UEFA Uefa promise 82% of Euro 2020 tickets will go to fans and general publicThe Guardian - Press AssociationUefa has announced its ticket pricing and policy for next summer’s Euro 2020 tournament, which is to be staged in 12 different cities across the continent. European football’s governing body has pledged
Nigel Farage Rage, rapture and pure populism: on the road with Nigel FarageThe GuardianNigel Farage is barely visible in the middle of a scrum of bodyguards, protesters, TV cameras and boom mics barrelling up Merthyr Tydfil high street. “There’s definitely more cameras than shoppers,” jokes
Boris Johnson If I were Jeremy Corbyn I’d be praying for a Boris Johnson victoryThe Guardian - Matthew d’Ancona“This isn’t a TV reality contest!”. So declared defence minister Tobias Ellwood, when asked by Sky News’ Sophy Ridge about the forthcoming Conservative leadership race. To which there is only one honest
Lifestyle (UK) Five ways to care for your scalpThe Guardian“The scalp is simply skin: it sweats, secretes sebum (oil) and sheds dead skin cells,” says Anabel Kingsley, a trichologist at Philip Kingsley. Eleanore Richardson, a trichologist at the Fulham Scalp Hair
Iran Iran war 'not going to happen' despite rising tensions, says RomneyGuardian US - Martin Pengelly in New YorkMitt Romney has joined the commander of the Revolutionary Guards in dismissing the threat of war between the US and Iran, despite increasing tensions in the Persian Gulf amid strategic moves by Washington.
Real Madrid Real Madrid suffer final day defeat to Real Betis with Gareth Bale stuck on the benchThe Guardian - Press AssociationLoren Morón and Jesé teamed up to hand Real Betis a famous victory at the Bernabeu as Real Madrid’s disappointing season ended with a whimper. It was a deserved 2-0 win for the visitors on a day when Bale
Rugby Union Premiership rugby union 2018-19: a club-by-club season verdictThe Guardian - Michael AylwinThey made Europe with the last kick of what has been an otherwise curious season, but they are used to those at the Rec. Rumours abounded at the very start that Todd Blackadder was about to receive his
Play buttonEbola Julianna Margulies on her shocking Ebola drama: 'I panicked in my hazmat suit!'The Guardian - Stuart HeritageEbola will reach European soil. It’s not a matter of if – but when. There’s still no protocol, still no cure Before I meet Julianna Margulies, I spend three days staring at her bodyguard. He’s impossible
Justin Amash Mitt Romney won't back Justin Amash in call for Trump impeachmentGuardian US - Ed Pilkington in New YorkI don’t think there is the full element which you need to prove the obstruction of justice case Mitt Romney As Donald Trump opened fire on Justin Amash, the Michigan representative who became the first
Eurovision Song Contest Israeli culture minister criticises Palestinian flags at EurovisionThe Guardian - Agence France-PresseThe Israeli culture minister, Miri Regev, has criticised the display of Palestinian flags during the Eurovision song contest final in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, including by one of Madonna’s dancers.
Netflix Netflix close to long-term UK studio space deal at PinewoodThe Guardian - Mark SweneyNetflix is close to securing a deal to lease space at Pinewood Studios, home to the James Bond and Star Wars franchises, to ensure its growing slate of UK productions can be made without delay. Netflix,
Lyon Lyon’s Lucy Bronze makes World Cup pledge to Barcelona’s Toni DugganThe Guardian - Suzanne Wrack at the Ferencváros StadionLucy Bronze has revealed she told her distraught England teammate Toni Duggan they will “win the World Cup together instead” this summer following Lyon’s 4-1 Champions League final dismantling of Barcelona
Europe 'Future of Britain is in Europe,' the Queen told Germany in 1988The Guardian - Philip Oltermann in BerlinThe Queen confided to the German ambassador that she believed the future of Britain lay in Europe, newly released diplomatic cables from 1988 have shown. “Some have not realised this yet,” the monarch
Vincent Kompany Vincent Kompany’s five best games for Manchester CityThe Guardian - Jamie JacksonSigned only two days before from Hamburg, the then 22-year-old went straight into Mark Hughes’s XI. Vincent Kompany dovetailed smoothly with Michael Johnson in midfield, according to the former Arsenal
The Theatre Al Murray review – the ultimate Brexiteer remains on the fenceThe Guardian - Paul Fleckney“Having your cake and eating it” has become a pretty useful idiom when describing the infuriating paradox of Brexit. And it comes to mind when watching Al Murray perform his new show, Landlord of Hope
Johanna Konta Johanna Konta loses Italian Open final to Karolina Pliskova in straight setsThe Guardian - Press AssociationJohanna Konta’s hopes of winning the Italian Open were dashed as Karolina Pliskova powered her way to victory in Rome. The No 4 seed claimed her second title of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 win over the
Lifestyle (UK) How to protect your hearingThe Guardian - Gemma TwitchenThe biggest risk to hearing is noise. Over time, listening to loud music through headphones and going to gigs and clubs can damage your hearing. On public transport or a plane, it can be noisy and people
Books In brief: Palaces of Pleasure; A Stranger City; Frieda – reviewsThe Guardian - Alexander LarmanLee Jackson’s authoritative and fascinating book makes a nonsense of the claim that the 21st century is the age of mass instant gratification. Jackson, who accurately describes himself as a “well-known
Lifestyle (UK) Tears, honesty and flirty games: how we escaped our married sex rutThe Guardian - Liz AllenWithin minutes I feel more in my body than I have for a long time. Relaxed. Grounded It’s usually when I have my head in the dishwasher that my husband will come up and say, “Hey love, do you fancy a tonight?”
