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While this is by far the highest profile controversy regarding figure skating judging in recent years, it is not an isolated incident by any means.After the Olympic final, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada were delighted. The veteran duo, in perhaps their final Olympics, saw off a competitive field to win bronze.It was a very different scene two months earlier at the ISU Grand Prix Final in Nagoya. There, Gilles and Poirier dropped from third after the rhythm dance to fourth, finishing 0.06 points behind Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain.”It definitely is disheartening. We can’t lie,…

Sarah Everard’s killer, Wayne Couzens, has been able to keep his taxpayer-funded pension pot, despite ministers’ attempts to strip him of the payments. The Government is now weighing up whether fresh legislation may be needed to resolve what is described as an ongoing and complex legal process. Couzens was serving as a Metropolitan Police officer in March 2021 when he falsely arrested Sarah Everard using his warrant card as she walked home from a friend’s house in south London during the Covid-19 pandemic. He subsequently raped and murdered her, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a tariff…

The scandal surrounding Peter Mandelson and his association with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has prompted questions about the process that led to Mandelson becoming the UK’s US ambassador. Candidates are vetted for ambassadorial roles, but the decision to appoint is taken by the government. The prime minister has indicated that the process needs to change in the wake of fresh claims about Mandelson, who was sacked from the post in September 2025.Files released in the US contain emails which appear to suggest he forwarded on market-sensitive information to Epstein when he was business secretary under then PM Gordon…

After the January return of Douglas Luiz – signed from Manchester City in 2019 – Villa are just one away, a left-back, from being able to field a team of Smith players.Add Lucas Digne, who joined under Steven Gerrard, and it will be a side without the initial input of Unai Emery, even if the Spaniard has re-signed Luiz and Ross Barkley.Smith was sacked in November 2021 after three years in charge but his influence remains. In January 2019 he signed Tyrone Mings on loan from Bournemouth, the longest serving player of his reign, who played his 200th game for…

A Lidl worker who spent more than a decade at the supermarket’s Wincanton branch was dismissed for gross misconduct after consuming a 17p bottle of water without payment whilst manning the checkout, an employment tribunal has heard.Julian Oxborough claimed he was suffering from dehydration during his shift when he nicked the bottle in July 2024.The long-serving employee subsequently brought an unfair dismissal claim against the retailer.However, at a Southampton hearing in October 2025, Employment Judge Yallop ruled in favour of Lidl, upholding the company’s decision to terminate Mr Oxborough’s employment and rejecting his claim.The incident occurred on July 19, 2024…

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Available for over a yearIn the 1970s and 80s the sport of darts was booming in the UK. It was on TV almost every week and the sport’s stars were household names. But by 1989 the sport was in decline, and the world championship was the only event that was still televised. The sport’s top players blamed the British Darts Organisation for failing to keep the game on TV and broke away to form their own competitions in 1993. This rival tour became the Players Darts Council in 1997, which is now responsible for the sport’s biggest tournaments. John Lowe…

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First-time buyers saving through Lifetime ISAs are now more likely to face financial penalties than successfully purchase a property, according to the latest HMRC data. During the 2024-2025 tax year, some 129,200 savers incurred charges for withdrawing funds outside permitted circumstances, while just 87,000 managed to use their savings to buy a home.The Treasury’s penalty receipts totalled £102million during this period, marking a substantial rise from the £75million collected the year before.For the 25 heftiest individual charges, the mean penalty climbed to £13,500, compared with £10,600 in 2023-2024. Across all penalised savers, the average charge amounted to roughly £790. Some…