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Today at the Winter Olympics: Bronze at best for GB curlers after last-four loss

Great Britain’s hopes of Winter Olympics gold in the mixed curling were ended as a 6-5 semi-final defeat to Norway sent Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat into the bronze medal match. But Team GB were boosted as 17-year-old Kirsty Muir reached the ...

07 Feb 2022 at 16:26

Sport

A closer look at Great Britain’s hottest Winter Paralympics medal prospects

ParalympicsGB has selected 25 athletes across four sports for Beijing 2022. The team – GB’s biggest for a winter Games since Lillehammer in 1994 – will compete between March 4-13 in alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, snowboarding and curling. Here,...

25 Feb 2022 at 07:25

Sport

Curlers keep GB gold run going but team falls short of 2022 Winter medals target

Curling saved an otherwise disappointing Winter Olympics for Great Britain as Eve Muirhead and Bruce Mouat led their rinks to gold and silver medals respectively. Those were the only British medals in Beijing, a step back from five-medal ...

21 Feb 2022 at 13:25

Sport

Natalie Powell hopes inclusive LGBTQ+ environment can help to change minds

Olympic judoka Natalie Powell hopes the creation of an inclusive environment for the LGBTQ+ community at Birmingham 2022 will help change minds in Commonwealth countries that criminalise homosexuality. Pride House allows a safe space ...

14 Jul 2022 at 10:23

Kwarteng: Mini-budget came in ‘high pressure’ period around Queen’s funeral

The Queen’s death added to the “high-pressure” environment around the preparation of the mini-budget last month, the Chancellor has said. The Government was plunged into crisis in the wake of Kwasi Kwarteng’s plan being announced in ...

04 Oct 2022 at 16:10

Ofcom investigates GB News over ‘anti-vaccine comments’ made by guest

Ofcom has launched an investigation into GB News after a guest on the Mark Steyn programme made comments about the Covid-19 vaccine rollout which potentially breach the regulator’s broadcasting code. The broadcasting watchdog ...

12 Oct 2022 at 17:44

GB News appoints Helen Warner as new head of television amid plans to expand

GB News has appointed Helen Warner as its new head of television amid plans to expand its existing programming and develop new formats, the broadcaster has announced. Warner is currently the chief creative officer of Whisper,...

21 Sept 2022 at 19:57

Another rail company facing drivers’ strike next month

Another rail company is to be affected by a train drivers’ strike, threatening huge disruption to services. Aslef announced on Tuesday that its members in 12 train operating companies will walk out on October 1 and 5 in a ...

21 Sept 2022 at 14:34

Hunt insists he wants ‘most competitive’ business taxes ahead of looming hike

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he wanted Britain to have “the most competitive business tax rates” as he faced calls to scrap a planned hike in corporation tax. Ahead of the Budget on March 15, Mr Hunt said the increase in ...

10 Mar 2023 at 23:59

Rules to stop ex-ministers taking plum jobs were toothless – vetting watchdog

The current rules around preventing a revolving door of former ministers being rewarded with plum jobs in the industry they previously presided over are “toothless” and needed strengthening, a peer has said. Lord ...

22 Jul 2023 at 10:19

Olympics

Helen Glover says it’s time to be mum and hints brilliant rowing career is over

Helen Glover hinted her glittering rowing career is over after being denied a third Olympic title by the wafer-thin margin of 0.18 seconds. Just 24 hours after Team GB women’s quadruple sculls crew claimed gold ...

01 Aug 2024 at 13:33

Olympics

Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe earn GB’s first ever artistic swimming medal

Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe claimed a first artistic swimming medal for Great Britain at the Olympics with silver in the women’s duet. The childhood friends were fractionally outside the podium places after ...

10 Aug 2024 at 22:35

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