PA Media / Getty Images By Sarah Bell BBC News Queen guitarist Brian May has been knighted in a New Year Honours list that celebrates the Lionesses’ victory at Euro 2022. England captain Leah Williamson is made an OBE and teammates Lucy Bronze, Beth Mead and Ellen White become MBEs. There is also a knighthood
Month: December 2022
Mad Greek By Max Matza BBC News, Seattle US police say they have arrested a criminology graduate in the mysterious killings of four university students in the state of Idaho over six weeks ago. Police named the suspect as Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28. He was arrested in Pennsylvania over 2,500 miles (4,020km) from the crime
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A Romanian court has agreed to a police request to hold the controversial influencer Andrew Tate in detention for 30 days. Tate was arrested alongside his brother Tristan on Thursday as part of an investigation into allegations
Getty Images By Katy Watson & Phelan Chatterjee BBC News, São Paulo and London Brazil has woken up to its first day without footballing legend Pelé. “The King”, who won three World Cups and was widely considered the greatest footballer of all time, died at the age of 82 in São Paulo on Thursday. Overnight,
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Lynette Horsburgh BBC News The father of Elle Edwards, who was fatally shot in a pub on Christmas Eve, has said she was “the most beautiful and bright star”. The family of Ms Edwards, who was
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By George Wright BBC News Controversial online influencer Andrew Tate has been detained in Romania as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation. Mr Tate – who was detained alongside his brother Tristan – had his
AFP via Getty Images By Katy Watson BBC South America correspondent, São Paulo Outside the Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo, fans started gathering when they heard the news of Pele passing. Some were dressed in the number 10 shirt Pele wore when playing for Santos. Outside a banner had been draped that read “Eternal
PA Media By Sanchia Berg BBC News Tony Blair argued Vladimir Putin should be given a seat at the world’s “top table” despite misgivings from officials, newly released files reveal. Papers released by the National Archives show in early 2001, the then-prime minister believed it was important to encourage the new Russian president to adopt
Last updated on 29 December 202229 December 2022.From the section Football “King” Pele “changed everything”, says Brazil forward Neymar as tributes pour in for the late footballing legend. Arguably the greatest player ever, Pele died at the age of 82 on Thursday and current and former players took to social media to pay their respects.
Reuters By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood has died aged 81. In a statement on Twitter, her fashion house said she died “peacefully and surrounded” by her family in Clapham, south London. Westwood made her name with her controversial punk and new wave styles in the 1970s and went on
Newsday RM via Getty Images By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York A Republican congressman-elect is under investigation in New York after he admitted he lied about his education and work experience. The Republican district attorney for Nassau County said she will look into the “numerous fabrications and inconsistencies” on George Santos’s CV. Allegations about
Whenever there is debate about who is the greatest player of all time, one name is a given on the list – Pele. The Brazilian won three World Cups – the first at 17 and the last as the talisman, in 1970, for arguably the finest ever XI. He scored more than 1,200 career goals
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Southwest Airlines vows to return to its normal schedule after mass cancellations of its flights created chaos for thousands of people. Operations “with minimal disruptions” would resume Friday, the company said, adding that it was eager to
Last updated on Less than a minute agoLess than a minute ago.From the section Football Brazilian football legend Pele, arguably the greatest player ever, has died at the age of 82. He is credited with scoring a world record 1,281 goals in 1,363 appearances during a 21-year career, including 77 goals in 92 matches for
EPA By Yolande Knell & David Gritten BBC News, Jerusalem & London The most religious and hard-line government in Israel’s history has been sworn in. Benjamin Netanyahu returns as prime minister, after his Likud party formed a coalition with ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies. There is domestic and international concern it will inflame the conflict
A third person has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man who was stabbed to death on a nightclub dance floor in Birmingham. Cody Fisher, 23, a non-league footballer and school sports coach, was attacked at The Crane nightclub just before midnight on Boxing Day. The murder suspect, 22, was arrested in London at
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