Forward was part of Sir Alf Ramsey’s victorious 1966 squadWon two First Division titles under Bill Shankly at LiverpoolRoger Hunt, a member of England’s 1966 World Cup team and winner of two First Division titles with Liverpool, has died at the age of …
Benjamin Zephaniah: ‘Footballers have a voice and a platform. They aren’t taking injustice any more’
Writer, actor and activist explains how he fell in love with this England football team and his respect for players making a stand“I went to an England game at the start of the Euros,” Benjamin Zephaniah says while explaining how he has come to love th…
Fears over NHS plan to close all local ambulance stations in London
London ambulance service programme will shut 68 sites and replace them with 18 new ‘hubs’NHS bosses plan to shut every local ambulance station in London, prompting fears that patients could be harmed if 999 crews take longer to reach them, the Guardian…
Hungary ordered to play game without fans for racist abuse of England players
Punishment imposed by Fifa also includes £158,000 fineSterling and Bellingham racially abused in September Hungary must play their next home World Cup qualifier behind closed doors and pay a fine of 200,000 Swiss francs (£158,000) as punishment for the…
Holiday homes for disabled people face closure due to England’s vaccines mandate
Charity says Covid policy is having ‘devastating consequences’ for sector already in crisisCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSome of England’s only holiday homes for disabled people in care are facing closure due to the policy…
Grimsby doctor who nearly killed partner in ‘exorcism’ rituals jailed
Dr Hossam Metwally injected girlfriend with anaesthetic drugs in belief she was possessed by spiritsAn anaesthetist has been given a 14-and-a-half year jail sentence for injecting his partner with drugs during a series of exorcism ceremonies that left…
Jimmy Greaves: peerless player whose legacy is etched in football history | Barney Ronay
The relentlessly effective Tottenham and England player remains the highest scorer in English top-flight football historyFarewell, then, Jimmy. Sporting celebrities come and go but Greaves, who has died at the age of 81, was something different, not ju…
National Trust: outcry at plans to fence-off Wiltshire park for private tenant
Critics say loss of public access to 31 acres of Dinton park goes against charities’ core valuesFor years, the rolling landscape of Dinton park has been a favourite haunt of dog walkers, runners and seekers of tranquility. When it snows children sledge…
Jimmy Greaves: the Boys’ Own hero who stole the heart of a nation | Kevin Mitchell
Tottenham and England striker with two accurate feet brought magic to football, whether you were there to see it or not• Jimmy Greaves: a life in picturesThere are some heroes you illogically hope will never die, certainly in the imagination. Muhammad …
Jimmy Greaves was a genius, the purest finisher England has produced | Richard Williams
He scored goals in abundance for Tottenham and Chelsea although he was omitted by Alf Ramsey from the England team that won the World CupWhen Jimmy Greaves was playing against the team you supported, a sense of foreboding accompanied you through the tu…