Rotherham

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A member of the Fire and Rescue service wades through flood water as he passes an abandoned car on a flooded road in Rotherham, northern England on Friday. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
Woman dies after being swept away by floods in northern England
  • UK
  • November 8, 2019, 18:25

A woman died on Friday in Derbyshire after apparently being swept away by floodwater as parts of the midlands and northern England were battered by a (...)

Marks & Spencer in Huddersfield, Yorkshire: over 1,000 jobs are at risk as the retailer announced its latest round of store closures as part of a drastic transformation plan. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
Wave of Marks & Spencer closures may not be enough to stem decline

For more than 100 years, there’s been a Marks & Spencer in Hull city centre, one of the high street retailer’s oldest locations. Soon, however, l(...)

Jonathan Kodjia scores Aston Villa’s second goal during the Sky Bet Championship match against Stoke City at Villa Park. Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images
Patrick Bamford nudges Leeds back to top of table

Leeds leapfrogged Norwich to the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a 1-0 win at Bolton. United substitute Patrick Bamford, back after three month(...)

Ian Keatley: Munster outhalf is the product of Belvedere College, UCD and the Leinster academy and also played for Connacht. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Leinster’s production line is rugby equivalent of Ajax in the 80s

When Leinster completed the sleeves-rolled-up win in Sandy Park last Sunday which reaffirmed their status as European Champions Cup contenders, 18 of (...)

Geordan Murphy: “We let ourselves down on the big stage. We were bullied. We have an opportunity on Sunday to circle the wagons. Let’s see how we get on.” Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
Twenty years a Tiger: Geordan Murphy ready for fresh challenge

Matt O’Connor is as good a place as any to begin our catch up with Geordan Murphy. The man who shaped his latter playing days and present coaching ph(...)

Sarah Champion: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accepted her resignation as shadow minister for women and equalities. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire
Labour MP steps down over ‘grooming gangs’ article
  • UK
  • August 16, 2017, 19:42

Sarah Champion has resigned as Britain’s shadow equalities minister after a controversial article published in the Sun newspaper in which she wrote: “(...)

What Tory minister Amber Rudd said about foreign workers
  • UK
  • October 6, 2016, 12:12

British home secretary Amber Rudd and her Tory government have been criticised for comments she made during and after the party’s conference this week(...)

Damien Delaney has been omitted from Martin O’Neill’s squad for the upcoming friendlies against Switzerland and Slovakia. Photo: Tony Marshall/Getty Images
Martin O’Neill leaves Damien Delaney out in the cold

Martin O’Neill appears to have drawn a line under the exclusion of Damien Delaney from his international squad, killing off any chance of a return by (...)