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The Football Association is to make a second attempt to get approval from Fifa for trials of temporary concussion substitutes after proposals were rejected last month. English football’s governing body is expected to use the AGM of the law-making body Ifab on 4 March to restate its view that the Premier League, alongside MLS and Ligue 1, should be allowed to test an alternative method for dealing with head injuries. The push is likely to be met with resistance from Fifa, reinforcing the sense of a split at the top of the game over how best to treat a crucial issue. Fifa remains…

The new Conservative party chair, Greg Hands, has said this year’s local elections in England will be difficult but that the Tories are in “overall good shape”, with Lee Anderson a man of “great integrity” working as his deputy. Hands, who was promoted to Nadhim Zahawi’s former role in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle on Tuesday, also said his party would have a “really good story to tell” at next year’s general election. But he struggled to defend controversial remarks Anderson made as a prominent backbencher. Hands, the MP for Chelsea and Fulham, told Sky News: “We’ve obviously got difficult local elections this year.…

The official death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and neighbouring Syria has risen to more than 9,500, with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announcing plans to travel to the epicentre. Amid mounting criticism of the authorities’ response to Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake and calls for the government to send more help to the disaster zone, Erdoğan was due to travel to town of Pazarcık and the worst-hit province of Hatay. Turkey’s disaster management authority said on Wednesday morning that 7,108 people were confirmed dead in the quake, while Syria’s civil defence updated its toll to 2,547. Experts have…

New ‘everyday’ stamps featuring the image of King Charles were revealed for the first time, the latest item in Britain to get a makeover following the death of Queen Elizabeth. From coins and banknotes and to the official royal cypher used by the government, Britain has been slowly introducing replacements featuring the new monarch since his mother’s death in September. In keeping with a tradition dating back to the first Penny Black in 1840, the new “definitive” stamp uses an adapted version of a portrait of Charles by British sculptor Martin Jennings which is also appearing on new coinage. The…

February is the Month of Possession, as prophetically declared by the man of God Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, during the Global Communion Service. Pastor Chris opened the scriptures from Obadiah 1 verse 1, and verse 17, and also Joshua 14:7-15, expounding that ‘it’s one thing to have an inheritance, r, it’s another thing to have it in possession. The man of God then declared that this month, you will convert your inheritance into your possession, by the power of the Holy Ghost. It was already yours but now you will enter into it. You can rewatch the full broadcast of the…

The Bank of England and Treasury consultation paper on a digital pound has said ‘Britcoin’ is “likely to be needed in the future” A decision on whether to introduce a so-called ‘Britcoin’ digital pound is due to be made by 2025, the Treasury has announced, as a consultation paper has found one is “likely to be needed in the future”. The creation of a digital form of the currency had been the subject of a consultation paper, published on Monday by the Treasury and the Bank of England with a decision on whether to implement a digital pound to be…

Union leaders have been forced to call off planned postal strikes following a legal challenge from Royal Mail. A two-day strike by postal workers planned for later this month has been called off following a legal challenge by Royal Mail. In a newsletter to members, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) blamed laws that are “heavily weighted against working people” for scrapping planned walkouts on 16 and 17 February. The letter did not detail the nature of the challenge but insisted lawyers “have advised that we could defend our position in court”. However, it adds that “given the laws in this…

France is facing a third day of strikes and mass street demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise the pension age to 64, after the government faced shouting and booing in parliament as lawmakers began debating the bill. Hundreds of thousands of people were expected to take part in more than 200 street demonstrations across France on Tuesday, from cities to small towns. Trains and urban transport will be severely disrupted, and one in five flights at Paris’s Orly airport will be cancelled. Some schools will close as teachers strike. Students are also blocking several university buildings across France. Polls continue to…

Rishi Sunak has promoted the trade minister Greg Hands to replace Nadhim Zahawi as Conservative party chair as he carries out a mini-reshuffle to try to reassert his grip over his divided party. The prime minister has also conducted a shake-up of Whitehall by splitting the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy into three new departments to better reflect his priorities. There were no sackings, with existing ministers moved to lead the new departments. Grant Shapps, the existing business secretary, will lead the new energy security and net zero department, while Kemi Badenoch will run business and trade while retaining her…

Dominic Raab is known for his “robustness”, a former Cabinet minister said today, as he confirmed that he and the deputy prime minister had “a disagreement” over a policy. Ex-justice secretary Sir Robert Buckland said Mr Raab, who is being investigated over bullying allegations, was “at the top end of the robustness scale”. Sir Robert acknowledged that he had “a disagreement” with Mr Raab over a Daily Telegraph article he wrote criticising his plans for a British Bill of Rights. But he added that they had “moved on now” and that he didn’t want to “rake back through the coals”. His comments came as Rishi Sunak faces…