Is football eating itself? Not before it eats other sports first June 25, 2026 The World Cup has become so big that it now puts all other sports in the shade, laments Ed Warner. I remember the summer of 1976 as a swathe of bleached playing fields, jumpers for goalposts and pick-up games of cricket. There happened to be an international football tournament that June, but I defy anyone [...]
Revealed: Secret Treasury plan to tax State Pension before it is paid out June 25, 2026 The Treasury is drawing up plans to automatically withhold income tax from the State Pension before it is paid out to recipients, City AM can reveal, in a move which flies in the face of previous assurances by Chancellor Rachel Reeves that she would not “go after” elderly Brits with fresh tax demands. The proposal, [...]
Is ‘Stop Reform’ now the most powerful force in UK politics? June 25, 2026 They may be dominating all the opinion polls, but have Reform hit a wall? James Ford considers if the party has peaked. Something is going very badly wrong for Reform UK. They are supposed to be the next big thing. The coming men. The heirs apparent. The real opposition. Yet, while they still top every [...]
Brexit ten years on: my journey from Remain to Leave June 25, 2026 I voted Remain despite having serious reservations about the EU. A decade on, I believe Brexit has strengthened Britain, says Nigel Biggar I am an icon of Brexit, it seems. In 2019, Richard Drayton, Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King’s College London, contributed ‘Biggar vs Little Britain’ to a collection of essays entitled Embers [...]
Silverstone safe amid MotoGP calendar shake-up, chiefs insist June 25, 2026 MotoGP chiefs have insisted their Silverstone race is safe despite plans for a drastic shake-up to the motorsport’s calendar. After signing a major deal with the five manufacturers – akin to Formula 1’s governing Concorde Agreement – which formalises the commercial framework across the sport until 2031, MotoGP will now look to grow an organisation [...]
Mark Kleinman: Share price slump moves Steiner closer to Ocado checkout June 25, 2026 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his City AM column Share price slump moves Steiner closer to Ocado checkout Five words might have given it away: “Ocado confirms that the CEO and the board continually engage in long-term succession planning and regularly engage with potential candidates,” said the somewhat [...]
‘There’s a kind of romance to it’: Cubitts opens King’s Cross hub on site of Victorian stables June 25, 2026 Cubitts has opened a major new hub in King’s Cross, marking the latest chapter of the trendy spectacle maker’s expansion. The London-based business, which first opened its doors in 2012 and has made bespoke glasses for the likes of Idris Elba, Ryan Reynolds, Madonna and Cynthia Erivo, has taken up a 13,000 square foot lease [...]
Wimbledon property market drops ball ahead of Grand Slam June 25, 2026 Wimbledon’s property market has suffered an unforced error ahead of next month’s Grand Slam, as house prices slip in spite of the world-renowned tournament. Home to the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament, prices in the south-west suburb have fallen by almost 12 per cent over the last year, according to research conducted by independent estate [...]
Brentford in talks to host Shakhtar Donetsk Champions League fixtures June 24, 2026 Brentford are among the clubs in talks to host Shakhtar Donetsk’s home fixtures in the Champions League next season. The Ukrainian club are prohibited by Uefa for safety reasons from staging their European games in the war-torn country and last season hosted teams in Krakow, Poland. But Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium has emerged as a [...]
Alphabet to join Dow Jones in rare index reshuffle June 24, 2026 Alphabet will replace Verizon Communications in the Dow Jones Industrial Average next week, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced on Wednesday, in the blue-chip index’s first structural change since Nvidia displaced Intel in 2024. The Google parent’s Class A shares will join other members of the so-called Magnificent Seven including Nvidia, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft in [...]