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Fresh Labour split as second MP says she would 'take No Deal over no Brexit'

Sarah Champion, a Labour MP, said today she would now accept a No Deal Brexit as she suggested it may have been a mistake to vote against Theresa May's deal.




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Philip Hammond says Boris Johnson risks betraying the Brexit referendum result

The former chancellor made an outspoken attack on the Prime Minister's chief adviser Dominic Cummings, accusing him of attempting to force through a no-deal Brexit.




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MPs have decided they know better than the public, says political author DOUGLAS MURRAY 

In the Saturday Essay, DOUGLAS MURRAY warns that Britain is being forced into remaining a member of the European Union by a political class that never wanted to do Brexit.




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'Brexit is a mess but we'll come through it' says Sir Paul McCartney

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney (pictured) said the EU referendum was 'probably a mistake' and admitted he did not vote because 'nobody was saying anything sensible enough'.




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Sir Keir Starmer says Labour will give the vote to 16 year-olds at a second Brexit referendum

Labour will give 16 and 17 year-olds the right to vote at a second Brexit referendum, Sir Keir Starmer has suggested as he said eventually the party will campaign to keep the UK in the EU.




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Cardiff facing THREE-WINDOW transfer ban if they fail to pay Nantes first instalment of Sala's fee

Cardiff and Nantes were unable to reach an amicable conclusion on the financial aspects of the move, so the case came before the players' status committee (PSC) of world governing body FIFA.




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Injured Mohamed Salah has a laugh and a joke with Liverpool's Under 9 girls side

Mohamed Salah had a laugh with the Liverpool Women Under 9's side as the injured star was quizzed on Scouse words and taught to dance.




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Algeria manager says he is NOT interested in Karim Benzema

Although Karim Benzema is looking to switch allegiances after being snubbed for the French national team once again, it appears he won't be going to play for Algeria. 




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UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin slams Florentino Perez's proposal to form breakaway competition

Perez is thought to have held discussions with FIFA president Gianni Infantino surrounding the ambitious proposals. His vision is believed to feature two separate leagues with 20 teams in each.




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Sign Sancho? Make a move for Zaha? Where should Chelsea splash the cash with £150m budget available?

Chelsea suffered a second defeat in three Premier League games with their 3-1 defeat to Everton. So with their transfer ban now lifted, where could Frank Lampard now look to invest?




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Adam Lallana says Liverpool are addicted to winning trophies ahead of Club World Cup final

Midfielder Adam Lallana believes winning is an 'addiction' and he and the rest of the squad are hooked on securing more silverware.




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Liverpool's desire and intensity outhustled Flamengo and saw them deservedly become history boys

MARTIN SAMUEL IN DOHA: Liverpool have won the hearts and minds of sceptics by treating the crown of world champions as a prize to be fought for, and treasured after winning Club World Cup.




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Bahrain international Sayed Baqer banned for 10 matches over racist gesture 

Bahrain international Sayed Baqer has been banned for 10 matches for a racist gesture during a World Cup qualifier.




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Cardiff claim Emiliano Sala transfer was incomplete and will submit document to support their appeal

Emiliano Sala was killed in a plane crash as he returned to Wales from France just two days after his transfer from Nantes to Cardiff was announced on January 19 last year.




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IFAB chief Lukas Brud says Arsene Wenger's plans for offside law 'is not up for approval'

International Football Association Board's Lukas Brud has revealed that Wenger's proposed major overhaul of the law is not an option and the offside rule will remain the same.




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Watch Dundalk star's sensational volley that FIFA have ALREADY tipped for Puskas award 

It's the acrobatic volley that has left awe-struck football fans picking up their jaws from the floor. Jordan Flores' sublime strike for Dundalk has been given the nod for a FIFA Puskas award.




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Coronavirus: Football stars past and present unite to spread the message

FIFA and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have teamed up by launching a new awareness campaign where world stars call on people around the globe to follow five key steps to combat the virus.




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Coronavirus: Former Arsenal star Alex Song breaks his silence over Sion sacking

Former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song is prepared to lobby FIFA and take legal action against Swiss club Sion after they sacked him for refusing to take a pay cut amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Callum Hudson-Odoi calls out Jadon Sancho for FIFA showdown

The Chelsea star was the first Premier League player known to have contracted the illness and has now fully recovered. The 19-year-old has been self-isolating since the season was suspended.




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FIFA president Gianni Infantino says it would be 'irresponsible' to prematurely restart football

Despite most domestic leagues having been indefinitely suspended due to the escalating pandemic, discussions over re-introducing football around the world are ongoing.




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MARTIN SAMUEL COLUMN: Clubs at all levels deserve fairness... or at least the pursuit of it 

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: At some stage this week, the National League will make a decision on their competitions above tier seven of the pyramid system.




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FIFA medical chief Michel D'Hooghe says there should be no football until 'August or September'

Germany's Bundesliga has plans in place, subject to approval from the federal government and state health authorities, to get going again on May 9 while other leagues are keen to follow suit.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK reveals how Falklands War made UK finally begin to feel good about itself again

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: For Rex Hunt, Thursday, April 1, 1982 began like any other day. It was a lovely, bright morning, but in his sprawling Victorian house in the little town of Stanley, Falkland Islands.




