Author: Darren Smith

Former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has called for Chelsea to be stripped of their 2017 Premier League title and for Spurs to be crowned champions instead, after Chelsea admitted breaking financial rules during the period they won the trophy, while also confirming Spurs approached him earlier this year during their relegation battle. Mauricio Pochettino believes his Tottenham side from a decade ago, who scored 86 goals and collected 86 points during the 2016-17 season, deserved to be crowned Premier League champions that year, rather than Chelsea, who ultimately won the title. Chelsea have since admitted breaking the rules by making…

A Pennsylvania influencer who runs an online operation targeting suspected child predators has been charged over a violent confrontation that ended in his own stabbing at a New York Tim Hortons, after police found no phone contact ever took place between him and the man he accused. A Pennsylvania influencer has been charged following a violent confrontation in which he was stabbed during a sting operation targeting a suspected child predator in upstate New York. Nicholas Attalla, 34, who operates online under the name “Niky Sal,” was arrested on charges of third-degree assault, criminal nuisance and endangering the welfare of…

More than 2,145 UK flights have been cancelled or disrupted since Tuesday after a technical failure struck National Air Traffic Services’ flight-processing system, with mounting calls for chief executive Martin Rolfe to resign as the government and aviation regulator launch separate investigations into the outage. More than 2,145 flights arriving or departing the UK have been cancelled or otherwise affected since Tuesday, after a technical fault struck National Air Traffic Services’ (Nats) air traffic control systems. The disruption, which has affected an estimated 330,000 passengers, is expected to ease on Thursday as flight schedules gradually return to normal. Despite the…

The M4 in Berkshire has been closed in both directions since Wednesday night following a serious collision, with National Highways warning the motorway is likely to remain shut throughout Thursday’s morning rush hour while a police investigation continues. Drivers are facing a full closure on the M4 in Berkshire following a serious collision, with the motorway expected to remain shut for hours as rush hour traffic gets underway. The road has been closed in both directions between junctions 8/9 for Maidenhead and junction 10 for Reading since the crash occurred at around 9.30pm on Wednesday, 9 September, meaning the closure…

Six-year-old Liam Malburg has been found safe after being missing for around a week, following a high-speed police chase in Wyoming that ended in the arrest of his mother, Marisa Calliea, who did not have custody of the boy and was allegedly attempting to smuggle him across state lines from Michigan. A mother has been arrested after fleeing from police in a high-speed chase while allegedly smuggling her six-year-old son across state lines, having kidnapped him roughly a week earlier. Marisa Calliea, 30, was arrested on Monday in southwest Wyoming after travelling from Michigan with her son, Liam Malburg. Calliea…

The Dutch Food and Safety Authority is preparing to fine Irish livestock carriers who fail to properly feed unweaned calves during their journey to the Netherlands, following years of concern from animal welfare groups and a European Commission audit that found the practice breaches EU transport law. The Netherlands’ Food and Safety Authority (NVWA) has announced it will impose fines on four Irish carriers transporting unweaned calves into the country, in response to claims the animals are not fed during the sea crossing despite legal requirements to do so. The Netherlands remains a key destination for Irish dairy calves sold…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has said US crypto regulation will move forward whether or not the Clarity Act clears the Senate on 15 September, even as lobbying spending on the bill tops $190 million and the SEC advances its own separate regulatory framework for digital assets. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the Clarity Act, which seeks to establish a federal regulatory framework for digital assets in the United States, is likely to pass, citing broad support from crypto firms, law enforcement groups and several banks. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Thursday, Armstrong said the legislation was ready to…

Anna Zukowska, 52, a mother of two, has been remembered as “wonderful and vibrant” by her devastated family after being found dead at her home in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, with 60-year-old Jozef Zbigniew Oleszek now charged with her murder. Tributes have been paid to a “wonderful and vibrant” mother after a man was charged with murder over her death. Anna Zukowska, 52, was discovered at her home on James Close in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, just before 8pm on Sunday, 6 September. The mother of two, who her family said had “her whole life ahead of her,” leaves behind two devastated sons. Formal…

Canadian police are hunting a suspect dressed as the Cat in the Hat after the figure allegedly chased a teenage girl through a West Kelowna neighbourhood last month, in an incident distinct from a separate viral online trend involving AI-generated sightings of the Dr Seuss character that has caused disruption at schools across the UK, Ireland and the US. Police in Canada are searching for an unidentified suspect who allegedly chased a teenage girl through an Okanagan neighbourhood while dressed as the Cat in the Hat. The West Kelowna Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed the incident took place around…

PC Tom Clough, 38, has been laid to rest in Redcar a day after his colleague PC Matthew Blades was buried in Hartlepool, as hundreds of police officers gathered to remember the two officers killed in a head-on collision on the A66 last month, while the force behind an expanding organised-crime investigation warns it urgently needs more resources. A funeral was held on Thursday for PC Tom Clough, the police officer who “gave everything to everybody” before being killed in a horrific wrong-way crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough. The service, held in Clough’s home town of Redcar, came a…