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Tom Ilube is stepping down as chair of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) amid an executive pay row. Ilube, who took on the role in 2021, said in a statement: “I have decided to step down from my role as Chair of the RFU as recent events have become a …

Keely Hodgkinson was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year by the public following a phenomenal year on the track yesterday evening.   The athlete was the favourite to win the historic title and is now the fourth woman in a row to win SPOTY after Emma Raducanu, Beth Mead and Mary Earps. The …

A British teen caged over a holiday romance with a 17-year-old girl faces spending a year locked up in one of Dubai’s most notorious hellhole jails.  Marcus Fakana, 18, was left ‘shocked beyond belief’ after receiving the shattering news yesterday he would be jailed for having sex with a girl just …

Giovanni Pernice has broken his silence about his future at the BBC as he cast doubt over his return to Strictly after a tumultuous year.  The professional dancer, 34, admitted he needed a ‘break’ after the BBC launched a misconduct investigation into his behaviour following allegations of bullying from Amanda …

England and New Zealand were both penalised for slow over rates in Christchurch Ben Stokes called out the ICC and urged that their over-rate policy needs changing Black Caps skipper Tom Latham will look to bounce back after losing the first Test By LAWRENCE BOOTH Published: 09:50 GMT, 5 December …

By ROBERT FOLKER Published: 16:58 GMT, 30 November 2024 | Updated: 16:59 GMT, 30 November 2024 BBC drama The Archers has been slammed for seemingly underplaying the government’s inheritance tax raid on farms. Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have faced fury from farmers after they announced …

By DAN WOODLAND Published: 16:00 GMT, 26 November 2024 | Updated: 16:05 GMT, 26 November 2024 Gail’s shareholders have hired Goldman Sachs to run an auction of the bakery chain after it sparked a gentrification row.  The wall street bank has been appointed to oversee the sale taking place next …

By MATT BARLOW and JAMES COHEN Published: 16:53 GMT, 20 November 2024 | Updated: 18:47 GMT, 20 November 2024 Former England international Danny Rose has revealed he sought legal advice after learning what he thought was a private conversation with Jose Mourinho at Tottenham had been filmed without his knowledge. …

Pep Guardiola walked into his press conference after Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat at Brighton and was asked if he now faces his biggest challenge at the club. “Yeah, like when we won 16 or 17 games in a row to win the Premier League right?” he replied. The City boss …

Strictly stars are outraged at the show’s bosses axing its longest-serving professional dancer Karen Hauer. The Venezuelan-American star’s job on the BBC dance show is under threat 12 years after she joined back in 2012 following her early elimination from the current series in week three with Paul Merson. At …