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The shock victory of Richard Parker in the West Midlands was the latest in Labour’s domination of this year’s UK mayoral elections. Tory candidate Andy Street had hoped to cling on in the region, but the Labour challenger beat him…
A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth. The incident occurred in the car park of a hardware store in suburban Willetton on…
Madonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach on Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro’s vast stretch of sand into an enormous dance floor teeming with many of her fans. It was the last show of The Celebration Tour,…
Northampton fell short with a courageous second-half fightback as Leinster emerged 20-17 winners in their Investec Champions Cup semi-final at Croke Park. The repeat of the 2011 final was a mismatch for the first hour with wing James Lowe running…
Wexford earned a vital 1-28 to 0-23 win over Galway in Wexford Park to blow the Leinster championship wide open. Rory O’Connor scored 1-6, as Wexford got their first win of the championship to stay in contention for a provincial…
Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder hinted match officials took the “easy decision” of not awarding his side a free-kick because of Nottingham Forest’s recent complaints against VAR. The Blades felt Ben Brereton Diaz was pushed in the build-up to Ryan…
The women who opposed their own enfranchisement in the Victorian era have little in common with the “Repeal the 19th” fringe of today. Not long ago, a high-profile conservative woman of my acquaintance was cornered at the National Conservatism conference…
Alexandre Pantoja successfully defended his UFC flyweight crown in his home city with a points win over Steve Erceg; elsewhere on the card, Jose Aldo triumphed on his return to the octagon after 21 months, but Scotland’s Paul Craig suffered…
The Group Three Prix d’Hedouville is the feature on a classy card at ParisLongchamp on Sunday, all live on Sky Sports Racing; Melo Melo, ridden by James Doyle, and Gala Real, part owned by Carlo Ancelotti, seek Listed glory Image:…
Erling Haaland demonstrated his unhappiness at being subbed despite scoring four goals in Man City’s 5-1 win over Wolves on Saturday; Roy Keane branded the forward’s behaviour as being like that of a “spoilt brat”; Haaland said on Saturday he…