Author: Darren Smith

West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has been banned from all contact with his own club’s women’s and youth teams for the past three years following a safeguarding investigation — a restriction that was kept entirely secret while he continued to appear prominently in the director’s box at men’s first-team matches. The Football Association opened a safeguarding investigation in 2023 after receiving allegations about Sullivan’s conduct. In response, a safeguarding group comprising the club, the FA and the local authority imposed restrictions preventing Sullivan from accessing West Ham’s women’s and youth teams or attending their matches, the BBC has learned. The…

More than one million Jeep vehicles have been recalled over fears they could spontaneously catch fire — even when parked with the engine switched off — in a major safety alert that has prompted regulators to warn owners to park away from buildings until their cars are repaired. Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler and Jeep, has notified the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it is recalling approximately 1.08 million Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator vehicles manufactured between 2021 and 2025. The recall also extends to an estimated 106,258 vehicles in Canada, 23,702 in Mexico and 124,297 in markets…

A man believed to be Somalian has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after what police are describing as a critical incident in north Belfast, in which a victim was left in a critical condition with serious injuries to his face, neck and back as bystanders risked their own lives to drag the attacker away. Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland were called to Kinnaird Avenue at around 10.30pm on Monday. Footage circulating on social media shows a man stabbing a second man who is lying on the ground, repeatedly striking him in the head and neck…

Mehdi Hasan has launched Zeteo UK, the first international expansion of his independent media company, promising unfiltered news and bold opinions free from political or corporate influence — as a team of high-profile British journalists lines up behind what supporters are billing as a much-needed challenge to the mainstream press. The UK outlet soft-launched this week at zeteonews.co.uk, with a full hard launch planned for September 2026. It builds on the success of the main Zeteo platform, which Hasan founded in 2024 after leaving MSNBC and which has since grown to more than 650,000 subscribers. Among the early team members…

A teenage girl has been arrested after three people were left with knife wounds at a Manchester school that was placed into lockdown following the attack this morning. The incident at Co-op Academy on Plant Hill Road in Blackley sent emergency services rushing to the scene, with police cars, ambulances and a helicopter all deployed to the north Manchester school. Parents reported the school going into lockdown in the immediate aftermath of the suspected stabbing. Greater Manchester Police confirmed a teenage girl had been arrested in connection with the incident. Three people sustained wounds consistent with knife injuries, though the…

A man identifying himself as a Sikh lawyer has sparked widespread calls for police action after a video emerged showing him defending Henry Nowak’s killer, labelling Britain a “bastard country,” urging crowds to physically confront Tommy Robinson’s supporters at rallies — and allegedly hosting a TikTok Live poll asking viewers to vote on whether to urinate or defecate on Henry Nowak’s grave. Bobby Singh, who posts under the handle @bobbysinghesq on Instagram, delivered the explosive rant in a video shared widely on X, in which he described convicted murderer Vickrum Digwa — sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of…

A British man aged between 60 and 70 has been found stabbed to death at his home in an affluent gated community in southern Spain, with police investigating his Algerian boyfriend in connection with what local media describe as a brutal attack involving a machete and a hammer. The victim was discovered in a pool of blood inside a property in La Alcaidesa, an upmarket residential enclave tucked between Sotogrande and Gibraltar on the Costa del Sol, approximately 12 miles from the British overseas territory. According to local newspaper Europa Sur, police believe the two men — who had been…

A group of men described as foreigners followed two girls aged around 11 and 12 through the centre of a Polish town and offered them money in exchange for sex, with the terrified children only managing to escape after taking refuge in a local ice cream shop whose staff helped them to safety. The incident occurred in Kalisz, in central Poland, near Ulica Złota, on or around 3 to 4 June. According to an employee of the ice cream shop who subsequently contacted local news portal Fakty Kaliskie, the girls arrived visibly frightened and told staff they had been followed…

The former Wall Street banker who accused his ex-boss of turning him into her “sex slave” is dropping his New York state lawsuit to relaunch what his new legal team describes as a far more sweeping case in federal court — with lawyers insisting the full story of what allegedly happened at JPMorgan “has not been told” and promising the public version of events is “about to change dramatically.” Chirayu Rana, 35, rose to public attention in April when court documents described his explosive allegations against former boss Lorna Hajdini, 37, including claims she drugged him with Rohypnol and Viagra,…

The England World Cup squad have had their preparations disrupted by a powerful earthquake that sent tremors through their Florida training base — the strongest seismic event to hit the Gulf of Mexico region in nearly 150 years. The 6.1 magnitude quake, recorded at 2pm local time on 8 June, had its epicentre off the west coast of Cuba, approximately 400 miles from Central Florida where the Three Lions are preparing for Wednesday’s friendly against Costa Rica. Despite the distance, tremors were felt across West Palm Beach, where Thomas Tuchel’s squad are based, as well as in Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville…