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Casino hostess wins sexual discrimination case against chief executive of the Ritz Club

Ms Taylor-Hamieh sued the casino - owned by the billionaire Barclay brothers - after she was turned down for another job and then made redundant when she told managers she was pregnant.




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AIIMS chief dampens the government’s celebration of ‘a flatter curve’⁠— warns that next 4-6 weeks are crucial in the fight against COVID-19

IANS“While the lockdown has helped in flattening the curve, the curve has not shown a downward trend. That is a cause for concern,” Guleria told The Indian Express.He also believes “the next four to six weeks will be very, very important because the lockdown cannot be there forever. The ideal, the dream would be to have zero cases.”Guleria believes “we are better prepared than we were before”, but the pandemic has to be “fought at the community level, not the hospital level.”Lav Aggarwal, the spokesperson, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, highlighted the fact that for the first time since the outbreak, India’s COVID-19 cases are doubling every 12 days. Which is a huge improvement since before lockdown began coronavirus cases were doubling every 3.2 days as of March 24. However, the




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Shashi Tharoor’s idea to limit the term of the WHO chief resonates with experts⁠— and they would like to see the same in WTO and UN too

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus/TwitterThe World Health Organisation has been caught in controversies amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.US has accused the multi-lateral platform for health initiatives for acting as China’s ‘proxy’. In a conversation with Business Insider, Parag Khanna, Managing Partner at Future Map and Samir Saran, President of Observer Research Foundation explained the kind of reforms WHO needed to bring to become politically unbiased. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has been under fire from the West ever since the coronavirus outbreak. US President Donald Trump accused the WHO of siding with China and even threatened to hold back its funding. There are more experts chiming in and calling for a fixed term for the WHO chief to avoid political partisanship in the future⁠—




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Don't call me Dick Braine! New UKIP chief Richard Braine in spat with George Osborne

The latest leader of the anti-EU party responded by pointing out that at least he'd stuck to his birth name, unlike the former chancellor, who swapped from Gideon to George as a teenager.




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Coronavirus UK: Exeter Chiefs' Gareth Steenson opens up about life in isolation amid pandemic

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY WILL KELLEHER: Life in the lockdown is exacting enough for everyone - but not many have as many balls to juggle as Gareth Steenson.




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World Rugby chief Bill Beaumont on fears that game faces financial apocalypse

EXCLUSIVE BY CHRIS FOY: Bill Beaumont has warned rugby's global community that 'everyone will suffer' in the fall-out from the coronavirus shutdown, called for unity and more state help.




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England set for autumn full of Tests as RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney confirms plans

England face a packed autumn of Tests at home and abroad after RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney confirmed post-coronavirus plans. 




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European chiefs slam World Rugby for leaving them out of key talks

World Rugby have stated intentions to reschedule coronavirus-hit Tests for October, despite those weekends already being set aside for club rugby and the EPCR claim clubs have been overlooked.




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Watford chief opposed to Premier League neutral grounds...

MANCHESTER, England, May 9 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Premier League club Watford has said that plans to resume the season at neutral venues are...




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Tennis-ATP tour chief not ruling out 2020 return

By Sudipto GangulyMUMBAI, May 9 (Reuters) - Despite the growing possibility of a total wipeout of professional tennis this year due to the coronavirus...




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Trump budget chief says he is 'happy' to work with investigators after scathing GAO report

White House acting budget chief Russell Vought said he was 'happy to work with' Congress after a scathing GAO report found the administration violated the law for holding up funds.




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US chiefs waiting for Open decision with a three-week run in September being considered

DEREK LAWRENSON: An extraordinary three-week run in September could include the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, the Open at Royal St George's and the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin.




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Iran's army chief says US lacks 'courage' for conflict after Trump's threat to hit dozens of targets

Iran's Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said: 'In a potential conflict in the future, which I don't think they have the courage to carry out, it will become clear where five and two will belong.'




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New Channel 4 documentary reveals how Vladimir Putin rose to become Russia's mobster in chief

Short of stature and with a strangely expressionless face, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin seemed the image of a boring bureaucrat when he was elected Russia's third president 20 years ago.




