News archive from 7 September 2017
Rafael Nadal: This is what makes Roger Federer rivalry so special
Even before Roger Federer has taken to court in what will be an incredibly tough match against 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro, the tennis world is buzzing with excitement at the prospect of a first US Open meeting with Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard...
Anna Faris says her ex-husband Chris Pratt was never her best friend
Anna Faris has admitted that she never counted husband Chris Pratt as her best friend. The actress revealed in Cosmopolitan that she ‘never bought’ the idea that your partner should be your closest friend. In an excerpt from her new memoir...
Former Conservative Party chairman Edward du Cann dies at 93
Conservative politician Sir Edward du Cann has died at the age of 93. He was an MP for more than 30 years and served as a minister in the governments of Harold Macmillan and Alec Douglas-Home in the early 1960s. During a long political career, he was...
Labour: Childcare scheme ‘in chaos’
PARENTS are still waiting in “limbo” because of failings in the government’s 30 hours of free childcare scheme, Labour said yesterday. The scheme entitles three and four-year-olds in England to 30 hours of free childcare a week from this month, up...
Tories face Civil Service revolt over ‘unfair’ 1 per cent cap
CIVIL Service workers are to vote on strike action challenging the government’s 1 per cent cap on their pay. The staff’s union PCS, which represents 195,000 workers, announced the nationwide ballot yesterday and said it was seeking a minimum pay rise...
Hillsborough disaster suspects face the courts
THREE former police officers and two other men were in the dock yesterday charged with offences relating to the Hillsborough football stadium disaster, in which 96 Liverpool football fans died. The five appeared in Preston Crown Court, where judge Mr...
Independence posters hit Hong Kong
HONG KONG “independence” banners were still on display in the autonomous Chinese territory yesterday after they reappeared on university campuses this week. The black banners demanding “Hong Kong independence” in English and Chinese were put up around...
Venezuela: Chevron seeks to bypass US sanctions
VENEZUELA’S government and US oil giant Chevron held talks on Tuesday to fi nd a way around Washington’s latest sanctions. Chevron president for America and Africa Clay Neff met President Nicolas Maduro, Vice-President Tarek el-Aissami, Oil Minister...
Syria: Fighting continues around Deir Ezzor
THE Syrian army fought to consolidate its lifeline into the eastern city of Deir Ezzor yesterday, after breaking the nearly four-year siege by Isis. Government troops advanced east along the main M20 motorway route from Palmyra to the city on the...
The exodus of NHS nurses
THE “Scrap the Cap” day of action on nurses’ pay should focus minds as we enter the conference season — and Jeremy Corbyn was right to make raising pay the key theme of the first Prime Minister’s Questions since Parliament’s summer break. The pay cap...
A productive and tasty winter crop
The Star’s gardener MATT COWARD gets his green thumbs on sai sai, the ‘best tasting Oriental leaf’ ONE of the most productive, tastiest and easiest winter crops I’ve ever grown is sai sai — sometimes listed in seed catalogues as “saisai.” It’s...
Trump endorses racism
ALBERT BENDER hopes the pardon of the racist sheriff Joe Arpaio will be Trump’s Waterloo WILL the disgraceful pardon of the brazenly racist sheriff Joe Arpaio be Trump’s Waterloo? It certainly should be. Trump has done what no other “president” in...
We must break free from the cycle of despair
MEXICO and Britain are separated by a wide ocean but for almost 500 years we have bridged that divide with human relationships. This is my first visit to Britain but ever since I was a small boy and learned history I have been aware of the importance...
Atletico Madrid unveil state-of-the-art pitch and huge home dressing room as they prepare for first game at...
Atletico Madrid have taken a significant step closer to completing their move to the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium as work on the state-of-the-art playing pitch came to its conclusion. The Spanish outfit have been forced to play their first three La...
US police threatened to kill NFL’s Bennett
Player told with gun at his head: Move and I’ll blow your head off NFL player Michael Bennett revealed yesterday how a US policeman threatened to blow his head off last month for “simply being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The...
Realtime News
- 09:51 The secret I'm hiding under my oversized fashion style
- 09:51 Call for action in Sheffield suburb where gang leaders are ‘running...
- 09:50 Cleveland Police Chief Constable 'outraged' at Government funding...
- 09:50 Firefighters called to tower block blaze in Sheffield
- 09:50 Man who had ears sliced off in Blackburn street attack dies
- 09:47 Suspected stolen car set alight in Wigan
- 09:47 Warwick photographer pushing equality in Parliament
- 09:47 Tennis club secures £10k to update dilapidated clubhouse
- 09:47 Adverts showing women struggling to park or fat people being...
- 09:46 Warwick photographer pushing equality in Parliament
- 09:46 This is what you should expect after Met Office say BLIZZARD...
- 09:46 'We pay more because it's the right thing to do' Scots attack...
- 09:46 Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster rugby league stars tour...
- 09:45 Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster rugby league stars tour...
- 09:45 Tennis club secures £10k to update dilapidated clubhouse
- 09:45 Nurseries told not to call children ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ and to say...
- 09:45 Call for action in Sheffield suburb where gang leaders are ‘running...
- 09:44 Do these items belong to you?
- 09:43 This is what you should expect after Met Office say BLIZZARD...
- 09:41 Man Utd transfer news: Antonio Valencia, Anthony Martial, Ander...
- 09:41 Scarborough's new cinema: plans change again, with a new Sky Bar...
- 09:40 Fines for speeding, driving without insurance and other Calderdale...
- 09:40 BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018 odds and have the nominees...
- 09:40 Warwick Castle hotel now ‘less likely’ as masterplan returns to the...
- 09:39 Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster rugby league stars tour...
- 09:39 County’s lack of affordable houses
- 09:39 CCTV shows gang stealing £300,000 of jewellery in terrifying raid...
- 09:39 Middlesbrough FC press conference: Tony Pulis discusses January...
- 09:38 UTC Sheffield City Centre: The school where students learn the...
- 09:38 UTC Sheffield City Centre: The school where students learn the...
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