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A rugby player has died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a match in Cambridgeshire. Emergency services responded to calls that Arturas Rudys, 27, had collapsed during a match at Wisbech Rugby Club on Chapel Road, Wisbech, on Saturday. Responders carried out CPR and used a defibrillator but he could not be resuscitated and died

Two women who wore images of paragliders on their backs during yesterday’s protest for Palestinians are now being sought by London police. The women, who wore red and black jackets, are being asked to come forward as part of an investigation into a potential public order offence. The images may be a reference to Hamas

Trying to be uplifting while sounding fanciful. It took until the seventh day of mourning for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to offer any condolences. And when he did it was to claim football can play a role in ending hostilities between the Israelis and Hamas as a “vehicle for peace”. That will seem a distant

Police say two dozen fines will be issued over COVID rule breaches at Conservative campaign headquarters. Several people were filmed dancing at a party organised by Shaun Bailey’s London mayoral campaign team on 14 December 2020. The event at the Tories’ London headquarters was billed as “jingle and mingle” on an invitation. Lord Bailey stepped

UK wholesale gas prices have risen again and are now at their highest level since mid-February. Prices rose to nearly 135 pence a therm (a unit of heat used to measure gas) on Friday afternoon. It comes after gas costs hit a six-month high of nearly 123p a therm on Tuesday afternoon – a level

Up to 1.5 million homes in the UK could face a higher flood risk by 2080 due to rising seas caused by melting Arctic sea ice – with government ministers coming under fire for failing to pay attention to “drastic” environmental changes. Increasing sea levels are set to erode British coastlines and place homes in

Up to 1.5 million homes in the UK could face a higher flood risk by 2080 due to rising seas caused by melting Arctic ice – with government ministers coming under fire for failing to pay attention to “drastic” environmental changes. Increasing sea levels are set to erode British coastlines and place homes in jeopardy,

It is considered unlucky by many – but house hunters who are happy to live in a property numbered 13 could get a bargain, analysts have discovered. Unfortunately this means sellers could get a raw deal as their homes have the lowest average value compared with other properties numbered one to 100, it has been

Football clubs should be banned from selling crypto-based “fan tokens” as part of engagement with supporters by the sport’s incoming regulator, according to a cross-party committee of MPs. In its report, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee (CMS) warns about the volatility of prices and the risk of financial harm to supporters who are convinced

Crews have been called to a fire at a car park at Luton Airport. Flames could be seen tearing through a car park at the airport terminal, as seen in videos posted to X on Tuesday. London Luton Airport tweeted earlier: “Emergency services are currently responding to a car fire in Terminal Car Park 2,

Police officers don’t fear being shot or stabbed but are scared of how they will be treated if they use their training to defend themselves, according to a senior representative. Paul Matthews, a national board member of the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) – the organisation that represents rank-and-file officers – said there

The Home Office has U-turned on controversial plans to house asylum seekers at a hotel in west Wales. The Stradey Park Hotel and Spa in Llanelli was due to house 207 people but the plan was strongly opposed by the council. Last week, Carmarthenshire County Council wrote to the Home Office urging the UK government

Cricket is poised to return to the Olympics in five years’ time – more than a century since the sport was last included. It joins baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse and squash as the five additional sports being endorsed by the organisers of the Los Angeles Games. There has only been one cricket match played at

The UK and Ireland will host Euro 2028, with all five nations hosting matches throughout Europe’s premier international men’s football competition. Turkey was the only remaining competitor for hosting the competition before it pulled out to focus on a joint bid with Italy for Euro 2032 – which was also approved on Tuesday morning –

There are a few ways one could report the latest economic growth forecasts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The first way is to declare that Britain’s economy is heading for the buffers. Its economy will grow next year at the slowest rate in the G7 group of leading industrialised economies (0.6%). This is considerably

The Metropolitan Police says it has increased police patrols across London after the Hamas militant group attacked Israel. In a statement, the force said it had been made aware of a number of incidents in the capital – some shared on social media – that were related to the ongoing conflict. Anyone who experiences threatening

Barnsley FC’s coach caught fire after suffering “complications” while the team were travelling back from their match against Exeter City. The League One side has said “everyone is in good health” after the fire. A video shared on Snapchat by Barnsley defender Barry Cotter shows the coach in flames on the side of a busy

Merseyside Police are offering a reward of £20,000 for any information regarding the murder of Carl Russell, which happened five years ago today. Mr Russell, 27, was fatally shot in broad daylight as he and his girlfriend were getting out of their car on Cornwood Close, Belle Vale, at around 11.30am on Sunday 7 October

A British-built “flying thermometer” has sent back its first pictures from space of hotspots on Earth. High-resolution thermal images taken by the satellite HOTSAT-1 reveal the sun-baked streets of Las Vegas, a vast oil storage complex in Oklahoma and the intense heat of the Canadian wildfires. HOTSAT-1, which has been dubbed “the world’s thermometer”, was

Police have appealed for footage after Just Stop Oil protesters invaded the stage at a West End performance of Les Miserables. Five people were arrested after activists stormed the stage on Wednesday night, halting the musical. The Metropolitan Police said officers are keen to hear “from those in the audience who may have travelled from