3 hours ago Jude Bellingham claims he was made "scapegoat" for England's Euro 2024 failure

England struggled their way to the Euro 2024 final with Jude Bellingham playing a key role in Gareth Southgate's side before defeat to Spain in the final - but the Real Madrid star feels he has taken the flak

Events

6 hours ago 'I was there when Jude Bellingham first emerged – what he did was f***ing frightening'

Jude Bellingham hit the ground running after making his debut for boyhood Birmingham City, and a former captain of the club was terrified of what he was to become

Politics

27 hours ago ‘I’ve got my mojo back’: Emma Hayes reborn in USA and building new legacy

Former Chelsea manager is back in London for friendly with Lionesses and targeting World Cup glory with USWNTSitting in a makeshift press conference room on the dance floor of Camden’s Underworld music venue, beneath the World’s End pub, Emma Hayes breaks into a big grin. “Thankfully it still smells of fart and feet,” she says. “It was a big indie place for me back in the day. I’ve definitely not seen this place in the daylight, so that’s refreshing.” Hayes is home in London and with another grin declares: “I’ve got my mojo back.”The head coach of the US women’s national team is back where it all began for her in preparation for the showpiece friendly on Saturday between her Olympic champions and the European champions, England, at Wembley. This week her cultures are colliding, as she b...

Politics

30 hours ago Wall Street hits record high after Scott Bessent nominated as US Treasury secretary – business live

Bonds rally and dollar dips as investors welcome choice of billionaire hedge fund manager Bessent as next Treasury secretaryNewsflash: A deputy governor at the Bank of England has warned that it is “too early to declare victory” in the fight against inflation.Clare Lombardelli has told a conference organised by King’s Business School this morning that inflation has fallen steeply over the past two years. But, she is concerned that there are signs that the process of “wage disinflation” may be slowing, which would keep the cost of living rising faster than the Bank’s target.The outlook for wages and services prices is unclear from here.We need to see more evidence that wage growth and services inflation will continue their journey down to target-consistent rates.The UK economy has made g...

Society

33 hours ago Wall Street heading for record high after Scott Bessent nominated as US Treasury secretary; Barclays fined £40m over 2008 Qatari deal – business live

Bonds rally and dollar dips as investors welcome choice of billionaire hedge fund manager Bessent as next Treasury secretaryNewsflash: A deputy governor at the Bank of England has warned that it is “too early to declare victory” in the fight against inflation.Clare Lombardelli has told a conference at the Bank this morning that inflation has fallen steeply over the past two years. But, she is concerned that there are signs that the process of “wage disinflation” may be slowing, which would keep the cost of living rising faster than the Bank’s target.The outlook for wages and services prices is unclear from here.We need to see more evidence that wage growth and services inflation will continue their journey down to target-consistent rates.The UK economy has made good progress on disinfla...

Economics

44 hours ago INSIDE SPORT: Jude Bellingham chucks more darts at the English press as he opens up on his YouTube channel

MIKE KEEGAN: Members of the media who covered England at the Euros were taken aback to see Jude Bellingham happily throwing darts at the Three Lions' press facility.

Politics