In a study commissioned by Sport Ireland, the quango was warned that allowing men to participate in women’s competitions could mark “the beginning of the end for female sport”. The Government-funded authority’s ‘Guidance for Transgender and Non-Binary Inclusion in Sport’ was published in 2024. While it acknowledged some of the concerns highlighted in the research, it left sporting bodies to set their own ‘eligibility’ criteria for involvement and competitions. Funding fearsNews outlets said many coaches told the consultancy firm that there would be a significant drop in the number of younger women playing sport if men were allowed to compete against them. Women participating in boxing and martial arts were, the report said, “adamant” that allowing men “to compete against females in their sports was unsafe and possibly unlawful”.

Teesside Model Flying Club said it was seeking potential legal advice on the matter. Drones are a sensitive subject for model aircraft flyers, who have seen their hobby face increasing regulation owing to new drone laws. In most circumstances, model aircraft flyers must now register with the CAA and are subject to altitude restrictions. The company plans to begin drone flights from Darlington in December before potentially expanding the service as regulations develop. The CAA has said it hopes to allow routine autonomous drone flights by 2027, although existing trials require airspace to be ring-fenced with other aircraft needing permission to enter.

University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Ashlee Snelling arrested after police find dead baby in closet (Image via Getty)Laken Ashlee Snelling charged after baby found deadAlso Read:Laken Snelling’s status and backgroundLaken Ashlee Snelling, a 21-year-old cheerleader at the University of Kentucky, was arrested on Sunday, August 31, 2025, after police in Lexington found a newborn baby dead inside a closet. The baby was discovered wrapped in a towel and placed in a black trash bag. When officers arrived, they found the newborn inside a closet and confirmed the child was dead at the scene.Snelling was later taken into custody. The case remains under investigation as the coroner works to confirm how the newborn died. The case has left the community in shock, raising urgent questions about mental health, hidden struggles, and the need for stronger support for young mothers.

Here's a breakdown of who has been eliminated from The Great British Bake Off Series 16 so far. Who's left The Great British Bake Off so far in 2025? Which contestants are remaining on The Great British Bake Off? TomTom grew up in London and learnt to bake scones and flapjacks alongside his Mum and Danish Granny. The Great British Bake Off continues on Channel 4 on Tuesday, September 9 at 8pm.

Read our Privacy noticeUp to 100,000 Californians have been infected with a potentially fatal disease — without even knowing it. There are roughly a dozen species of the blood-sucking kissing bugs in the U.S., and four are found in California. Some Los Angeles hotspots, including Griffith Park, are teeming with bugs infected with the Chagas disease parasite. “This is a disease that has been neglected and has been impacting Latin Americans for many decades,” Norman Beatty, an epidemiologist and Chagas disease expert, told the Times. “But it’s also here in the United States.”Up to 100,000 Californians have been infected with Chagas disease, caused by kissing bugs, according to a report.

Robin Wright is getting candid about her life living in the U.K. In a Saturday profile with The Times U.K., The Girlfriend star reflected on the contrasts between America and England, as she’s been working and living in the latter country for the past few years. “They’re living. Who gives a shit?”Wright is not the first Hollywood star to move out of the United States in recent years. In March, following President Donald Trump’s return to office, Rosie O’Donnell moved to Ireland and confirmed she was actively seeking citizenship.

Representative imageA British Airways flight from London to Egypt was forced to make an emergency landing in Venice, Italy, after passengers and crew members suddenly fell ill.According to passenger Melanie Wells, 61, from East Sussex, six people were affected in total. “Crew members suddenly began running down the aisle backwards and forwards. I didn’t know what was going on,” she said.“There was one mom whose eyes rolled into the back of her head. “At no point did the captain give us any information.”After an eight-hour delay in Italy, the plane was flown back to London before finally reaching Egypt the following morning. We were utterly exhausted,” Wells said, as quoted by The New York Post, calling the experience “horrific.”Wells later filed a complaint with British Airways.

Any request for asylum support will be assessed against destitution criteria. If you have no legal right to remain in the UK, you must leave. Study visas are the most common visa to claim asylum on. Around 15,000 international students each year claim asylum which can entitle them to free hotels whilst their claims are being assessed.A total of 98,014 study visas were granted to Indians in the year ending June 2025, making them the second-largest cohort of international students after Chinese students.Indians are now the sixth-largest cohort of foreign nationals to claim asylum in the UK. The asylum system is not for people who just want to extend their visas.”

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'Whose Side Are You On? ': Nigel Farage Slams UK, France Over Illegal Immigrants | Watch(Taken from Reuters)LONDON: The UK govt said on Monday it would suspend applications from registered refugees to bring family members into the country in order to give govt time to toughen the rules, its latest attempt to cut the number of arrivals.PM Keir Starmer’s Labour govt is under mounting pressure to reduce the number of asylum seekers reaching Britain from France in small boats, after hotels housing migrants became a focal point for weeks of sometimes violent demonstrations.Interior minister Yvette Cooper told parliament that more and more refugees had applied to bring in family members, placing pressure on housing across the country. Many were applying to bring over families within about a month whereas, as recently as 2019, they were waiting one or two years or more.Cooper said she would suspend the system while the government looked to toughen the rules. “The system has to be controlled and managed based on fair and properly enforced rules, not chaos and exploitation driven by criminal smuggler gangs,” she said.Accused of moving too slowly, govt says it is tackling a problem left by previous Conservative-led administrations by trying to speed up the processing of asylum claims and brokering return deals with other nations.But the public discontent has handed Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party a consistent lead in opinion polls, prompting the Starmer’s administration to go further.Under the current system, an asylum seeker granted indefinite leave to remain can bring their partner if they can prove they have been in a relationship for at least two years, and children under the age of 18. Just over 29,000 people have come to Britain unofficially on small boats so far this year, up 38% on the comparable period in 2024.

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Live EventsYou Might Also Like: India hopeful of resuming BTA talks with US soon; tariffs keyYou Might Also Like: India-US levy hotline remains open(You can now subscribe to our(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channelIndia is holding talks with the US on a bilateral trade deal, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. His statement comes just days after Washington doubled tariffs on Indian goods in response to New Delhi’s continued purchases of Russian oil. The trade deal is meant to more than double bilateral trade to $500 billion by 2030 from the current $191 billion. "We have not finalised the new dates because of the overhang of this (50%) additional tariff. It is not clear when the offer was made or if the White House intends to restart trade talks with India.Trump’s latest post could suggest that the US is still open to trade talks, Bloomberg said citing Abhijit Das, a New Delhi-based expert in international trade policy.

Brook backs up this team's performance and sums up this as one bad day. He accepts that they were not up to the mark and also gives full credit to the South African side for outplaying them. Also backs up the debutant, Sonny Baker and says that he would bounce back in the upcoming matches. Finishes off by saying that the toss wouldn't have mattered much to them and they would have tried to replicate the same, which the Proteas did in the first innings with the ball. And looks to bounce back in the coming matches and play some good brand of cricket in front of the home crowd.