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Actor Luke Evans has said he would be interested in playing James Bond when Daniel Craig steps down from the role after his next outing as the British spy.It would make him the second Welshman to take on the iconic role, following Timothy Dalton. In an interview with The Mirror, he said: "I think I've cut my teeth very well in movies I've done and I've enjoyed every second of […]

Border officials are forced to take travellers' COVID test paperwork at "face value" and just accept results are negative - because they are often written in a foreign language, it has been revealed.Lucy Moreton, professional officer for the Immigration Services Union (ISU), said travellers' documents in anything other than English often simply had to be "taken on trust". Live COVID updates from UK and around worldShe said officers did spot […]

The European Super League (ESL) is in tatters with nine of the 12 founding clubs confirming they have withdrawn from the competition - so what happened and what does it mean for the clubs?All six Premier League clubs - Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham - along with Spanish league leaders Atletico Madrid and Italy's Inter Milan and AC Milan have said they are withdrawing from the […]

Tony Blair has told Sky News that issues around lobbying should be looked at "thoroughly", but "by and large" the British system is "pretty clean".The former prime minister said a set of rules should be established "which make sense". Mr Blair, who was in Downing Street from 1997 to 2007, added that there has "probably been quite a lot of change" in how lobbying is conducted since he was in […]

The chairman of one of the founding clubs of the breakaway European Super League has said the project can no longer go ahead.Andrea Agnelli, chairman of Juventus, said that the league was no longer viable following the withdrawal of the six English clubs involved on Tuesday evening. Asked whether the project could still happen after the exits, Agnelli replied: "To be frank and honest no, evidently that is not the […]

Sir James Dyson has said it is "absurd to suggest" his company was doing anything other than trying to follow the rules, after it was reported that the prime minister personally promised him he would "fix" an issue over the tax status of his employees.The BBC reported that it had seen a series of text messages between the pair after Sir James was unable to get the assurances he was […]

Legally binding targets for particulate matter pollution should be looked at by the government, the coroner in the inquest of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah has said.In a report to prevent future deaths, assistant Southwark coroner Philip Barlow said there is low public awareness of sources of information about national and local pollution levels and greater awareness would help people reduce their exposure to air pollution. Adverse effects of air pollution on […]