The monument in Melbourne’s Edinburgh Gardens was snapped at its base and spray-painted with the words ‘cook the colony’.

Manager Heimir Hallgrimsson had already made it clear he would not bring any Sky Bet Championship players into the group.

Matt Western urged the Government on Wednesday to reassess the UK’s reliance on the US as it prepares to publish a new national security strategy.

Texas-based FirstCash is to buy the UK’s largest pawnbroker, which has more than 270 shops across England, Scotland and Wales.

A campaigner has called for urgent action to address a lack of accessible taxis in Northern Ireland. Dermot Devlin, from Omagh, Co Tyrone, said that as of December 2023, there were just 380 wheelchair ...