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Larking about with the lads, future MI5 chief who even then was known as 007

The career spy, who has worked for MI5 for 25 years and oversaw its investigation into Russia's attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal in 2018, will take up his new post later this month.




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Health chiefs 'impose news blackout' around third Russian doctor to fall from a window

Alexander Shulepov, 37, from Voronezh is in intensive care after taking part in a video which claimed he was ordered to work despite testing positive for Covid-19.




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'We would support a change': Doping chiefs want reform after Christian Coleman case

The AIU have stated their support for a change to the key rule in the saga, which saw one of Coleman's three 'whereabouts' breaches in a 12-month period backdated by two months.




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Former British Cycling chief Shane Sutton denies claims he is a 'doper'

The former Team Sky head coach gave evidence at the tribunal of Dr Richard Freeman, who is accused of ordering 30 banned Testogel sachets to the National Cycling Centre in May 2011.




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UK Athletics chiefs' held mystery meeting on controversial use of thyroid medication in 2014

EXCLUSIVE BY ROB DRAPER: UK Athletics called a special meeting with the English Institute of Sport to discuss the controversial use of thyroid medication on elite athletes.




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We'll hand over Farah's data to UK Anti-Doping, says new UK Athletics chief executive chief Coates

Joanna Coates says the crisis-hit organisation are prepared to hand over Sir Mo Farah's data to UK Anti-Doping and insist ethics will rule over medals under her tenure.




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Ex-Liverpool chief Rick Parry refuses to 'speculate' on Premier League title chances

Former Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry has refused to be drawn into the debate over whether the Reds should be crowned Premier League champions if the season cannot be finished.




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Google chief Karan Bhatia denies it manipulates search results

Karan Bhatia attended the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Tuesday and was grilled by several senators including Ted Cruz (pictured) on alleged political bias.




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Police chief slams Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell for 'caring more about NRA than protecting cops'

The chief, emotional during a news conference because one of his officers was gunned down, called on the law makers to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act to prevent further violence.




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Donald Trump stomps on al-Baghdadi's grave in speech to police chiefs

Donald Trump stomped on the grave of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a speech to police chiefs in Chicago on Monday.  'He was a sick and depraved man, and now he's dead,' he said.




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Grenfell fire chief Dany Cotton should QUIT, says former fire minister

Tory MP Sir Mike Penning, who was a firefighter before he entered politics, said Dany Cotton must carry the can for the fatal advice to residents to 'stay put' in their homes as the blaze took hold.




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Man who scrapped disastrous 'stay put' advice at Grenfell is appointed London's new fire chief

Andy Roe revoked the 'stay put' policy within minutes of becoming incident commander at the blaze in west London which killed 72 people after residents were told to remain in their homes.




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European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley optimistic of July 30 resumption with the British Masters

The Canadian sounded a positive note at the end of what he freely admits has been 'the most challenging month in my 35 year career in sport', with further cancellations also coming on Friday.




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NRL boss hits back at deputy chief medical officer Paul Kelly who said it was a 'law unto itself' 

Professor Kelly was questioned on Friday about the NRL's attempts to restart the season which he said was simply too soon to be considering.




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Axed NRL chief Todd Greenberg was 'a liability that had to go'

From the day he took over as CEO of the NRL Todd Greenberg was a dead man walking.




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Newly single Jesy Nelson shows off her incredible abs as she models Fendi handkerchief top

She's newly single after splitting from Chris Hughes - and Jesy Nelson showed off her incredible abs as she posed for an Instagram picture on Monday. 




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UFC chief Dana White reveals the reason why Conor McGregor has stepped up to welterweight for return

The controversial Irish star will step back into the Octagon on January 18 to fight Donald Cerrone, with his last appearance in the sport having ended in defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov.




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Conor McGregor is handed £50k 'Performance of the Night' bonus by UFC chief Dana White

The former two-weight champion dismantled his opponent in just 40 seconds in his first bout since October 2018.




