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Christian Horner has been sacked by Red Bull with immediate effect after 20 years as team principal of the Formula 1 team. Horner has been in charge of Red Bull since 2005, leading them to six Constructors and eight Drivers’ Championships. Laurent Mekies has been appointed as CEO of Red Bull Racing, stepping up from … Read more

The day eventually began at 12:40 after rain. Within half an hour, Pope and Brook were back in the shed having been dismissed by Deep. He was left out for the first Test but looks likely to play a major part in the series with his relentlessly accurate seam bowling. Pope was slightly unfortunate to … Read more

Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce the permanent signing of defender Reece Burke from Luton Town for an undisclosed fee. The centre-back came through the West Ham United youth system and has played 196 games in English football’s top two tiers. Burke has signed a two-year contract with the Addicks, with a club option of … Read more

SPICE Girl Mel B will follow her dream St Paul’s Cathedral wedding with a second ceremony this summer. Singer Mel, 50, and new hubby Rory McPhee will travel abroad for the bash — which she says will be “more informal, sexy and beautiful”. 6 Mel B will follow her St Paul’s Cathedral wedding with a … Read more

Christian Horner has been sacked by Red Bull after 20 years as team principal. The 51-year-old had been Red Bull’s only team principal since its first Formula 1 season in 2005. Horner’s dismissal comes 17 months after he was accused by a female colleague of “inappropriate behaviour”. Horner was twice cleared of the claims by … Read more

Lewis Hamilton says he would recommend Mercedes to Max Verstappen and that he would have no “problem” with his once fierce rival joining his former squad. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has, at least intermittently, been trying to sign Verstappen from Red Bull since it was confirmed in February 2024 that Hamilton was leaving the Silver … Read more

Hamilton said Ferrari had upgrades coming to the car in forthcoming races – these would follow a new floor that was introduced at the previous race in Austria. The 40-year-old said he wanted “a consistent balance, a car that turns at a low speed, just a more stable car”. He added: “We were looking great … Read more

In Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, Barbieland is a haven of equality and diversity. But although the dolls have been around since 1959, it was only in 2019 that the manufacturer, Mattel, started selling Barbies with physical disabilities. Mattel has now launched its first Barbie doll with type 1 diabetes, the latest addition to a range … Read more

The crime drama Ozark follows the Byrde family’s journey from their relatively small money-laundering business to running a criminal enterprise in Missouri. Ozark has often been compared to Breaking Bad, but it deals with a very different kind of criminal world. While Breaking Bad shows the descent of one man, Ozark shows more of the … Read more