News archive from 26 February 2011
The costa's lost its crime | Duncan Campbell
If there was a training manual for aspiring young criminals, it might include the instruction: "Do not get your chest tattooed with the image of a pitbull's head accompanied by the phrase 'only the strong survive'." That tattoo, along with...
St Helens 18-25 Warrington | Super League match report
Warrington finally laid the most celebrated hoodoo in the Super League to rest in the most emphatic style with their first away win against St Helens since 1994 – although it came in Widnes. Knowsley Road, Saints' old home ground where the Wolves have...
Steve Bruce calls on fans to back Sunderland owner by filling stadium
Steve Bruce has urged Sunderland fans to help convince the club's owner, Ellis Short, to maintain his generous level of investment by regularly filling the Stadium of Light to its 48,000 capacity. Bruce is well aware that Short has been disappointed...
Alexis Sanchez linked with Manchester United in Antonio Valencia swap
Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson has been monitoring Chile forward Sanchez for several years and is rumoured to have had at least one bid for the 22-year-old rejected. Sanchez's agent recently indicated the player would leave Stadio Friuli at the end...
Brent crude above $112, Saudi output limits gain
Saudi Arabia has boosted output by more than 700,000 barrels per day, to a level exceeding 9 million bpd, a senior industry source familiar with Saudi production told Reuters. Worries about the worsening situation in Libya, where oil outages have...
Super League: Leeds 26-36 Harlequins
Harlequins went top of the Engage Super League for the first time in their history after maintaining their 100% start to the season under Rob Powell at the expense of his old head coach Brian McDermott. The in-form half-back Luke Gale, who began his...
London student jailed after posting terrorist videos on YouTube
Mohammed Gul, 23, of Elm Park Avenue, Hornchurch was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday after being found guilty of five counts of dissemination of terrorist publications. The law student posted around 30 videos to YouTube and the Anti-Imperialist...
Grammer weds fourth wife Walsh
Kelsey Grammer is a married man again after exchanging vows with fiancee Kayte Walsh in a Broadway theatre on Friday. The former Frasier star, 56, wed the flight attendant in a lavish ceremony at New York's Longacre Theater, where he recently wowed...
Mark Hughes says he has 'no qualms' going back to Manchester City
Mark Hughes, the Fulham manager, makes his first return to Manchester City on Sunday and suggested he will do so with his "head held high" following his dismissal at Eastlands 14 months ago. The 47-year-old hinted at the problems City have...
Alex McLeish relishes underdogs tag as Birmingham aim to shock Arsenal
Alex McLeish won five domestic cups and two Scottish Premier League titles during the five years he spent in charge of Rangers but the Birmingham City manager believes that lifting the Carling Cup would represent a "huge milestone" in his...
STAUNTON BOOTS TIGERS TO VICTORY
Jeremy Staunton kicked all Leicester's points as the reigning champions ground out their ninth successive Aviva Premiership victory 18-16 to rekindle Sale's relegation fears. Fly-half Staunton landed six penalties to send Leicester nine points clear...
WOLVES WIN THRILLER
Veteran Lee Briers touched down twice as Warrington finally broke their decade-long St Helens hoodoo with a 25-18 win. Richie Myler and Louis Anderson also scored as the Wolves ended a run of 22 successive losses to their neighbours with a commanding...
The L-test fraudsters: Number of stand-ins paid up to £2,000 to take driving exam rises 400 per cent in...
"Huge sums of money are involved. There is evidence people work full time as impersonators and organised criminals are cashing in." One man recently arrested on suspicion of being an impersonator has been linked to more than 20 bogus tests...
Manchester City's Roberto Mancini says players are treated like machines
Roberto Mancini has angrily criticised the football authorities in England, accusing them of treating players like "machines" as he contemplates a Manchester City fixture pile-up that could conceivably see his team play five games in the...
Human milk ice cream goes on sale
At £15 for every 10 ounces, you could certainly say they're milking it for all it's worth. A central London ice-cream parlour has started selling ice-cream made with human breast milk. The Icecreamists in Covent Garden, London, have named their...
Realtime News
- 02:53 Could Labour's love be lost in Mansfield after 94 years?
- 02:53 Rita, Sue and Bob Too: A snapshot of 1980s Britain
- 02:53 New French president promises tough talk at first Putin meeting
- 02:53 N Korea fires Scud missile into sea, its third test in three weeks
- 02:33 BA flight disruption at Heathrow set for third day
- 02:31 Living on fumes: China's war on pollution means little to a...
- 02:31 North Korea fires Scud-class ballistic missile, Japan protests
- 02:29 The Beatles' Sgt Pepper comes home for 50th anniversary
- 02:15 Former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis dies aged 98
- 02:14 Doctor in the House: How to manage back pain
- 01:59 Tories accused of 'sleight of hand' on manifesto grammar schools data
- 01:54 Paul Pogba, world's most expensive footballer, visits Mecca
- 01:51 Gazprom executive to meet EU antitrust chief, may have to improve...
- 01:44 Manchester’s drum and bass producer Marcus Intalex aka Trevino...
- 01:43 Who is Leanne Wood? A profile of the Plaid Cymru leader
- 01:31 Asia steady on firmer Wall Street, pound nurses losses
- 01:31 The Handmaid's Tale: Viewers left 'TRAUMATISED' by Channel 4 drama...
- 01:27 Star in stripes! Pixie Lott shows off her enviably long legs in...
- 01:27 'Amanda's nipples make an appearance every year!': Alesha Dixon...
- 01:27 And the winner is... Uma Thurman and Jessica Chastain go for...
- 01:27 'I got pied by my bird and pied by another bird!' Take Me Out...
- 01:27 U.S. Navy skydiver killed in parachuting accident in New York Harbor
- 01:27 'Yes she Cannes': Diane Kruger stuns in elegant bardot gown as she...
- 01:27 'I felt like a fool': Sharon Osbourne admits she felt humiliated by...
- 01:27 'I keep forgetting to breathe': 'Horrifying' first episode of The...
- 01:25 Aljaz Bedene puts Davis Cup dream on hold to concentrate on tennis...
- 01:25 Manchester United prepared to go toe-to-toe with Chelsea in battle...
- 01:08 YP Comment: Terrorism – which party will keep Britain safe?
- 01:02 Manchester attacks: MI5 probes bomber 'warnings'
- 00:55 Nigel Sollitt – Questions of identity. Why devolution must be for...
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