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The government has vowed to push for a “major new crackdown” on people smuggling gangs with a Β£100m cash boost for border security. The investment will support the pilot of the new “one in, one out” returns agreement between the UK and France, and other efforts to crack down on small boat crossings. Home Secretary…
TAMPA, Fla.Β βΒ Scoring runs at Steinbrenner Field should not be as hard as the Dodgers made it look this weekend. The spring training ballpark, which is doubling as the Tampa Bay Raysβ temporary home this season after Tropicana Field was shredded in an offseason hurricane, has small Yankee Stadium-inspired dimensions that played even shorter in this…
The second in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers. The expansion Los Angeles Angels were just 5 months old in September 1961 when the team called up three minor leaguers who would come to define the fledgling franchiseβs early years. Jim Fregosi, a teenage shortstop,…
Thousands of motorists who bought cars on finance before 2021 could be set for payouts as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it will consult on a compensation scheme. In a statement released on Sunday, the FCA said its review of the past use of motor finance “has shown that many firms were not…
Tino Sunseri is spending the next two weeks in Costa Mesa while a large chunk of his heart resides on the East Coast. Thatβs where the new UCLA offensive coordinatorβs wife and 3-month-old son are living with one set of grandparents, allowing Tino to focus the best he can on training camp with the Bruins….
Book Review The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked the World By Peter GuralnickLittle, Brown & Co.: 624 pages, $38If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. The popular perception of Colonel Tom Parker is…
Efforts to bring Gazan children to the UK for urgent medical treatment are set to be accelerated under new government plans. Under the scheme, reportedly set to be announced within weeks, more injured and sick children will be treated by specialists in the NHS “where that is the best option for their care”. It has…
With red welts scattered like landmarks of the war sheβd just waged, Kelsey Plum let the microphone have it. βI drive more than anyone in the league,β the Sparks guard said, voice taut. βSo to shoot six free throws is fβ absurd. And I got scratches on my face, I got scratches on my body,…
I will say this: I should be watching more cartoons. It has been harder to indulge this passion for some of the best, most pleasurable work television has to offer with so many ordinary series fighting for my professional time and attention, but here and now I make a more or less midyear resolution to…
For Chargers rookie Treβ Harris, the opportunity to see the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, proved to be an eye-opening experience β a moment of validation for his budding NFL career. βBeing able to go to the Hall of Fame, seeing all of the busts, all the players and the history of…
