Tom Morton

2 weeks ago | nationalworld.com | Tom Morton

Uriah Rennie, the first black Premier League referee, has died at the age of 65. The Jamaica-born official grew up in Sheffield and oversaw more than 300 matches starting with his breakthrough appointment as Derby hosted Wimbledon in August 1997. The game was, however, abandoned to due floodlight failure. The Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association posted on X: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former chair and trailblazing referee, Uriah Rennie.

2 weeks ago | nationalworld.com | Tom Morton

Israeli forces have stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists as part of the long-standing blockade of Gaza. The activists had set out to protest against Israel’s ongoing military campaign in the Gaza Strip and its restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, both of which have put the territory of some two million Palestinians at risk of famine. Has Greta Thunberg been kidnapped?

2 weeks ago | nationalworld.com | Tom Morton

Three people have been arrested in a murder investigation after a teenage boy died near a pub. Police have confirmed the investigation but have not said how the boy died. They, along with paramedics, were called out at 5pm yesterday. The boy's family are being supported by officers. It happened in New Moston, north Manchester, and several police cordons were put up, including one by the Fairway Inn in Nuthurst Road, and another in nearby Nevin Road.

2 weeks ago | nationalworld.com | Tom Morton

The NHS has launched a campaign to find an extra 200,000 blood donors - to get its number of people up to 1m. Officials say that 1m is the number of regular donors it needs to maintain its blood supply. Low blood stocks prompted officials to issue an “amber alert” over supply for hospitals last year and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said that more must be done to avoid a “red alert”, which means that blood supply is so low that there is a threat to public safety.

2 weeks ago | nationalworld.com | Tom Morton

The referee has been announced for tonight’s Nations League final. Swiss Sandro Schärer will take charge of the Iberian peninsula clash between Portugal and Spain, which is being held in the Munich Football Arena in Germany at 8pm British time today. Who is Sandro Schärer? Schärer, 36, studied sports and geography at the University of Basel, and was a teacher and ski instructor before training as a referee in 2005.