Trail hunting is set to be banned in England and Wales as part of a new animal welfare strategy to be published by the government on Monday. The practice sees an animal-based scent trail laid for dogs to follow rather than a real animal, while a group of hunters follows the pack on horseback. It…
Katy Watson,Australia correspondentand Tiffanie Turnbull Reuters Mourners in Australia have fallen silent in honour of the victims of the Bondi beach attack. The memorial was part of a national day of reflection to mark a week since the shooting in which two gunmen opened fire on an event celebrating the Jewish festival of Hannukah. A…
Stuart Maisnerand Simon Jones,South East Gareth Fuller/PA Media The migrants were brought to Dover by Border Force and the RNLI More than 800 migrants in 13 boats crossed the English Channel on Saturday, according to Home Office data. The figure is a record for a December day in recent years, and is believed to be…
The last time Villa lifted silverware – beating Leeds 3-0 in the League Cup – Prodigy’s Firestarter had knocked Take That’s cover of How Deep Is Your Love off the No.1 spot in the charts and Wallace and Gromit’s A Close Shave had just won an Oscar. David Beckham was yet to make his England…
Three players were ejected as the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Washington Commanders 29-18 to win the NFC East title for the second year in a row. Washington’s Javon Kinlaw and Quan Martin were dismissed along with Philadelphia’s Tyler Steen following a brawl between both sets of players in the fourth quarter. The incident occurred after…
England’s Bazball project is in tatters as yet another Ashes in Australia was lost in three Tests. The tourists were defeated by 82 runs on the fifth day of the third Test in Adelaide to go 3-0 down and extend a winless run in this country to 18 matches. Australia were delayed by a 40-minute…
Yolande KnellMiddle East correspondent, Jerusalem BBC Itzik Gvili demands the return of his son Ran, the last dead hostage in Gaza, in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square In central Tel Aviv, the main stage has now been dismantled in Hostages Square, the focal point for the campaign over the past two years to bring back Israelis…
Prior to this series, the 34-year-old agreed a new England central contract that will run until the end of the next Ashes in the UK in 2027. This series loss, completed in only 11 days of cricket across the first three Tests, is likely to put pressure on the positions of McCullum and director of…
South African police say a manhunt is under way after a shooting at a tavern left nine people dead and another 10 injured in a township near Johannesburg. They say about 12 unidentified gunmen arrived in two cars in Bekkersdal, “opened fire at tavern patrons and continued to shoot randomly as they fled the scene”….
Australia were 245-6 and Carey on 72 when England thought they had him caught behind off Tongue. Umpire Ahsan Raza rejected the appeal and England immediately reviewed. Despite a large of sound on the Snicko technology, TV umpire Chris Gaffaney did not overturn the decision because the ball appeared to be away from the bat…
