From Labour on winter fuel payments to a tractor encounter: Edith Pritchett's week in Venn diagrams
From Labour on winter fuel payments to a tractor encounter: Edith Pritchett's week in Venn diagrams – cartoon
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The Guardian
22 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Wiegman optimistic Lauren James will be fit for Lionesses' squad at Euro 2025
Sarina Wiegman spoke positively about Lauren James' chances of being fit enough to play at this summer's European Championship, as she prepares to name her final squad of 23 players for the tournament on Thursday. The Chelsea forward has been sidelined since sustaining a hamstring injury in April during a victory for England at home to Belgium at Ashton Gate, and her involvement in July's Euros in Switzerland has been in doubt, but on Tuesday night Wiegman appeared more than optimistic. 'With LJ [James], she is of course on the pitch [training], she is still in the position that we expect her to be, so she's progressing in the rehab and that's going really well, so I'm positive about that.' Wiegman also offered an encouraging update on the return to full fitness of England's Bayern Munich midfielder Georgia Stanway, who made her first start in 2025 after recovering from a knee injury when she was in the starting lineup for Tuesday's 2-1 loss against Spain. Stanway was withdrawn at half-time but Wiegman clarified that the 26-year-old had not suffered a setback, saying: On Stanway: 'No [she does not have an injury], she's in a very good place. 'But she hasn't played for such a long time – Friday's were her first minutes after she'd been training, of course. She could play [only for] 45 minutes. I think she wanted to play more, of course, she always wants to play more, she's in such a good place, but I think this was very smart [to substitute her] to take care of her.' Wiegman also paid tribute to Fran Kirby, after the Brighton forward's sudden announcement of her retirement, adding: 'First of all I love working with her [Kirby]. She has had an incredible career and it is still going on in the WSL. She's an amazing player and an incredible person too. Sign up to Moving the Goalposts No topic is too small or too big for us to cover as we deliver a twice-weekly roundup of the wonderful world of women's football after newsletter promotion 'She did everything to make the squad. Fran and I have had several conversations. I had conversations with her over this week again, looking forward to this game and I said to her that she most likely would not make the squad, even though things could change quickly. We had these honest conversations.'
BBC News
23 minutes ago
- BBC News
Suspected people-smuggling gang arrested in nationwide crackdown
Six people suspected to be part of a people-smuggling gang supplying fake identities to illegal migrants have been Home Office said that five men and one women were arrested in dawn raids on Tuesday in Cheltenham, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield and lead suspect, a 37-year-old Botswana national, was arrested in Cheltenham on suspicion of assisting and planning the illegal entry of more than 200 migrants from Botswana into the Home Office said the suspects are thought to be involved in a criminal network exploiting vulnerable people by making them work in the care sector without proper training. Chief immigration officer Mick Wilson said it was thought the gang had brought up to 200 people into the country illegally over the last two years."Our objective is to arrest those who are involved, who were making money out of the facilitation, and also providing them with false documents and false identities," he in the country, it is believed the suspected gang submitted false asylum claims using fake are also believed to have helped migrants get jobs in care homes, despite them not having adequate training. As well as the man arrested in Cheltenham, a British man aged 36 was detained in Sheffield, a 33-year-old woman in Oldham and another man, aged 46, in further men, aged 39 and 50, were arrested in Swinton and Nottingham suspects were arrested on suspicion of conspiring to help asylum seekers enter the UK, and conspiracy to breach UK immigration law. The arrests come as part of the Labour government's Plan for Change, which was launched to target people-smuggling Minister Dan Jarvis said: "This operation demonstrates that we will use the full force of the law against those who facilitate illegal entry into the UK for exploitation."Immigration enforcement criminal and financial investigation inspector Phillip Parr said: "There is no place for those who profit from human misery, and we will continue to use all available powers to pursue and prosecute those involved in these despicable crimes."
