Новости за 24.07.2015

Sepp Blatter could be set for a future in local radio, after Radio Yorkshire offered the outgoing Fifa president a work placement at the company.

The two female candidates in the Labour leadership race have hit back at the "gross insult" from a shadow Cabinet colleague who suggested they would find leading the party too "challenging".

Jeff Tweedy has become a sort of Windy City equivalent of Jack White, his influence proliferating through his own projects and his productions of such as Mavis Staples, White Denim, Low and Richard Thompson. Last year, he unveiled his new double album Sukierae, recorded with his son, Spencer, on drums; but just when it seems we might be approaching peak Tweedy, he bowls another googly by suddenly issuing the latest Wilco album for free via the band’s website.

The extent of the renting crisis among young people in the UK has been made clear following a detailed report by economists at accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

“You won’t hear  ‘Alive And Kicking’ being played in the elevator. Don’t worry! And there’s no Simple Minds memorabilia there,” quips Jim Kerr, the band’s lead singer, about Hotel Villa Angela, the delightful boutique establishment he opened in Sicily a decade ago. “When I first came across Taormina, I thought it was the most magical little town I had ever seen. I still do.” An Italophile since his early teens, the Simple Minds frontman simply acquired a piece of land with spectacular views of... Читать дальше...

Lianne La Havas has never shied away from putting her most intimate moments into her songs. Her first album, the Mercury-nominated Is Your Love Big Enough?, was about an ex-boyfriend who treated her badly, and an older man who became her lover. Now, three years on, there’s a new man in the picture. Her second album, Blood, sees her falling out of love with her boyfriend (who played bass in her band for two years), discovering the joys of living alone and then meeting a new man. There was also a fuzzy bit in the middle... Читать дальше...

John Bercow spent £172 on a journey of less than a mile, figures released by the House of Commons have revealed.

The body of a teenage suspected migrant has been found on the roof of a Eurotunnel train on the British side of the tunnel.

The body of a teenage suspected migrant has been found on the roof of a Eurotunnel train on the British side of the tunnel.

Britain should not shy away from doing business with countries where corruption is a problem, according to David Cameron.

The Government is to investigate “extremely serious allegations” that senior health officials who help decide which drugs are bought by the NHS have been paid to work as consultants for pharmaceutical companies.

The UK should ban parents from smacking their children, United Nations human rights experts have said.

Three out of four academy chains have schools that are “coasting”, new research by The Sutton Trust has found.

The chances of surviving a major trauma injury have improved by 50 per cent in the past three years, the NHS in England has said.

Government officials are examining a secret stash of highly classified documents which could shed new light on some of the most controversial episodes of British political life over the last 50 years.

A student sent a text message saying she knew she was going to die after taking toxic “slimming pills”, an inquest has heard.

The Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, has revealed that Manchester City’s latest big summer transfer target, Kevin De Bruyne, cannot cope with fighting for a place in a big squad.

Paul Aguilar produced arguably the most ridiculous dive of all time last night.

Britain’s brittle transport infrastructure faces its greatest test this weekend. The UK’s biggest airport is braced for its busiest-ever day for departures, while drivers heading for the West Country are being warned of delays exceeding two hours on 25 July.

England’s batting at Lord’s was obviously a cause for concern – no team can hold their heads up high after being dismissed for 103 – but as much of a worry for me was the bowling unit’s inability to get much natural or reverse swing consistently. They managed it in Cardiff and exposed Australia’s leading batsmen to the new ball – and we know what happened there.

Amid continuing uncertainty over whether Chris Rogers will be fit for the third Test, Australia found reassurance in the form of David Warner and Shaun Marsh in a high-scoring opening day to their three-day match against Derbyshire here.

For the first instalment of a Shostakovich series titled  Under Stalin’s Shadow, Andris Nelsons has chosen the composer’s monumental Tenth Symphony, prefaced with the startling “Passacaglia” from  Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.

Yvette Cooper has launched a campaign against the Government’s welfare cuts as she tried to prevent Andy Burnham emerging as the “stop Jeremy Corbyn candidate” in Labour’s fractious leadership contest.

Tens of thousands of women are forced out of their jobs in Britain every year because of discrimination by employers against pregnant women and new mothers, the biggest research study of its kind has found.