The doctor at the centre of the “Jiffy bag” investigation into Sir Bradley Wiggins has pulled out of today’s parliamentary hearing, claiming illness, as he was about to be questioned about treatments administered to the 2012 Tour de France champion. Richard Freeman, a former Team Sky doctor who now works for British Cycling, said that […]
Chairman of Culture, Media and Sport Committee Damian Collins attacks US President for use of inflammatory term to deride 'anything he doesn't agree with' An influential politician on the crusade against fake news has denounced Donald Trump's use of the term as “dangerous”. Speaking to students at a meeting at the Press Association on Wednesday, the […]
Richard Freeman, the doctor at the centre of the controversy over the ‘jiffy bag’ delivered to Sir Bradley Wiggins at a race back in 2011, has sensationally pulled out of his long-awaited appearance before the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee on Wednesday, citing illness. The development comes as UK Anti-Doping, which has been investigating […]
The revaluation of Business Rates has provoked considerable interest and concern over recent weeks. This is the first revaluation for seven years, and the new bills are due to be sent out to businesses over the next couple of weeks. The revaluation itself has to be neutral for the government in cash terms; so it […]
On Wednesday last week the House of Commons passed the European Union Notification of Withdrawal Bill; this is the Bill required to give the government the formal consent of parliament to begin the negotiations for this country to leave the EU. After lengthy debate over three days, which required parliament to sit after midnight on […]
Immediate and tough sanctions – including one- and two-year bans – should be imposed on football supporters who engage in homophobic abuse, a report by the parliamentary select committee for culture, media and sport has recommended. Following a short inquiry held last year, the report cites a range of surveys and research demonstrating homophobia is […]
Fake news is “killing people’s minds” according to Apple boss Tim Cook, who is urging the Government to launch a public information campaign to counteract the problem. Mr Cook called for a an awareness campaign similar to those which alerted people to health epidemics such as AIDS in the 1980s and environmental issues including the ozone layer […]
Fifty years after he designed the sleeve for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sir Peter Blake is working on a new composite artwork made up of the faces of some of the biggest names in music. Michael Eavis, founder of the Glastonbury festival, asked Blake to create something featuring previous festival acts when he […]
I beg to move, That this House has no confidence in the ability of the Football Association (FA) to comply fully with its duties as a governing body, as the current governance structures of the FA make it impossible for the organisation to reform itself; and calls on the Government to bring forward legislative proposals […]