Новости за 15.08.2015

The Government considered giving £20m a year to Kids Company as recently as March this year as the now defunct charity was struggling to survive. But the Cabinet Office minister, Oliver Letwin, has denied Camila Batmanghelidjh’s claim that he verbally promised to find her the money, saying there had been some kind of “misunderstanding on her part”.

LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Anthony Watson scored two excellent first-half tries and fellow wing Jonny May also crossed as England beat France 19-14 in a World Cup warm-up between two largely experimental sides at Twickenham on Saturday.

Aug 15 (Infostrada Sports) - Summary from the Test Match match between England and France on Saturday at Twickenham in London, England England 19 France 14 Half Time: 12-9 Scorers: England : Tries: Anthony Watson (11, 18),Jonny May (45) Conversions: Owen Farrell (13, 47) France : Try: Fulgence Ouedraogo (61) Penalty Goals:Morgan Parra (6, 26, 33)

Two of the biggest days for Lowcountry hunters are the opening day for deer season and the opening day for dove season.

Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, the lone Republican senator who was considering support for the Iran nuclear deal, announced plans on Saturday to vote no, dealing a significant blow to the White House's efforts to garner...

Incoming freshman Gabrielle Szczerbiak isn't getting the traditional college housing experience she expected. She will have a roommate, and there are rules - no boys in the bedrooms and a curfew.

One of former Prime Minister Sir TedEdward Heath's closest friends has come to his defence following the news that at least seven police forces are looking into claims that he was a paedophile. Sara Morrison, often described as his closest female friend, has endorsed the view of another friend, former Cabinet Secretary Lord Armstrong, and of Heath’s biographer Philip Ziegler, that Heath, who died in 2005, had no interest in sex.

Democrat Hillary Clinton hit back at Jeb Bush saying the Republican candidate was "doubling down on defending" brother George Bush's actions in Iraq. Deborah Gembara reports.

Week 40

Pushing and shoving each other, hundreds of migrants trying to get to Serbia overflowed the train platforms of this southern Macedonian town, near the border with Greece, on Saturday.

Terri Seignious can’t get over the view. From the upper floor, you can look out on a pristine, 60-acre lagoon, then pivot right and see across water to the seventh green at one of the most sought-after courses for avid golfers in the Charleston area, where members don’t need tee times to play.

Time will tell whether England’s Rugby World Cup efforts in 2015 will be compared favourably with the glory, glory year of 2003, or rated closer to the bottom-feeders of the beaten quarter-finalists in 2011.

HUGER — More controlled burning and more people — those are the competing demands on the Francis Marion National Forest that managers must balance for the next decade or two.

Nothing to lose but your fears

He’ll come fourth. That’s what I said when Jeremy Corbyn scraped on to the ballot paper with one nomination and a minute or two to spare. He may yet, but I’m not quite as confident now as I was then. What is the point of political predictions, then? Especially mine. But the polls also got the general election wrong and no one saw the Scottish nationalist surge coming.

Ian Madigan went up through the gears during the final quarter of this contest as Ireland producing some cutting rugby to see off Scotland  in Dublin.

Ian Madigan went up through the gears during the final quarter of this contest as Ireland producing some cutting rugby to see off Scotland  in Dublin.

New Zealand roared to a 41-13 triumph at an emotional Eden Park to retain the Bledisloe Cup against an Australia side who had no answer to the power running of Ma’a Nonu.

New Zealand roared to a 41-13 triumph at an emotional Eden Park to retain the Bledisloe Cup against an Australia side who had no answer to the power running of Ma’a Nonu.

Israeli soldiers shoot dead a Palestinian teenager who had stabbed an Israeli trooper near the West Bank city of Nablus. Sean Carberry reports.

Israeli soldiers shoot dead a Palestinian teenager who had stabbed an Israeli trooper near the West Bank city of Nablus. Sean Carberry reports.

LONDON (Reuters) - Sunderland must find a quick solution after another shocking display on Saturday, a 3-1 home defeat by Norwich, left them stuck at the foot of the Premier League, manager Dick Advocaat said.

Such has been the flak that Michael Clarke has taken since announcing his retirement during the last Ashes Test, it is easy to forget that the outgoing skipper will retire with a Test batting average of close to 50 and a scoring record surpassed by only three Australians – fellow former captains in Ricky Ponting, Allan Border and Steve Waugh.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Second seed Simona Halep beat the heat and Italian Sara Errani 6-4 6-4 on Saturday to move into the final of the Rogers Cup and a potential showdown with world number one Serena Williams.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Armenia midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored twice as Borussia Dortmund thrashed Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-0 on Saturday to launch their season with a bang on coach Thomas Tuchel's Bundesliga debut with the club.