority of people aged 18 and over - will be eligible for boosters. So far, just 17.5 million people have had them. However, health officials said that people will be prioritised in age order, with invites continuing to be issued by age, as …
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Six Londoners arrested over Airbnb cocaine trafficking operation
Six Londoners have been arrested for running a major international drug dealing network in Antwerp out of a number of holiday rental properties including Airbnbs. Belgian police seized more than £20m worth of cocaine and arrested the British men, aged between 25 to 43 years old, on charges of importing large quantities of drugs through the port of Antwerp and storing it in apartments across the city. Authorities also raided several properties rented via Airbnb and Booking.com believed to be linked to the international smuggling group. In one apartment in Kalmthout, north-east of Antwerp, police found some 580 kilos of cocaine, with a street value of around £22.7 million. A further 98 packets of the drug were found stashed in suitcases in another property in the Flemish city of Sint-Niklaas, according to local prosecutors. “What is striking is that they used properties that are let out via Airbnb or Booking.com. The properties were used as temporary bases and as storage …
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BBC Radio 4’s Today programme drops off air
The BBC's flagship news programme temporarily dropped off air on Monday morning after a fire alarm instructed staff to leave the building. Radio 4's Today programme stopped broadcasting around 7.30am when staff were instructed to leave the premises, at BBC's Broadcasting House headquarters in London. Before the broadcast stopped, a voice could be heard saying "Please leave the building immediately by the nearest exit". Journalist Nick Robinson, a presenter on Today, tweeted that staff had returned to the news studio shortly before 8am and confirmed everyone was safe. He said: "Well that was interesting. Emergency over. If there was one." Well that was interesting. Emergency over. If there was one …we’re now back in the studio @BBCr4today pic.twitter.com/BLhZJwXMFp — Nick Robinson (@bbcnickrobinson) November 29, 2021 The BBC's World Service, whose building is nearby that of the Today programme, also went temporarily off air during the fire alarm. At 7.40am, …
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Radio 3 boasts highest audience ratings in three years while Radio 1 plunges to record low
Radio 3 has posted its highest audience ratings in three years as young people migrate to classical music, while Radio 1 fell to a record low. New listening figures showed that Radio 3’s weekly audience rose by 16.4 per cent to 2.13 million in the last three months of 2019. Radio 4 was up by 4.7 per cent to 10.98 million. But Radio 1, the BBC’s flagship youth station, slumped to 8.79 million, the first time in its history that it has dropped below nine million. The decline illustrates the difficulties that the BBC now faces in its pursuit of the under-35s. Five years ago, Radio 1’s audience was over 10 million. Radio 1Xtra, the urban music station, was also down by 6.5 per cent to 987,000. The BBC said that more people now watch Radio 1 on YouTube and iPlayer than listen to it on radio, as mobile phones become the main method of consumption. James Purnell, the BBC’s head of radio and education, used the ratings, provided by the industry body Rajar, to promote the BBC Sounds …
BBC Radio 3 hires 20-year-old presenter to drum up youth interest
They have long espoused the urgent need to welcome a new, young audiences to tune into the world of classical music. The BBC May have finally arrived at a solution: give Radio 3 its youngest ever presenter her own show, with guests selected from musicians under 30. Radio 3, which has attempted to reach new audiences with regular reassurances that classical music is not elitist, has offered Jess Gillam, the 20-yer-old saxophonist, a new show at Saturday lunchtime. The half-hour episodes are designed to suit the podcast generation, with Gillam interviewing musicians of her own generation to capture their excitement for their listening peers. Confirmed guests so far include 22 year-old pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, double bassist Sam Becker, former BBC Introducing pianist and sound artist Belle Chen and film and television composer Ollie Howell. Called This Classical Life, it will immediately precede Inside Music, with executives hoping millennials will keep their radio on to …
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John Lewis sends staff back to school to improve customer service
John Lewis has opened a “school of service” to teach staff to provide a better customer experience amid criticism that standards in stores have been slipping in recent years. There are plans to retrain 500 staff before Christmas, in hopes a renewed focus on helping shoppers will boost sales. The school has four classrooms and one theatre, and is located inside the John Lewis store in Stratford, London. If the voluntary programme proves effective, the retailer could expand the school to other parts of the country as well as to its sister supermarket Waitrose. Retail pundits and customers have complained about a deterioration in customer service at John Lewis in recent years amid store closures and thousands of job cuts, threatening a reputation for superior experiences built up over decades. The mutual said in July that it wanted to invest more in customer service roles after it announced it would cut 1,000 jobs at John Lewis and Waitrose as part of a shake-up of store …
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