Aston Villa have rejected an approach from Arsenal for England striker Ollie Watkins. Sources confirmed to BBC Sport the Gunners made their enquiry for the 29-year-old on Monday. Reports of a £60m Arsenal bid first surfaced just hours before Aston Villa’s Champions League game against Celtic on Wednesday night at Villa Park. Watkins started and…
The cast have been arriving for the world premiere of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy premiere in London. Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Chiwetel Ejiofor were among the stars on the red carpet in Leicester Square. The film is the fourth instalment in the franchise, which takes its title from the latest Bridget Jones…
Ellie Price BBC News correspondent Getty Images/BBC Salah Fayed, left, bought Harrods with Mohamed Al Fayed, right, and another brother in 1985 Allegations of abuse against Mohamed Al Fayed and his brother Salah have been heard in a UK court for the first time in a civil case being brought against Harrods. A woman is…
A range of Coca-Cola products are being recalled in the UK after the firm’s bottling partner said it had identified “elevated levels” of a chemical called chlorate. Cans of Coca-Cola Original Taste, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Diet Coke, and Sprite Zero sent to cafes and restaurants are being withdrawn as well as 6x250ml Appletiser multipacks sent…
The White House says it has rescinded a memo authorising a federal freeze on hundreds of billions of dollars in grants and loans, which sparked widespread panic among millions of people who rely on government aid. It comes after a judge temporarily halted the order on Tuesday, only hours after it was signed by President…
A fire engulfed a merchandise stand outside Etihad Stadium as fans gathered before Manchester City’s Champions League home game against Club Brugge on Wednesday. The fire started in the kiosk near the stadium’s main entrance just before 18:00 GMT as fans gathered for a presentation of the club’s new January signings on a stage. The…
Getty Images A third runway at Heathrow, “Europe’s Silicon Valley” between Oxford and Cambridge and relaxing planning constraints. There were a lot of different announcements in Rachel Reeves’ push to revive the UK economy. The key takeaway, the bottom line of her plans, is that these changes will work – they will boost UK growth.…
A trial date has been set for the hearing of the claims between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, who co-starred in 2024 film It Ends With Us. The US actors have filed lawsuits against each other, with Lively accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment and a smear campaign. Baldoni is counter-suing Lively and her husband, the…
A Labour government gives the green light to a third runway at Heathrow. The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, and other cabinet ministers are reportedly uneasy about the environmental implications but bite their tongues publicly. Green-minded Labour MPs or those with constituencies under the flight path are furious. Those sentences were as true in January 2009…
Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Chancellor Rachel Reeves has backed the construction of a third runway at Heathrow, and a whole host of other plans – with the aim of getting the UK economy growing. In the chancellor’s words growth is not “just about lines on a graph” but also about “the…
