Newcastle: Aladji Bamba £34m deal agreed with Monaco
This move for Bamba underlines a marked shift in transfer strategy for Newcastle.It is certainly hard to imagine the club spending £55m on a 29-year-old again like they did when…
Nearly half of Canadian study visa refusals deemed “preventable”
Launched by ApplyBoard, the new public ‘Trust Centre’ analysed over 2,800 Canadian study permit decisions in June 2026, of which 1,370 (49%) were rejected. Across the denials, lack of financial documentation was…
Paul Rowley: St Helens head coach leaves club with immediate effect
St Helens head coach Paul Rowley has stepped down from his position with the Super League club with immediate effect less than a year into the role.The 51-year-old joined the…
English universities face “unstable hybrid” future, warns HEPI report
English higher education is heading towards an “unstable hybrid” future as financial pressures intensify faster than expected, according to a new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI).The report,…
Ashes 2027 fixtures: England-Australia men’s and women’s series to start in June
England men v Pakistan15 May: First ODI, Southampton, 11:0019 May: Second ODI, Old Trafford, 13:0021 May: Third ODI, Headingley, 11:0023 May: Fourth ODI, Durham, 11:0026 May: Fifth ODI, Cardiff, 13:00England…
BBC Sport quiz: Who am I? Guess The Hundred star cricketer No 3
Welcome to a special cricket edition of our Who am I? game.The rules are simple. For each day of The Hundred there's a cricketer, taking part in this year's tournament,…
Uefa Conference League: HNK Rijeka tie ‘a great opportunity’ for Derry City – Tiernan Lynch
Lynch's side entered the second round of Conference League qualifiers after losing 5-3 on aggregate to CSKA Sofia in the Europa League first qualifying round. The second leg of the…
9 degrees that cause the most mental burnout
Nowadays, it comes to no one’s surprise that students are grappling with anxiety, depression, mental burnout, and sometimes even suicidal thoughts. Between the seemingly endless grind of study sessions to…
Commonwealth Games 2026: Team Wales going for gold in Glasgow
Given the Games on this occasion has been stripped back somewhat, comparisons with previous events would be unfair.So there will be no medal target."We don't talk about medals but I'd…
Iowa State University: Cross-disciplinary grad programmes
Iowa has more than 114,000 kilometres of unpaved county roads, and many counties struggle to keep them in good condition. Araz Hasheminezhad is working to fix it. A PhD student…
