Michael Cooper Kneecap were denied the grant on the grounds that they “oppose the United Kingdom itself” Belfast rap group Kneecap has won its discrimination case against the UK government over a decision by then minister Kemi Badenoch to withdraw an arts grant. The decision, taken when the now Conservative leader was business and trade…

Michael Cooper Kneecap were denied the grant on the grounds that they “oppose the United Kingdom itself” Belfast rap group Kneecap has won its discrimination case against the UK government over a decision by then minister Kemi Badenoch to withdraw an arts grant. The decision, taken when the now Conservative leader was business and trade…

Watch: Riot police and pro-EU protesters clash in Georgia Riot police in Georgia used pepper spray and water cannon against protesters who turned out on the streets of Tbilisi after the government suspended moves to join the European Union. Forty-three people were arrested at the demonstrations in the capital on Thursday night, the government said.…

A man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after an eight-year-old girl and her father were seriously injured in a shooting in west London. Jazz Reid, 32, of Kensington in west London, was also charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition and is due to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court on…

Pope was pragmatic. 77 is 77 when you haven’t managed to make it to 30 since September. “In Pakistan, I missed out on a real flat one and then wasn’t able to find a way as well as I would’ve liked in the other two Tests,” he told BBC Sport. “I looked within at how…

BBC Derai says he feared the offer of quick cash was “too good to be true” The UK has seen a rise in “money mule” fraud, with people in their 20s most likely to be involved, new data seen by BBC Newsbeat suggests. A money mule is someone whose bank account is used by criminals…

Getty Images “It’s much better than other bananas,” Justin Sun said A Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur has followed through on his promise to eat the banana from a $6.2m (£4.9m) artwork he bought last week. Justin Sun outbid six others to claim Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous 2019 work Comedian – a banana duct-taped to a wall –…

Getty Images Uniqlo is facing an online backlash in China after the boss of its parent company said the Japanese clothing retailer does not source cotton from Xinjiang. Fast Retailing’s chief executive Tadashi Yanai said Uniqlo was “not using” cotton from the western Chinese province in a BBC interview broadcast this week. Commentators in China…

Half of UK mortgage holders are likely to see their payments increase over the next three years, the Bank of England has said. It estimates that about 4.4 million mortgages will see payments rise by 2027, including £500-per-month hikes for around 420,000 households. However, about a quarter of borrowers are set to see payments fall,…

Supplied Alana Armstrong was pronounced dead at the scene A young mother killed when she was rammed off an e-bike in a hit-and-run crash has been named. Alana Armstrong was riding pillion on one of two e-bikes that were being followed by a dark-coloured 4×4 at about 20:00 GMT on Tuesday. The 25-year-old, mother to…