A Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison for raping a child 10 years ago will represent the Netherlands at this year’s Olympics. Steven van de Velde, who is now 29, raped a 12-year-old girl in 2014 after travelling from his homeland to England, according to British media. He was then sentenced to … Read more
Authorities on the Spanish island of Tenerife are conducting a major search for a British teenager who has been missing for more than a week after attending a music festival. Jay Slater, 19, went missing after attending the NRG festival in the south of the island, and was last heard from between 8am and 9am … Read more
Follow Football Weekly wherever you get your podcasts and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today: England are not creative enough, not positive enough … Gareth Southgate’s side again look poor as they draw 0-0 with Slovenia and somehow contrive to finish top of Group C. Is it one too … Read more
King Charles and Queen Camila are set to visit Australia for almost a week in October this year. The royal couple will be in Australia for six days before heading to Samoa for three days, the Daily Mirror reports. It will be a scaled back tour, with a visit to New Zealand likely to be … Read more
From Paul the Octopus to the lesser known Walter the Orangutan, everybody has a prediction in their back pocket when it comes to football. Video games have also been used to predict football scores, including EA Sports FC 24, which recently added an official Euro 2024 game mode as part of a free update. Ahead … Read more
King Charles III and Prince William have reacted to the news that Catherine, the Princess of Wales, will attend Trooping the Colour on Saturday — her first public engagement since her cancer diagnosis. Kate announced in March she was undergoing chemotherapy after an unspecified form of cancer was found during major abdominal surgery in January. … Read more
The 1953 running of the Le Mans 24 is historically significant for many reasons. For one, the winning Jaguars employed Dunlop-engineered disc brake systems for the first time, and that braking advantage allowed the almighty C-Type to run hard from the drop of the flag and set an average lap time over 100 miles per … Read more
A twice-stolen painting by Italian Renaissance master Titian, which was once found in a plastic bag at a London bus stop, is expected to fetch as much as $48 million at auction. The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt is going under the hammer at Christie’s in July with an estimate of £15 million to … Read more
Adam Peaty would join US great Michael Phelps as the only male swimmers to win gold in the same event at three Olympic Games if he were to triumph in the 100m breaststroke in Paris this summer; the 29-year-old took a break from competition last year for mental health reasons Last Updated: 12/06/24 11:58pm Adam … Read more
Former British nurse Lucy Letby, convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others, has gone on trial accused of the attempted murder of another newborn in her care. Letby, 34, was found guilty in August 2023 of committing the crimes between June 2015 and June 2016 while she was working as a … Read more
