- Sunday, February 23, 2025
ENGLAND captain Ben Stokes hit a defiant 70 to round out an attacking innings, with India’s spinners holding the tourists to 246 on day one of the opening Test on Thursday (25). Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets apiece after England elected to bat first at the start…
Alok Sharma, former business secretary and president of the Cop26 climate talks, has voiced his concerns that the government’s new oil and gas bill, which recently passed its second reading in the Commons on Monday (22), neither reduces household energy costs nor generates employment. Instead, he argues, it contradicts the…
NIKKI HALEY made it clear to New Hampshire voters: She won’t serve as former president Donald Trump’s vice president if he wins the Republican nomination. Haley, who’s challenging Trump for the Republican presidential nod, has long said she won’t “play for second.” She explicitly ruled out being a running mate…
The family of 19-year-old Grace O’Malley-Kumar, who was stabbed to death last June in Nottingham while heroically defending her friend from a knife attack by killer Valdo Calocane heard on Tuesday (23) that the court has accepted Calocane’s pleas of manslaughter based on diminished responsibility. While the court’s decision to…
THE BBC should not be able to pursue criminal prosecutions against viewers for not paying the TV licence fee, culture secretary Lucy Frazer said, adding that an examination of the broadcaster’s powers would be in its next charter review. Convictions for not paying the licence fee are in the spotlight…
ONLINE retailer Boohoo has named former Betfair and Zoopla finance boss Stephen Morana as its new chief financial officer. Morana, who was a non-executive director of the group between 2014 and 2017, will assume the role on Feb. 19, the company said on Tuesday (23). The Manchester-based business, which owns…
CHANCELLOR Jeremy Hunt said he would use his budget statement in March – possibly his last before a national election expected this year – to boost economic growth and he said tax cuts were part of his plans. “My priority in the upcoming spring budget will be to build on…
ROHAN BOPANNA’s worn out knees have not stopped him from climbing the world doubles rankings and the 43-year-old Indian became the oldest player to reach number one after making the Australian Open semi-finals with Matthew Ebden on Wednesday. Bopanna and Australian Ebden beat Argentine pair Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni…
THE head of football’s world governing body, Gianni Infantino, has called for worldwide stadium bans for fans and “automatic forfeits” for teams whose supporters hurl “abhorrent” abuse, following racist incidents during games in Italy and England last Saturday (20). The FIFA president said there was no place for discrimination of…
THE new Ram idol consecrated at the temple on Monday (23) will be known as “Balak Ram” as it depicts the deity as a five-yearold boy in a standing posture. Arun Dixit, a priest associated with the consecration ceremony, said, “The reason for naming the idol of Lord Ram as…
