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Rosetti conceded that trying to find a consistent approach across all leagues, which tend to have their own interpretations of some offences, would be difficult.In particular, handball continues to cause issues across football.The Premier League had the most relaxed interpretation of handball last season, with a handball penalty every 17.27 games. Then came the German Bundesliga at 10.93 games per handball penalty, the Spanish La Liga on 10.56, the Italian Serie A on 10.00 and the French Ligue 1 at 9.27.In the Champions League, it was a penalty every seven games – the highest frequency in Europe – which highlights…

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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said there is no evidence to suggest a systems or data breach after the Royal Navy’s new sea drones were found to include a Chinese-made component. During what the MoD called a “routine cyber vulnerability assessment” of the drones, the cameras were found to have sent a squark – also known as a heartbeat communication – to a Chinese IP address. A squark can signal when the system is switched on, is functioning properly, but it can also carry location information.”A thorough investigation found no evidence of MoD data or systems being accessed, compromised or…

Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington has told her critics to do their “research” amid the ongoing furore from her on-court confrontation with Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham and subsequent social media post.Carrington was ejected from her side’s WNBA defeat for committing a hard foul on Cunningham, and then posted “white privilege” on social media tagging Indiana Fever.Her actions have been heavily criticised by several American sports analysts, including former NFL star Emmanuel Acho. On the Speakeasy – Podcast, Acho said: “It was not a race-based decision. To call that a white privilege-based foul is to completely undermine the term of white…

A student police officer with Greater Manchester Police has been charged with rape, kidnap, strangulation and three more offences.Mohammad Hassan, 23, was charged late on Monday night after being arrested on Saturday evening following a police chase on the M62.GMP said the force had received a 999 call that evening “where a woman could be heard in distress in a vehicle”.Mr Hassan, whom GMP noted was of Asian-Pakistani ethnicity, was off-duty at the time and driving his own car when he was arrested in West Yorkshire.He has since been remanded in custody and has been suspended by the force.The 23-year-old…

Pension industry chiefs are demanding that Andy Burnham guarantee the future of the tax-free lump sum before the October 28 Budget.Senior figures across Britain’s financial services industry have urged the Prime Minister and Chancellor John Healey to publicly rule out changes to the allowance, amid fears speculation could trigger another wave of withdrawals.The heads of Royal London and Quilter, alongside policy leaders at some of the country’s largest investment platforms, have warned that failing to provide clarity could result in a third consecutive year of savers taking billions of pounds from their pensions ahead of a fiscal event.The Treasury is…

Businesses, charities and community groups across Greater Manchester will soon be able to apply for a share of a new £20m fund aimed at improving local high streets.Mayor Bev Craig announced the Good Growth High Streets Fund during a visit to Middleton town centre, saying she wanted people to feel the benefits of Greater Manchester’s economic growth in the places where they live.The fund is expected to open for applications later this year, although details of how much individual projects will be able to bid for have not yet been announced.The mayor’s office says the scheme could support a range…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle suffered a crushing blow today, as the latest film from their production company flopped at the box office on its opening weekend.Cookie Queens, produced by the Sussexes’ company Archewell Productions, earned a measly £242,000 in its first weekend in cinemas.The film, directed by Alysa Nahmias, tracks four young scouts through the fiercely competitive annual cookie-selling season. It was released in cinemas on August 7.The Duchess of Sussex had done the rounds to promote the movie, which was Harry and Meghan’s executive production debut, attending question-and-answer sessions and taking selfies with fans.Both the duke and duchess…

Green subsidies should be removed from industrial energy bills to encourage investment in electrification, the boss of E.On UK has said. Chris Norbury, chief executive of the UK energy firm, said UK firms were already “concerned” about high energy prices. Shifting policy costs, such as green levies, into general taxation would lower bills and help companies electrify, he said. Policy costs on electricity bills include the renewable obligation and feed-in tariff, both of which help pay for clean power generation. But these also drive up the bill total. The UK has the highest industrial electricity prices in the developed world,…

Michael Phillips spent his childhood in the 1980s playing with friends at a lagoon, firing air guns at rusty barrels that released clouds of coloured powder – completely oblivious to the toxic chemicals within.Decades later, several of those friends and Phillips himself have developed rare cancers, which they believe may be linked to this.Researcher and whistleblower Douglas Gowan tried to sound the alarm about 14 such sites – 12 of which were in Wales – but died before his warnings were heeded. “What he told me made my blood run cold,” said Hollywood actor Michael Sheen, who spoke to Gowan…