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Usyk stakes claim as best man in boxing after making Fury eat his words
As Oleksandr Usyk walked towards us just after three in the morning, resplendent in his purple tracksuit while carrying Eeyore under his arm, his promoter let slip a gentle cry: “Here he comes, the best man in boxing …”
Alex Krassyuk is not a traditional boxing promoter, being a much …
UK banks’ trust account exodus cuts lifeline for disabled people, says charity
People with disabilities are facing potential hardship because banks are scrapping trust accounts that allow money to be managed safely on their behalf.
Victims awarded personal injury settlements and those with learning difficulties are among those facing “severe consequences” as accounts are closed or frozen by high street banks and …
Jewellery, buttons and a conceptual bra: how the Royal Mint boss found a new source of money
In the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in September, throngs of fashion elites were flocking to a makeshift catwalk along the French capital’s Avenue de Saxe.
Paris fashion week was in full swing. But as the likes of
Vogue
editor Anna Wintour and Olympic diver Tom Daley took their …Assisi braces for visitor influx as Jubilee year for Catholics starts on Christmas Eve
Inside a souvenir shop in Assisi, the face of a boy with thick black curly hair smiles out from wall tapestries, fridge magnets and key rings, outshining the flying cherubim, snow globes and other religious trinkets that cram the shelves.
But the owner, Elvira Boccacci, is struggling to explain to …
About 1 million people in UK yet to obtain eVisa days before deadline
About 1 million people who need to obtain eVisas to prove their right to live and work in the UK or return after travelling abroad have not yet done so even though the deadline to register is just over a week away.
The eVisa programme set up by the previous …
Rachel Reeves’ push to improve EU ties remains boxed in by red lines
Rachel Reeves is seeking a “deeper, more mature relationship” between Britain and the EU: this was her central message to the bloc’s finance ministers in Brussels a fortnight ago.
to the meeting of her European counterparts – the first a UK chancellor had …Winds blow UK Christmas travel off course, with ferries and flights cancelled
Thousands of people in the UK are facing a Christmas travel nightmare as strong winds led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and ferries.
was in place until 9pm on Sunday from John o’Groats to Land’s End, with gusts of …Workers at top London restaurants could bring case over cover charges
Workers are considering legal action against a swathe of upmarket London restaurant owners including Harrods, the Savoy Grill, the Ivy and the Wolseley that add a cover charge to diners’ bills that does not go to workers.
requires business owners …German Christmas market attack: suspect faces murder charges
Police in Germany have said a man suspected of killing at least five people and injuring hundreds more after he drove a car at speed
through a crowded Christmas market
faces charges of murder and attempted murder.In the central town of Magdeburg, where the attack happened …
Mexico’s bloody cartel war rages as myth of the ‘good narco’ wears thin
Last Christmas, the Sinaloa cartel made a show of sending branded gifts to children’s hospitals. This year, a bloody war between rival factions of Mexico’s notorious drug mafia has cast a shadow over the holiday, leaving Culiacán’s Christmas fair nearly empty, and the city silent at night.
Sinaloa has always …