In Pictures: Factories, farms and football feature on campaign trail
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Rishi Sunak’s day got off to an early start as he chatted with shift workers at a warehouse in Bedfordshire at 4am – but he tried to keep the press pack happy with some fast food.
The Prime Minister went on to visit a supermarket, a factory and a farm during a hectic morning.
Meanwhile, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer spent time at a non-league football club.
His time in the East Midlands also involved a visit to a factory in Chesterfield.
Sir Ed Davey fell down – and then got up again – on his visit to the Cornish coast.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — While Nikki Hiltz took a victory lap to celebrate a long-awaited trip to the Olympics, some fans reached out and handed bracelets to their favorite 1,500-meter runner — a runner who is doing this, in part, for them.
Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev threw a temper tantrum at Wimbledon after a bad swing helped him lose a match against Grand Slam debutant Francisco Comesaña. Wimbledon rules bar players from smashing rackets against the court, so Rublev chose the next best thing—slamming his racket into his knee five times, leaving it bloody and bruised before crashing out of the tournament to the Wimbledon rookie.“I don’t know why in that moment, I couldn’t take it any more,” Rublev told a post-match press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia sports radio host Howard Eskin has been suspended from Phillies home games for the rest of the season after investigations by his employer showed he kissed a worker for Citizens Bank Park’s food service provider without consent.
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis' school, Lambrook, breaks up this week, but the Wales children will still be exercising their brains in the summer break
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hendrick Motorsports has dropped longtime sponsor Hooters, saying the restaurant chain known for chicken wings and skimpy wait-staff outfits could not meet its financial commitment to the NASCAR team.
TORONTO — Oshae Brissett and Kyle Alexander have been released from Canada's Olympic men's basketball training camp, Canada Basketball announced Wednesday.
Maria Sharapova, who reigned as the world No. 1 tennis player from 2005 to 2012 served up some seriously good style on day three of this year’s Wimbledon tournament. See photos
When the Tampa Bay Lightning made moves at the NHL draft to clear salary cap space, general manager Julien BriseBois hoped a variety of factors would entice players to sign as free agents.
The full slate of Euro 2024 quarter-finals has been confirmed following the results of Tuesday's last-16 ties.Wins for the Netherlands and Turkey mean those two nations will square off on Sunday at th...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With “Welcome to the Jungle” blaring like the old days, Eric Gagné took the mound and fired a strike Wednesday night on the 20th anniversary of recording his 84th consecutive save for the Los Angeles Dodgers.