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UFC chief Dana White says Conor McGregor wants with Khabib Nurmagomedov over Nate Diaz trilogy

WILL GRIFFEE: Conor McGregor is 'focused on fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov next', according to UFC president Dana White. There had been talk of a third Nate Diaz battle.




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Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov still 'hate each other,' says UFC chief Dana White

UFC chief Dana White has lifted the lid on the bitter rivalry between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov, revealing that the pair still 'hate each other'.




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Wearing masks can curb spread of coronavirus, Government's chief scientist says

Sir Patrick Vallance told MPs on the Health and Social Care Select Committee that masks could have a 'marginal but positive' impact on curbing transmission of the life-threatening infection.




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Former Royal Foundation chief forwarded email from Russian hoaxers to Prince Harry

Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, the Russian masterminds behind the stunt, had emailed Lorraine Heggessey last year when she was the head of the Foundation.




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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new chief of staff hails their 'deep commitment to improving lives'

Catherine St-Laurent, who was hired by Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle's, 38, opened up to Bazaar about the couple's, who are now living in California, 'deep commitment' to helping others.




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MARTIN SAMUEL COLUMN: Juventus chief Andrea Agnelli is a self-serving, protectionist snake

CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Andrea Agnelli has lucked out by birth into control of Juventus. And from this position of enormous good fortune, he wants to destroy the greatest club competition in the world.




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UK Sport chief Liz Nicholl stepping down after 17 years at the elite funding agency

Liz Nicholl is stepping down as the chief executive of UK Sport after 19 years at the agency... during which she helped Team GB go from 36th to second in the Olympic medals table




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Marco Rubio fires his chief of staff for misconduct 

Sen. Marco Rubio traveled from Florida to Washington, D.C., Saturday to fire his Chief of Staff Clint Reed for misconduct, sharing few details about what actually occurred.




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Athletics chiefs set to squeeze three major championships into 2022 summer schedule

A compromise to squeeze three major championships into the summer of 2022 is set to be concluded in the next 48 hours.




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Oscar Pistorius WILL be allowed to compete again despite being found guilty of the manslaughter of Reeva Steenkamp, according to Paralympics chiefs

Oscar Pistorius will be allowed to compete again despite being found guilty for the manslaughter of Reeva Steenkamp, according to International Paralympics Committee chiefs.




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Chief medical officer apologises to Tasmania health workers after his illegal dinner party comments

Tasmanian opposition leader Rebecca White has welcomed an apology from Australia's Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy to medical staff in Tasmania after he claimed they held an illegal dinner party.




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Nathan Lyon bitten by mother cricket... few Englishmen will weep for Australia's sledger-in-chief

If England could have chosen an Australian cricketer to make the fatal fumble that may just have handed them the Ashes then the name of Nathan Lyon would have been on many lips.




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Jailed Sergeant Alexander Blackman's wife's fury as military chiefs fob her off

Sergeant Blackman, who is thought to be the only British serviceman jailed for murder on the battlefield, is serving life for shooting a fatally wounded Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan.




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Troops vow to defy MoD chiefs' ban on joining Alexander Blackman rally

Defiant servicemen said they would join hundreds of veterans gathering outside Parliament today to demand justice for Sergeant Alexander Blackman, who was jailed for life for murder in 2013.




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Ex-SAS chief John Holmes leads pleas to bail Sgt Alexander Blackman

Lawyers will argue Sgt Alexander Blackman, imprisoned for murder for shooting a wounded insurgent in Afghanistan, deserves to be granted bail and reunited with his family.




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The parties, girls and rockstar mischief of The Who bassist John Entwistle

John Entwistle, the virtuoso bass player in The Who known as The Ox, had a reputation as 'The Quiet One.' Behind the cool-headed appearance, however, was a legendary rock 'n' roll hellraiser




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The luxurious Manchester hotel that trading standards chiefs say doesn't exist

Trading Standards bosses are warning tourists about a 'sham' website advertising a Manchester city centre hotel that doesn't actually exist.




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Donald Trump's acting chief of staff was kept in the dark about al-Baghdadi raid

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney was kept in the dark about the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and did not learn of it until it was already under way.