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The State of Missouri’s Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline of Judges Judge Thornhill of Missouri was disciplined for referencing Elvis Presley and dressing up as the singer in court. A Missouri court is all shook up following the resignation of a judge who was disciplined for wearing an Elvis …

A BBC board member has resigned after criticising “governance issues” at the top of the corporation. Shumeet Banerji notified the board of his resignation on Friday, the BBC said in a statement. It comes less than two weeks after the corporation’s director-general Tim Davie and chief executive of BBC News …

A member of the BBC’s board has resigned over what he says are “governance issues” at the top of the corporation. Shumeet Banerji also said in a letter that he was “not consulted” about the events leading up to the departures of the director general, Tim Davie, and BBC News …

BBC Children in Need Children in Need confirms its recently appointed chair, Terry Duddy, has resigned following a driving conviction The chair of BBC Children in Need has resigned after he was convicted of careless driving for crashing into a cyclist. Terence Duddy’s BMW knocked a woman off her bike …

Former US treasury secretary Larry Summers is stepping down from the board at OpenAI, a week after a tranche of emails between him and late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released. Summers said in a statement to the BBC that he was “grateful for the opportunity to have served, …

The words hide a massive blow to McClaren’s professional pride. Leaving Manchester United in the summer of 2024, where he was assistant manager to Erik ten Hag, the attraction of signing the contract with Jamaica was the avenue it opened to the World Cup, given the three current Concacaf heavyweights …

The top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has resigned after six months in the role. Acting head David Richardson stepped down on Monday from the US’s lead disaster response agency. He took over the position in May after his predecessor was removed by Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary …

Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1bn (£760m) – but this is not his first legal battle with the media. The US president has clashed with the broadcaster over edits made to one of his 2021 speeches in a Panorama documentary aired before last year’s election. Mr …

Tim Davie stepping down as director-general of the BBC comes after several controversies faced by the broadcaster in recent years. His resignation came at the same time as that of BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness, at the end of a week in which concerns about impartiality were raised over how …

Tim Davie has resigned as the BBC’s director-general. The chief executive of BBC News Deborah Turness has also resigned. It comes as the corporation is expected to apologise on Monday following concerns about impartiality, including how a speech by US President Donald Trump was edited in an episode of Panorama. …

A senior member of the Conservative opposition in Canada has accused Prime Minister Mark Carney of being “undemocratic” by pressuring Tory MPs to join the Liberals, after the party lost two caucus members this week. Matt Jeneroux, a Conservative MP from Alberta, resigned from parliament on Thursday, saying he wants …

The president of Spain’s Valencia region, Carlos Mazón, has resigned after months of pressure over his handling of flash floods last year. A total of 229 people died in towns in the Valencia region on 29 October 2024, with a further eight dying in neighbouring regions, in Spain’s worst natural …

The Israeli military’s top lawyer has resigned after saying that she was responsible for the leaking of a video that purportedly shows soldiers sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee last year. Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the military advocate general, had been on leave since a criminal investigation was launched by police …

Available for 29 days Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Andros Townsend on MNC this week! First up on this week’s episode, former Celtic striker Chris Sutton reacts to the news that head coach Brendan Rodgers has resigned from the club. Then, the panel chat Sunderland who …

Brendan Rodgers resigns as Celtic manager, with Martin O’Neill agreeing a temporary return to the club as his replacement. BBC News

The Bayoh family Sheku Bayoh died in police custody in May 2015 The legal team in the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry have resigned just days after the chairperson stepped down. Senior counsel to the Inquiry Angela Graham KC, Laura Thomson KC and Jason Beer KC have led the questioning at the …

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips can repair relations with grooming gang survivors so the inquiry can go ahead, Harriet Harman has said. A row over who chairs and oversees the long-awaited inquiry into grooming gangs has seen four of about 30 survivors on the panel quit and say they will only …

Sir Keir Starmer has backed his under-fire safeguarding minister to continue leading the government’s efforts to set up a national inquiry into grooming gangs after four survivors demanded her resignation. The prime minister said on Thursday that Jess Phillips has “devoted vast parts of her life and career” to tackling …

All survivors who have resigned from the government’s grooming gangs inquiry panel will consider returning if safeguarding minister Jess Phillips resigns. The four women who have resigned this week have written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, calling for Ms Phillips to step down and all survivors to be consulted on …

HoL had agreed a deal that would see it acquire a 55% stake in the Scarlets. No further information has been released since the initial announcement and a search of Companies House shows no recent changes to its board. Moffett was WRU chief executive in 2003 when he drove the …