#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2026 Hornby sells slot car racing brand Scalextric for £20m. Purbeck Capital Partners seals deal for business and property rights of toy with model railway maker
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #Europe #auto racing
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 Unlicensed gambling firms could be barred from sponsoring Premier League clubs. Top clubs agree not to have gambling sponsors on front of shirts, but government is consulting on total ban
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #football #Europe #Premier League
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 BBC presenting duties to be shared for World Cup – but who will host the final?. Corporation says there are ‘no favourites’ among MOTD hosts Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2026 Only 10% of boys aged 14-16 read daily for pleasure, National Literacy Trust finds. Exclusive: Report says British teenagers’ time for books is being crowded out by schoolwork, screens and sports
#Education #Sport × #United Kingdom × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2026 Swansea Ospreys fans dismayed as club faces axe amid crisis in Welsh rugby. Welsh Rugby Union is to cut number of professional teams from four to three, with Ospreys the likely choice
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #Europe #rugby
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.20.2026 Asos co-founder dies in fall from 18-storey building in Thailand. Police in Pattaya confirm autopsy on body of British retail entrepreneur Quentin Griffiths found no signs of foul play
#Sport × #bodybuilding #United Kingdom × #Europe #Asia #Thailand
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.18.2026 Third British skier dies as another avalanche hits French Alps. Death of Briton along with Polish citizen near La Grave comes four days after fatal avalanche at Val d’Isère
#Sport × #skiing #France #United Kingdom × #Poland #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.16.2026 Two British skiers killed in French Alps named. Stuart Leslie, 46, and Shaun Overy, 51, died while skiing off-piste in Val d’Isère amid red avalanche alert
#Sport × #skiing #France #United Kingdom × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.13.2026 Two Britons among three dead after avalanche in French Alps. A skier from France is also killed with manslaughter investigation to be carried out by mountain rescue police
#Sport × #skiing #France #United Kingdom × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.13.2026 River Thames spot among 13 sites shortlisted for swimming status. Choice could prove difficult for Thames Water, which is trying to push through a water recycling scheme nearby
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #swimming #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.08.2026 North of England 2040? Andy Burnham backs plan for multi-city Olympics bid. Northern leaders urge government to support proposal as Manchester mayor says a London bid ‘wouldn’t be right’
#Politics #Sport × #United Kingdom × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.02.2026 Nick Cater obituary. Other lives: Journalist and media officer for charities including Sport Aid and Unicef
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #Africa #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.29.2025 Susan Clarke, 67, beats millions to top the Fantasy Premier League. Data-crunching rivals in league of 11.4m players shocked to be left trailing by pen-and-paper approach
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #football #Europe #Premier League
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.24.2025 Newcastle face outcry over lack of open-top bus parade after Carabao Cup win. Many fans have been left frustrated by the club’s plans for a party on the city’s Town Moor, with Newcastle city council denying they have blocked a parade
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #football #American football #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.18.2025 ‘Forever a hero to our city’: Eddie Howe to be awarded freedom of Newcastle. Newcastle manager joins Alan Shearer, Sir Bobby Robson and Jackie Milburn with award as the city’s council leader says his achievement is ‘nothing short of extraordinary’
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #sports executive #football #American football #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.12.2025 Old Trafford abuzz as Manchester United’s neighbours welcome new stadium plans. Local people are enthusiastic about regeneration, though some fans share Andy Burnham’s worries over where the money will come from
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #football #American football #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.12.2025 Hillsborough disaster: dozens of police misconduct claims upheld, families told. Complaints upheld against some former South Yorkshire and West Midlands officers but none will face proceedings
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #football #American football #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.08.2025 Area around Big Ben closed as man with Palestinian flag climbs Elizabeth Tower. Pro-Palestine protesters also spray-painted clubhouse at Trump Turnberry golf course in Scotland overnight
#Politics #Sport × #United Kingdom × #Palestine #Europe #Asia #golf
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.05.2025 Child dies after car driven on to sports pitch in Cumbria. Man in his 40s arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving at rugby club in Kendal
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #Europe #rugby
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2025 Former GB Olympic swimmer jailed for raping two teenage girls. Antony James, from Plymouth, who competed in 2012 Games, was a student police officer at time of his arrest
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #athlete #Europe #athletics
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.26.2025 The Long Wave: How A Thousand Blows recovers the lost history of a lion-taming West Indian boxer. Historian David Olusoga sheds light on Hezekiah Moscow, a mysterious migrant seeking a better life in Victorian London. Plus, my suya obsession
#Sport × #United Kingdom × #Africa #Russia #Europe #Asia #India
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2025 Innit innit boys and Super Eagles: how Nigerian Londoners found their identity through football – podcast. For the children of the Nigerian diaspora, displaced by war and split between two worlds, footballers from John Fashanu to Jay-Jay Okocha were a first glimpse of themselves in Britain’s mainstream. Wri
#Sport × #Nigeria #United Kingdom × #Africa #football #American football #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2025 British skier found dead at bottom of cliff in French Alps. Body of man, 23, was discovered on Monday near the Avoriaz ski resort
#Sport × #skiing #France #United Kingdom × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.02.2025 Mercedes grand prix car raced by Stirling Moss fetches record £42.7m. Silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen sold at Stuttgart auction for highest amount ever made by a grand prix car
#Automotive #Sport × #United Kingdom × #Germany #Europe
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