Soccer Ashes showdown all set to take place in London

Soccer Ashes showdown all set to take place in London

The two sides, who first met in 1922, will go head-to-head at Brentford FC’s Gtech Community Stadium on Tuesday October 17. A bumper crowd is expected – boosted no doubt by many... Read more »
Climate protesters at Ashes Test ‘had champagne corks and fruit thrown at them’

Climate protesters at Ashes Test ‘had champagne corks and fruit thrown at them’

C hampagne corks and fruit were thrown by cricket fans at climate protesters who allegedly trespassed on the pitch at Lord’s on the first day of the second Test at the 2023... Read more »
Ilford murder: Ashes legend Ian Botham backs Free Jason Moore campaign

Ilford murder: Ashes legend Ian Botham backs Free Jason Moore campaign

Cricket legend Sir Ian Botham has thrown his support behind the campaign to free a convicted killer in a controversial East End murder case. Sir Ian, who sits in the House of Lords,... Read more »
Scott Boland enhances Ashes claim as India melt in the south London sun

Scott Boland enhances Ashes claim as India melt in the south London sun

MEMBERS-ONLY CONTENT NICK HOWSON AT THE KIA OVAL: Australia will be making a significant misstep if their bowling line-up for the Edgbaston Test does not contain the 34-year-old, whose double-wicket 47th over... Read more »
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TV tonight: can Robbie Savage really build a football club from the ashes? | Television & radio

Robbie Savage: Making Macclesfield FC 11pm, BBC One “Idiots buy football clubs … but I’m an idiot.” Businessman Rob Smethurst bought Macclesfield FC with ex-footballer Robbie Savage last year. This film documents... Read more »
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East London churchyard so overgrown daughter can’t scatter her dad’s ashes on her brother’s grave

A grieving daughter says she can’t get to her late brother’s grave to scatter her father’s ashes on it because it’s disappeared beneath a choking blanket of ivy and weeds. Valerie Stringer,... Read more »
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Pensioner ‘heartbroken’ after thieves steal wife’s ashes while he slept in cruel burglary

A 93-year-old pensioner and his household have been left heartbroken after thieves stole his wife’s ashes throughout a burglary close to Epping Forest final weekend. Eric Doubleday, of London Road, Abridge, close... Read more »