2 h. ago 'We'll see': Honest Franco Smith addresses Glasgow Warriors future and makes telling squad admission

Glasgow boss will take time to reflect after season came to end at Leinster

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3 h. ago Uriah Rennie, first black referee in Premier League, dies aged 65

Trailblazing official battled rare neurological conditionRennie oversaw more than 300 top-flight matchesUriah Rennie, the first black Premier League referee, has died at the age of 65. The Jamaica-born official grew up in Sheffield and oversaw more than 300 top-flight matches, starting with his breakthrough appointment as Derby hosted Wimbledon in August 1997. The game was, however, abandoned due to floodlight failure.The Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association posted on X: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former chair and trailblazing referee, Uriah Rennie. Uriah made history as the Premier League’s first black referee, officiating over 300 top-flight matches between 1997 and 2008. He broke down barriers, shaped our football community and inspired generations to come. Our thoughts are with Uriah’s family and friends at this difficult time.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trailblazing Premier League referee Uriah Rennie dies aged 65

Rennie officiated over 300 top-flight matches and was the first black Premier League referee

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4 h. ago Cuts to UK’s global vaccination funding would risk avoidable child deaths, experts warn

Exclusive: Scientists also say any reduction in Foreign Office funding for vaccine alliance Gavi would harm UK’s soft powerAny cut in UK funding to a global vaccination group would damage soft power and could make British less resilient to infectious diseases, as well as causing avoidable deaths among children, leading vaccine and aid experts have warned.Scientists including Sir Andrew Pollard, who led the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, said a major cut in money for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) could also make the UK less able to respond to a future pandemic. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Premier League's first black referee Uriah Rennie dies aged 65

Uriah Rennie, the first black referee in the Premier League, has died at the age of 65.

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4 h. ago As Rachel Reeves prepares to splurge billions on NHS and tech... will she stick to her promise NOT to raise taxes?

Rachel Reeves was last night urged to keep her promise not to hike taxes again amid fears more raids are on the way.

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4 h. ago Uriah Rennie dead at 65: Premier League's first black referee passes away just months after learning to walk again after rare condition left him paralysed from the waist down

Former FIFA and Premier League referee Uriah Rennie has sadly passed away at the age of 65. 

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4 h. ago Uriah Rennie dead: Trailblazing Premier League referee dies aged 65 as tributes pour in

Uriah Rennie, who made history when he became the Premier League's first black referee, has died at the age of 65 and the world of football has paid tribute to the trailblazer

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4 h. ago Scotland without star duo as newbie cuts holiday short to answer call as Cieran Slicker future addressed

Doohan comes in and could make debut against Liechtenstein

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5 h. ago Uriah Rennie dies aged 65 as tributes paid to Premier League's first black referee

Tributes have been paid to the Premier League's first black referee, Uriah Rennie, after it was announced that he has died after being diagnosed with a rare condition

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5 h. ago Uriah Rennie dies aged 65 as tributes paid to trailblazing Premier League referee

Tributes have been paid to the Premier League's first black referee, Uriah Rennie, after it was announced that he has died after being diagnosed with a rare condition

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5 h. ago Rachel Reeves in standoff over policing and council budgets days before spending review

Chancellor still at negotiating table on Sunday as Home Office demands more cash Rachel Reeves has been locked in a standoff over the policing and council budgets just days before this week’s spending review, which is set to give billions to the NHS, defence and technology.Yvette Cooper’s Home Office and Angela Rayner’s housing and local government ministry were the two departments still at the negotiating table on Sunday fighting for more cash, after weeks of trying to reach a settlement. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Rachel Reeves strikes 11th hour deal with Angela Rayner to break cabinet civil war deadlock

Exclusive: The Treasury agreed a late deal with Angela Rayner’s Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government on Sunday evening, just days before Rachel Reeves publishes the spending review

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7 h. ago Rachel Reeves must do more than hope for the best when it comes to paying for Labour’s spending

Editorial: The chancellor has to balance the competing demands of ministers in her spending review but must make sure she keeps Britain’s finances on a secure footing

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7 h. ago How a futuristic game helped transform a dark and forgotten part of Manchester

Only 'true Mancs' remember playing this on a Saturday afternoon with their friends

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8 h. ago Millionaire futurist creating 'mutant humans' reveals when new race will make ordinary people 'obsolete'

Humanity is on the verge of being replaced by a race of superhuman hybrids with powers only dreamt about in movies.

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8 h. ago Rasmus Hojlund Man United admission, Ruben Amorim's true feelings, Inter Milan transfer stance

Danish striker Rasmus Hojlund has suffered a difficult second season with Manchester United leading to speculation surrounding his future

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9 h. ago The Guardian view on child poverty: free school meals are a help, but not a panacea | Editorial

Giving lunch to more pupils is a good move – but poor nutrition points to deeper problems that ministers must faceIt was Ellen Wilkinson, education minister in the Attlee government, who announced in 1946 that free school dinners would be introduced, along with free school milk, at the same time as child benefit. No doubt Rachel Reeves, who has a picture of Wilkinson on the wall of her office, is aware of this – and also that the Treasury subsequently decided the policy was unaffordable. The meals were subsidised instead.Despite these initial charges, and later price rises, poorer children did gain, and keep, an entitlement to free school meals. The announcement last week that this is being extended in England to all those whose parents or carers claim universal credit – rather than restricted to families with incomes lower than £7,400 – should be welcomed by all objectors to child poverty. Being assured of a hot lunch in the middle of the school day makes pupils’ lives be...

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9 h. ago Nicola Jennings on Rachel Reeves’s spending review – cartoon

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9 h. ago 'Not just a party:' World Pride celebrations end with defiant politics on display

After the raucous rainbow-hued festivities of Saturday’s parade, the final day of World Pride 2025 in the nation’s capital kicked off on a more downbeat note

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