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Even with Thatcher in No10, the early 80s workplace was full of chauvinism, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: A few years earlier, many professions had been virtually all-male. In the City, women were not allowed on the floor of the Stock Exchange until March 1973.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: For Britain's sake, this is a gamble Boris Johnson MUST win 

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: 'To some extent,' wrote Boris Johnson in his book about his hero Winston Churchill, 'all politicians are gamblers with events.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Jeremy Corbyn is silent on racists standing for his own party 

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We are only a few days into the election campaign and the conspiracy theories have already begun.




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Germaine Greer, King Alfred and Rees-Mogg vilified by thought Stasi, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The real threat to free speech comes not from a totalitarian government. It comes from UK university campuses that are supposed to be hotbeds of debate and disagreement.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: How Boris Johnson became the poshest working-class hero since Winston Churchill

Like Johnson, Churchill refined his image, endlessly practising his supposedly spontaneous quips. He, too, had conspicuous flaws, drank too much, told tall tales and played to the gallery.




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A suicide note to make the '80s loony left blush, writes Dominic Sandbrook

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: In my lifetime, Labour have published more than a dozen manifestos, some saner than others.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK imagines the fallout of Labour's first weeks in power

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Exactly 100 days since Jeremy Corbyn became Prime Minister, his Momentum fan club have sent red roses to mark the occasion.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Corbyn didn't understand patriotism

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: To future generations, the names of toppled Labour strongholds will tell the story of Boris Johnson's tidal wave.




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Dominic Sandbrook: Farewell to the hate mobs' joyless intolerance

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The 2010s has been a decade of increasingly strident and intolerant political correctness, with institutions such as the Church of England taking more extreme positions.




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We've never had it so good! DOMINIC SANDBROOK on a divisive decade

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: So how will we remember the 2010s? It was a decade of austerity, great patriotic spectacles, royal weddings and the triumphant London Olympics.




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It's time for the EU to be realistic about a trade deal, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Britain's departure shows the EU is not the end of history and it is perfectly possible to get off the train, however clumsy our departure may have looked.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK looks back at how the 1973 dream soured

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We've packed our bags and bought our tickets, and on Friday evening we are off. Whatever you think of the decision, there is no doubt this is a landmark in our modern history.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: My plan to save the BBC? A cheap licence for the basics

DOMINIC SANDBROOKE: This week, as Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan launches a 'consultation' to discuss the licence fee, the BBC's future genuinely seems more uncertain than ever before.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK on the Royal Family's opportunity from this crisis

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The new slimmed down Royal Family is a good thing, though I don't for a moment underestimate the strain it has placed upon our 93-year-old Queen.




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Coronavirus is a deadly wake-up call, writes historian DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We pride ourselves on our supremacy over the natural world and our mastery of science. But as the last week has shown, our modernity has made us weaker than ever.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Boris Johnson is wrong to make a jibe at Margaret Thatcher

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Boris Johnson's reference to 'society' in Sunday night's video was a rebuke to Margaret Thatcher's controversial remarks, made in an interview in the late Eighties.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The recovery that followed The Great Depression should give us hope

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Even optimists admit that some businesses will not be replaced. Not every neighbourhood restaurant will reopen. Not every furloughed worker will stroll back into a job.




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Universities are begging for bailout after years of over-expansion, says DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Have you ever wondered what a perfect storm looks like? Just take a look at Britain's universities. Crippled by corruption and greed they stand on the brink of disaster.




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'Massage parlour' is fined for offering customers services despite coronavirus restrictions

An unlicensed Queensland massage parlour has been slapped with the first fines for flouting the new coronavirus social distancing and quarantine regulations.




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Supercar engineers take talents to creating a ventilator prototype to help save coronavirus victims

Brisbane-based Triple Eight Race Engineering built the breathing device in the space of 10 days after being approached by the Queensland state government to create a ventilator prototype.




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Sexual sadist who strangled a woman to death is set to be released after taking anti-sex drive drugs

Mark Richard Lawrence, now 58, stalked 29-year-old Julia Ann Muirhead, strangled her with a tea towel and slit her throat in Brisbane on Boxing Day in 1983.




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Queensland education minister says Schoolies may be CANCELLED because of COVID-19

Ms Grace spoke on Brisbane's Hit105 radio on Tuesday morning and said the annual party will be subject to the advice of experts closer to the date.




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Beautician says 50% of the industry are still operating under the table in Australia

A Queensland woman has lifted the lid on Australia's rogue beauticians, revealing many in the industry are operating illegally from home in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown.




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Stolen six-week-old baby that went missing from a home following a violent argument is found safe

Aedan Carroll, 34, has been charged with a number of domestic violence offences after allegedly attacking a woman on Friday in a Narangba home, north of Brisbane.




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Brave woman, 24, set alight, raped and tortured says strangers 'look at her like she's a monster'

Nicholas John Crilley , 34, subjected the then-21-year-old to 'physical, psychological and sadistic violence' over 23 days in June 2017 at his townhouse in Bulimba, Brisbane.




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MAFS' Mishel Karen hits back at claims she broke lockdown rules going to the hair salon 

Married At First Sight star Mishel Karen has clapped back at trolls after she  inundated with hateful messages when she posted her visit to a hair salon for a colour and cut on Instagram, this week.




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Jamie Douglas Saxon's murder conviction overturned on appeal

Jamie Douglas Saxon was found guilty of murder in October after he stabbed Dominik Schulze, 30, during a Brisbane road-rage incident two years earlier.