8+ mon, 1+ week ago (401+ words) The English Football League has disqualified the Reading owner, Dai Yongge, and ordered him to sell the club Reading could be thrown out of EFL if Dai Yongge misses sale deadline - Dai has been disqualified as an owner by the EFL - League One club faces suspension threat from 5 April Reading could be thrown out of the English Football League if their owner, Dai Yongge, does not sell the club before 5 April. The Chinese businessman was disqualified as an owner under the league's owners' and directors' test in February, an action made public at commercial court in London on Friday. During the proceedings, a letter from the EFL was referenced by the lawyer Martin Budworth, who was acting for Dai and Reading, detailing its decision to disqualify Dai. The EFL previously pushed to disqualify Dai after multiple breaches of regulations but…...

10+ mon, 5+ day ago (418+ words) The Eternal City's monuments and museums are busy at the best of times, but there remain myriad treasures to explore that are well off the beaten track James Joyce, another literary genius given nightmares by Rome, lived and worked here as a bank clerk. In a letter to his brother, Stanislaus, he'singled out tourism as public enemy number one. The Romans were like "a'man who lives by exhibiting to travellers his grandmother's corpse, Joyce said, and wished the locals would "let the ruins rot. Harsh judgments, but even lovers of'Rome will admit there are times when you need to find a place of peacefulness. Living there, I found the city's riot of glories grew lovelier when stepped out of for a while. In 1997 an exhibition entitled Le Macchine e gli dei (The Machines and the Gods) was staged at the…...

8+ mon, 18+ hour ago (368+ words) James Church | Kim Philby | Adweek | Matthew Ryle | Julian McMahon/William McMahon | Lockdown restrictions" In an interview with Charlotte Church we misnamed the Welsh singer's stepfather as "Stephen; he is James (Church). Stephen (Reed) was the name of her late biological father, as the article went on to say (It's bloody lush here, 23March, Magazine, p8)." We described the double agent Kim Philby as "an Etonian when in fact he attended Westminster School ("MI5's Philby files, by the spies who tailed him, 23 March, p3); the magazine Adweek was incorrectly referred to as "Ad Weekly ("Grab your logo sweatshirt " Gap is making a surprise fashion comeback, 23March, p10); and we misspelled the surname of Matthew Ryle, executive chef at London's Maison Fran'ois restaurant, as "Wryle ("Social climbers", 23March, Food Monthly, p14). Continue reading... James Church | Kim Philby | Adweek | Matthew Ryle | Julian McMahon/William McMahon | Lockdown restrictions In an interview…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago (410+ words) Supporters to protest before Wolves match on FridayGuardiola: "If I can help, I will help, definitely'Pep Guardiola has said he will do what he can to assist Manchester City fans disgruntled with the club's ticketing policy. Four supporter groups wrote an open letter to the manager this week, asking him to speak to the chief executive, Ferran Soriano, on the matter, as they prepare to hold a protest before Friday's match at home to Wolves.City fans have demonstrated at recent fixtures over season tickets, matchday prices and the use of resale websites to sell tickets. The four groups " 1894, MCFC Fans Foodbank Support, Trade Union Blues and Solid Citizens " want Guardiola's help to protect the atmosphere at the Etihad Stadium by not pricing out fans. The club have frozen season ticket prices for next season but there are concerns about…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago (552+ words) Quite the reverse, says home secretary, amid reports Starmers reorganisation is aimed at freezing chancellor out ahead of autumn budget Other papers have offered a more brutal intepretation, writing this up as Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, being marginalised. This morning Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has been touring the studios. Mostly her interviews have focused on the asylum system (more on that soon), but she was also asked about the Downing Street shake-up. Asked on Sky News if Reeves was being sidelined, Cooper replied: I dont think so at all. Quite the reverse. I think the prime minister and the chancellor have always worked extremely closely together and continue to do so. The mini-reshuffle means that Starmer, who has not had an heavyweight economic adviser in No 10 with the clout to take on the Treasury toe-to-toe, now has Jones, previously…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago (409+ words) This tucked-away corner of north-west France is home to beautiful beaches, salt marshes and cider At the jetty that usually sees passengers boarding the foot ferry to'the islands off the coast, such as Belle-le-en-Mer and Ho'dic, I notice a'crowd of people aren't queueing, but fishing. Old men and teenage boys are peering over the railings, with nets lowered down on lines; there's a jolly camaraderie and their chatter carries on the breeze. The next morning, I wander down to the seafront and inhale the ozone before wandering along the shore, sitting for a while on the golden sand. Some 15 minutes north of La Baule-Escoublac is impressive Gu'rande " its name familiar from the eponymous salt " with its mighty walls, towers, moats and grand medieval gate, La Porte Saint-Michel. Inside, it is a delight: bunting flutters above streets packed with bakeries, arty…...

8+ mon, 4+ day ago (460+ words) Former Watford manager discovered news three years ago'I am focused on keeping physically fit," says 54-year-oldThe former England Under-21s manager Aidy Boothroyd has revealed he was diagnosed with Parkinson"s three years ago.Boothroyd also managed Watford and Coventry before succeeding Gareth Southgate as Under-21s manager in 2016, spending five years in the role before leaving in April 2021. In a statement released on the League Managers Association"s website on Wednesday, the 54-year-old said: "Three years ago, I was diagnosed with Parkinson"s. The news came as a massive shock to me, following what I expected to be my routine LMA Annual Health Assessment. Continue reading... Aidy Boothroyd reveals he has been diagnosed with Parkinson"s disease - Former Watford manager discovered news three years ago - 'I am focused on keeping physically fit," says 54-year-old The former England Under-21s manager Aidy Boothroyd has…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago (412+ words) Hard to recreate "higher calling" of England job, he says Southgate trying to "make a difference" in other areas Sir Gareth Southgate says he is not looking for a return to football management, saying it would be hard to recreate the "higher calling" he found as England"s manager. Southgate indicated he intends to focus on working with young people and helping to counter the "negative narrative" he says is found in the country. In an interview on BBC Radio 4"s Today programme, Southgate was asked how he responded to being linked with vacant management roles in the Premier League and elsewhere. "I"ve had one of the most incredible jobs in football which also had a higher purpose because it was my country," he replied. "That"s going to be very hard to replicate. Having had 37 years in football…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (413+ words) Plucked from obscurity, James Cartlidge messed up his maths while his opposite number had forgotten his politics 101 And right now, Jimmy C will be more than pleased if all this stays that way. That he slips beneath every radar. Because right now he has locked himself inside a cupboard and is refusing to come out. Two shrinks have been brought in from the Priory to try to get him to come out quietly. "It's OK," they can be heard saying. "It's safe now. Everyone has gone away. Who are you again?" With Keir Starmer away in Brazil at Cop30, Kemi Badenoch had used the opportunity to go to Aberdeen to make the case for fossil fuels " it's almost as if she comes pre-programmed to be misguided on everything " so this week's PMQs was left in the less than capable hands of…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago (689+ words) Home Office orders diversion from usual landing place to Ramsgate to avoid clashes with far right Charities have warned of the increasing danger to asylum seekers posed by far-right protesters after small boat arrivals were moved from their usual landing place in Dover to further along the coast to avoid clashes. The Guardian understands that Home Office officials received intelligence that some of those participating in what was billed the Great British National Protest in Dover on Saturday afternoon could have been planning to target Kent Intake Unit, where small boat arrivals are initially processed after being escorted to shore in Dover by the Border Force. A total of 153 people who arrived in three dinghies on Saturday were "landed" in Ramsgate and processed at Manston, the site where small boat arrivals are usually taken to after going through KIU. It…...