As the Olympic Games get under way in Paris, teenagers all over the world will be dreaming of one day representing their country on the medal podium. But for one 13-year-old girl in Oldham, Greater Manchester, that dream could become reality. Ikrah Hussain is a two-time British national champion in Taekwondo, a martial art she … Read more
The Liberal Democrats plan to “finish the job” of eliminating the Conservatives from their traditional heartlands at the next election, Ed Davey has promised, saying a further move to the right by a new Tory leader would make this even more likely. In his first interview since the Lib Dems won 72 MPs in the … Read more
My friend Sam doesn’t waste a single bite of an apple. He crunches through the core, swallows the seeds and doesn’t leave anything behind, but the stalk. In this way, he couldn’t be more different from our mutual friend Megan, who refuses to eat apples unless they’ve been sliced. Sam doesn’t own an umbrella. Megan … Read more
A convicted child rapist competing for the Netherlands at the Paris 2024 Olympics was met with boos – and some applause – as he walked out for his first beach volleyball match on Sunday. Steven van de Velde, who was convicted for raping a 12-year-old girl in 2016, lost his first game with partner Matthew … Read more
Manu Bhaker wins Bronze medal at Paris Olympics 2024 5 min read Last Updated : Jul 28 2024 | 4:22 PM IST India’s star shooter Manu Bhaker clinched India’s first medal of the Paris Olympics 2024 by winning Bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol final and made her way into the history books … Read more
They are the most significant arrests on the battlefield of global narco-traffic since that of the world’s most famous criminal, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, in 2016. This time it was the turn of Guzmán’s son, also called Joaquín – and the cartel’s co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García. El Mayo, … Read more
It is early morning in the Old Town, when the tangle of pretty cobbled alleyways and ancient stone stairways are relatively empty and you can wander around the creamy, marbled Stradun (Placa) – Main Street – free from the crowds. It would be tempting to stop at one of the cafés or browse the markets … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 15th over: West Indies 39-2 (Louis 19, Athanaze 6) Bashir shuffles to the crease with quick feet and a high arm. Athanaze rocks back to pierce the covers with a push and he takes a single. Mikyle Louis on strike. He’s … Read more
A certain calm has enveloped the kitchen. A stillness that often happens at this point in the summer, when there is no longer any hurry to get lunch or dinner on the table, and each meal feels more like unpacking a picnic than cooking. I relish these dog days of summer, when the garden is … Read more
Nadsy Qurban bent his neck to show how the crown of his head was covered in a number of burns, each the size of coins. “The smell was like I’m burning some goat or something, like I’m cooking some goat. That’s how bad it was,” he said. Needless to say, it hurt. But a week … Read more