1+ week, 1+ day ago  (614+ words) Real Madrid and England star Jude Bellingham has acquired a minority stake in cricket franchise Birmingham Phoenix, stating "I feel like I owe the city something". The investment sees the midfielder take a 1. 2 per cent holding in the Edgbaston-based Hundred…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (208+ words) England footballer Jude Bellingham has bought a one per cent stake in The Hundred franchise Birmingham Phoenix, the Press Association understands. The Real Madrid midfielder, who began his career with Birmingham, is thought to have invested around "800, 000 in the Edgbaston-based…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (343+ words) Kelly Osbourne, 41, and hairstylist Kiinicki were spotted getting cosy at a London after-party last week, fuelling speculation that the television personality may be dating her close friend just days after reports emerged that she had ended her engagement to Slipknot…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (394+ words) Two Vietnamese nationals have been jailed after they used Facebook to assist at least 250 people to unlawfully come into the country. Hop Nguyen, 36, and Hoang Nguyen, 25, both arrived in the UK illegally in 2023, before facilitating illegal crossings from France for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (689+ words) A British woman who attempted to smuggle 14 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated value of around "294, 000 through Manchester Airport has been jailed alongside her son after investigators determined he was the mastermind behind the plot. The court, on 12 March 2026, handed…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (350+ words) Workers at London councils will vote on whether to strike in a dispute over an "unsatisfactory" pay rise. Around 1, 000 Unite members of staff rejected a 3. 2 per cent offer, a spokeswoman said. Initially the ballot is for those at Southwark, Newham,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (354+ words) A teenage boy who murdered 12-year-old Birmingham schoolboy Leo Ross by stabbing him in the stomach in a random attack will be sentenced on Tuesday. Leo died after being taken to hospital from a riverside path in Shire Country Park,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (245+ words) Zakk Wylde was Ozzy Osbourne's right-hand man on-and-off for decades " since 1987, to be exact. After earning his reputation thanks to his guitar work on Ozzy's 1988 album No Rest for the Wicked, followed by 1991s No More Tears, and 1995s Ozzmosis, Wylde and…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1066+ words) Tunnelling work to link the HS2 high-speed train route to Euston has begun, in a major milestone for the troubled project. The first of two 1, 624-tonne tunnel boring machines was set in motion on Tuesday afternoon, watched by Rail Minister Lord…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (952+ words) The head of England's second biggest police force has stepped down after an official inquiry found that "greatly exaggerated" intelligence was used to justify a ban on fans of an Israeli football team attending a match. Craig Guildford retired with…...