Daily Mail
33 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
SNP's 'outdated dogma' over armed forces spending is threat to national security
The SNP has been accused of putting 'outdated dogma' above the interests of national security in a dramatic escalation of a war of words over defence spending. Holyrood ministers have refused to back down from the party's policy against funding companies involved in munitions manufacturing. In a letter to the First Minister, Labour MP Graeme Downie, accused him of 'willing to place outdated SNP dogma regarding the UK armed forces and defence sectors above the security of our country' Downie, whose constituency is home to a number of UK defence contractors, said: 'If it is the policy of your government that public money should not be spent on ammunition and military equipment to defend our country, can I ask if you believe our armed forces should have equipment at all and, if so, how would you otherwise suggest this is funded? The row came after Sir Keir Starmer pledged to increase defence spending and make the UK battle ready, supporting more than 25,000 jobs in the sector in Scotland. But it emerged the Scottish Government was refusing financial support to a welding site in Glasgow because the project involved an 'attack submarine'. Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs Mairi Gougeon told the BBC Sunday Show that public money should not be spent on ammunition or military equipment. She was defending the Scottish Government's failure to support the creation of thousands of jobs by Rolls-Royce, adding that the SNP had a 'long-standing' policy against giving money to munitions companies. A major row ensued with Rolls-Royce disputing that it is a 'munitions' company, while John Healey, the Labour UK Government defence secretary, said he could 'hardly believe' a Scottish nationalist government would stand in the way of skills development in Scotland. Yesterday Scottish Labour deputy leader, Dame Jackie Baillie, told the MSPs at Holyrood: 'The Scottish Government's position is frankly incoherent and their policy on state funded aid for defence is all over the place and applied selectively.' She pointed out that the Government-owned shipyard Ferguson Marine is carrying out subcontractor work for the Royal Navy's Type 26 frigate programme - arguing 'there are munitions on the frigate'. Dame Jackie asked: 'What does the Government believe the Army, the Navy and the air force should defend the country with? 'Pea shooters, bows and arrows, a telling off?' SNP business minister Richard Lochhead who was in the firing line said the SNP administration 'values the role of the defence sector' north of the Border and had allocated £45million of support to defence companies through enterprise agencies. He said governments must take into account 'ethical considerations' when funding the sector. Meanwhile, Mr Downie also raised serious concerns in his letter to the FM that Scottish ministers were routinely failing to acknowledge the importance of Scotland's defence industry and its workforce. He said: 'I am sure that these recent manoeuvres by your Ministers to undermine their work will be deeply felt and is something, I hope, you would wish to distance yourself from. 'A failure to do so would, sadly, lead me to the conclusion that you are and the opportunity to provide a pathway to highly skilled jobs across Scotland, particularly for young people from working class communities in constituencies such as mine.' 'I hope you will see the inconsistency and ludicrous nature of the position adopted by the Cabinet Secretary over the weekend. Last year we revealed how SNP Ministers had failed to meet Babcock for three years. One of the UK's largest engineering firms it works on the Royal Navy's Dreadnought Class nuclear submarines and runs a Naval yard at Rosyth, Fife. Both John Swinney and Kate Forbes neglected to attend the steel-cutting ceremony for the new HMS Formidable frigate - despite it representing a significant milestone in the construction of Type 31 frigates. Ministers were also absent from the steel-cutting ceremony for HMS Birmingham at BAE Systems' Govan yard in April 2023, part of the £4.2billion Type 26 frigate programme. The row over Rolls-Royce, which is ready to support an enormous submarine welding centre in Glasgow, came after it was revealed a £2.5million grant from Scottish Enterprise was withheld due to a party ban on 'munitions' funding. Steve Carlier, president of submarines at Rolls-Royce, warned the FM the project 'cannot continue' without the public funding. A Scottish Government spokesman repeated its long-standing policy position is that it does not use public money to support the manufacture of munitions. He added: 'We recognise the importance of the aerospace, defence and shipbuilding sectors for Scotland's economy, and are committed to ensuring Scotland is the home of manufacturing and innovation. Ministers continue to engage with industries across the country, including the defence sector, as part of this work. 'We have received the letter and will respond in due course.'
