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The author, known for her romance novels, died on Sunday morning following a fall. “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dame Jilly Cooper, DBE who died on Sunday morning, after a fall, at the age of 88,” a statement said. Her children said: “Mum, was the shining light in all…
Retailers, consumer groups and MPs are increasing pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to review the UK’s Sunday trading rules. Current restrictions, set under the Sunday Trading Act 1994, limit large supermarkets to just six hours of trade on Sundays in England and Wales. Critics argue that the law no longer reflects modern shopping habits and…
The Buckinghamshire star, 34, followed up his Paris Paralympic triumph with victory in the F13 javelin event in New Delhi. Pembroke, an avid home beer brewer back home, tore his right hip adductor just four weeks before the event to throw his participation into doubt. But he made a miraculous recovery to launch a season’s…
The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, are described as “one of the most spectacular displays in the night sky”. The “spectacular” display was visible in the UK last week. Members of the Facebook group UK Aurora Updates posted photos of the Northern Lights as far down as Worcestershire, Norfolk, Ceredigion, Sussex, and even Dorset….
Competing this Saturday in Sutton Park, Birmingham, at the English National Road Relay Championships, the Under-15 Boys produced a stunning performance to earn national bronze, moving through the field throughout and taking a medal on the final of three laps. First up was James Fraser, who clocked 12:46 on an always uber-competitive opening leg, leaving…
The Coventry wheelchair racer, 24, completed a hat-trick of silvers in the T34 800m but didn’t have it all her own way at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. As British teammate Hannah Cockroft claimed a third Indian gold and 19th world title, Adenegan and Chinese athlete Lan Hanyu were locked in a tight tussle behind. And…
The Halifax Hurricane, 33, grabbed her third gold here in the Indian capital with a stunning display over two laps of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium track. Cockroft, who had won T34 100m and 400m gold earlier in the week, stopped the clock in a championship record time of 1:49.88 to beat British rival Karen Adenegan…
India is considering a one-time settlement of its longstanding demand for billions of dollars in past-due fees from Vodafone Group Plc’s beleaguered local venture, as the government seeks to strengthen ties with the UK, people familiar with the matter said. Resolution in the nearly 2 trillion rupees ($22.5 billion) financial dispute may come through a…
According to the BBC, manufacturing processes will initially resume at JLR’s engine factory in Wolverhampton. It comes after the group said some sections of its production operations would commence amid a “controlled, phased restart of our operations”. JLR paused all manufacturing at the start of September after being targeted by hackers. The group had recently…
The Salford wheelchair racer, 28, finished fifth in his T54 800m event after bagging bronze in the 1500m three days before in New Delhi. Maguire, based in Elton, won global bronze in Kobe over 800m last year and is now a two-time world medallist but remains without a Paralympic medal after a pair of fourth-place…