Salford are not among the nine clubs that have formally applied to join the proposed 14-team Super League in 2026. Hull FC and Huddersfield have lodged applications, with the other entrants coming from clubs currently in the Championship. The top 12 places will go automatically to clubs ranked highest under the IMG grading system at the end of the season, with two more places decided by a panel if at […]

Formula One has published its 2026 calendar, confirming a six-event sprint programme. Alongside Silverstone, sprint weekends will be held at Shanghai, Miami, Montreal, Zandvoort and Singapore, with the British Grand Prix scheduled for the first weekend of July as part of a 24-race season. Silverstone hosted F1’s first ever sprint in 2021 and has not featured on the sprint rota since. The 2026 British Grand Prix will take place over […]

Campaigners linked to Hillsborough say the proposed Public Office (Accountability) Bill would leave a lasting legacy for future generations after a meeting with the Prime Minister at Downing Street. The bill would impose criminal sanctions on authorities that cover up the facts behind disasters such as the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy or the Grenfell Tower fire. The Hillsborough disaster led to the deaths of 97 football fans. Prime Minister Sir Keir […]

Ronnie O’Sullivan, 49, has withdrawn from the Unibet British Open for medical reasons. The World Snooker Tour said he was due to play Sanderson Lam in the opening round on Monday 22 September at 19:00, but he has been pulled from the draw. The match would have been Lam against O’Sullivan at Cheltenham Racecourse, where the event runs from 22 to 28 September. O’Sullivan has not played since the Saudi […]

The World Snooker Tour has announced that Ronnie O’Sullivan will miss the Unibet British Open for medical reasons. The 49-year-old was due to face Sanderson Lam in the opening round on Monday 22 September at 19:00, but has been replaced in the draw by Daniel Womersley, the highest-ranked available player from the 2025 Q School list. The tournament at Cheltenham Racecourse runs from 22 to 28 September. O’Sullivan has not […]

Aberdeen FC has announced that Steven Gunn, the club's director of football, will leave Pittodrie next month. He was appointed to the role in May 2021 after previously serving as director of football operations and has given more than 25 years of service to the Granite City club. David Lawrie, a club director and former Dons player in the early 1980s who later held senior roles at FC Nordsjaelland and […]

Maria Caulfield, the former Conservative health minister and ex-MP for Lewes in East Sussex, has defected to Reform UK. She lost her Lewes seat at last year’s general election and has since left Parliament, with the move coming a day after a sitting Tory MP joined Reform. Caulfield had previously returned to nursing after leaving Parliament and switched her allegiance to Reform UK about a month ago, according to the […]

The NHS is conducting "war game" exercises to test its readiness for winter, NHS England has said. Winter typically brings a rise in Covid, flu and other respiratory illnesses. Recent winters have seen long A&E waits, corridor care and ambulances queueing outside hospitals. Officials say 2025 is on track to be the busiest on record for A&Es and ambulance services. Preparations are being stepped up through September, with local leaders […]