World News Roadside bomb injures tourists near Giza pyramids, officials sayThe Guardian - Associated PressEgyptian officials say a roadside bomb has hit a tourist bus near the Giza pyramids. They say the blast on Sunday wounded at least 16 people, including tourists. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity
Tommy Robinson Police condemn speculation about violence at Tommy Robinson rallyThe Guardian - Josh Halliday North of England correspondentPolice have condemned “speculation and ill-informed comments” on social media about violence that erupted during a Tommy Robinson campaign rally in Oldham. Greater Manchester police said bricks and eggs
Jacob Rees-Mogg 'Staggeringly silly': critics tear apart Jacob Rees-Mogg's new bookThe Guardian - Frances PerraudinAdoring colleagues on the right of the Conservative party hang on Jacob Rees-Mogg’s every word in the House of Commons, considering him one of Brexit’s foremost rhetoricians. But after the release of new
Eurovision Song Contest There should be nothing wrong in waving Palestinian flags at EurovisionThe Guardian - Michael SegalovThere were loud boos in the Tel Aviv Expo Centre on Saturday night, and not just when it was announced that voters in Greece and Cyprus had once again awarded each other the full 12 Eurovision song contest
Play buttonOpinion (UK) The EU has a race problem at the top – and no one wants to talk about itThe Guardian - Sarah ChanderWith days to go until the polls open for the European parliament elections, most political parties are finding it a struggle to convey the relevance of the EU to voters (in 2014, voter turnout was just
Media Industry Jeremy Kyle Show: why take so long to end this daily humiliation?The Guardian - Jane MartinsonIn 2013, more than 1 million people watched a 17-year-old girl being called a “crackhead” and a “silly anorexic slapper” by her sister on national television while a well-known TV presenter informed them
Film (UK) The Lighthouse review: Robert Pattinson shines in sublime maritime nightmareThe Guardian - Peter BradshawFor his followup to The Witch, Robert Eggers launches a seriously salty story of two men trapped in a turret: think Steptoe and Son at sea and in hell Robert Eggers’s gripping nightmare shows two lighthouse-keepers
Jeremy Kyle Jeremy Kyle: more TV show guests killed themselves, it emergesThe Guardian - Amy WalkerA woman who was a guest on a chat show hosted by Jeremy Kyle in 2005 took her life six days after her appearance, it has emerged. Erica Pawson, 36, killed herself after her husband followed Kyle’s advice
Politics BP pushed for Arctic drilling rights after Trump's electionThe Guardian - Rob DaviesBP stepped up its campaign to be allowed to drill for oil in the Arctic sea and an Alaskan wildlife refuge after Donald Trump was elected president, according to documents that detail the British firm’s
Sydney FC Sydney FC crowned A-League champions for fourth time after shootout win in PerthThe Guardian - John DavidsonVideo killed the radio star, according to The Buggles in 1980 and many in 2019 would have you believe that VAR has killed football. Yet after a first half goal for Sydney FC was ruled out in the A-League
Cricket Afghanistan World Cup guide: game plan, key player and predictionThe Guardian - Emal PasarlyIn April, only a month before the World Cup, the Afghan cricket board decided to replace the eponymous national team captain, Asghar Afghan. Afghan had been the captain for all three formats for almost
