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New York and New Jersey are looking into the association after fans have reportedly been "misled" over ticket sales and seat locations.

BBC's Carl Nasman was at the event, where he asked enthusiasts about World Cup ticket prices and what the sport means to the US.

The plans include permanent human habitation on the Earth's only natural satellite by 2032.

Elon Musk's SpaceX has successfully launched its Starship V3 rocket, which landed in a planned fiery explosion on Friday.

Actress Anya Taylor-Joy and designer Donatella Versace delivered tributes to the singer during the ceremony.

The late-night host will appear behind his CBS desk for the final time after the network announced last summer that the show would end after 11 seasons.

As part of the ongoing investigation into the crash that killed 14 people, officials released footage showing the engine detaching during takeoff.

Body cam footage shows the moment a baby was thrown from a window and caught by an officer during a house fire.

The president, who claims the building is a ‘gift’ to the US, says it will include a hospital and research facilities.

The Sandy Fire ignited in the city of Simi Valley and spread across 1,364 acres (550 hectares) with minimal containment as of Tuesday, officials said.

Thomas Massie, the Republican congressman from Kentucky who led the release of the Epstein files, is running against a Trump-backed primary challenger.

Two teenage attackers fatally shot three men at a mosque in San Diego, California, in a suspected hate crime, before taking their own lives, say police.

BBC's Lily Jamali was at court during the trial, as Musk accused Altman of breaching a non-profit contract by shifting the ChatGPT-maker to a for-profit company.

Sakshi Venkatraman reports from an eerily quiet rail station as a strike by Long Island Rail Road workers caused delays for thousands of commuters.

Four crew members safely ejected from US Navy jets and are in a stable condition after the collision.

The company said the vehicles, which use AI to drive, had encountered "a routing problem" that kept taking them to the same cul-de-sac.

A moped had been used in the deadly stray-bullet shooting of a 7-month-old in Brooklyn last month, officials said.

Stephen Colbert met with Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon to talk about the end of his late night show.

The BBC's Bernd Debusmann explains why the South Carolina supreme court ordered a new trial for the man convicted of killing his wife and son.

The 76-year-old tradition, where a hat is placed atop an obelisk covered in vegetable grease, saw the New Jersey governor's son claim victory.

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Birmingham City Council has paid more than £470,000 to itself in daily charges and fines because its own vehicles break the rules of its Clean Air Zone (CAZ) policy.

Even though there has been a year-long bin strike in the city, most of its vehicles facing daily charges were from the waste department.

The authority said it had been replacing non-compliant vehicles over the past 12 months and wanted "eco driving" across its fleet, but admitted one in eight vehicles still did not comply with the zone's emissions standards.

Since the CAZ scheme began in the city centre in 2021, non-compliant vehicles in Birmingham's fleet have triggered 3,262 daily charges and fines at a total cost of £472,253.

Government commissioners have been working with Birmingham City Council since it issued a so-called Section 114 notice in 2023 – declaring its own effective bankruptcy. In March, the council's then Labour leadership hailed its first balanced budget in three years.

The number of daily charges and fines the council has paid to itself represented around 20 times the number paid by any other UK council running a CAZ, Low Emission Zone (LEZ) or Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) which was able to disclose any similar payments for breaking their own emissions standards.

Money paid in charges and fines goes towards the CAZ operating costs and covering some Government charges, while any surplus has to be spent on transport or environmental schemes. It cannot go back into the council's general funds.

Kings Heath Food Bank coordinator Sharon Power said: "The country's in this state: people are having to choose to heat or eat and they're [the council] spending money right, left and centre. It's absolutely appalling."

Food bank organisers said their own work relied on the goodwill of volunteers, but some could not afford the city's CAZ charges.

They said fewer volunteers to drive donations around the city meant the food bank was helping half the number of people it used to support each week before the CAZ was introduced in 2021.

A request made to the council for the food bank's volunteers to be exempted from CAZ requirements was refused, its organisers said.

Under the CAZ scheme, the daily charge for vehicles that do not meet emission standards is £8 for cars, vans and taxis or £50 for HGVs and coaches, unless a valid exemption is in place.

It is enforced using Automatic Number Plate Recognition, which records vehicles travelling within the ring road.

Anyone who fails to pay within six days after entering the zone faces a £120 fine, which is reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days.

Volunteer driver Pete Hammond was wrongly sent fines totalling around £800 for his trips for the food bank, which took him by surprise as his new car was the same model as his previous one.

The council insisted Pete ask the manufacturer for paperwork confirming the car met the rules. After he provided that, his fines were cancelled.

Using the Environmental Information Regulations, the BBC was able to secure data about the council's CAZ spending on purchase cards. The data did not make clear if or how often the council paid higher fines for late payment over all of the five years.

The most recent fines covered by council purchase cards in the past financial year were all paid by City Operations. There were four £60 payments on 30 March 2026.

Before the CAZ was introduced, the council said air pollution was responsible for shortening the lives of about 900 people per year.

Its aim was to reduce the most harmful air pollutants – nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter.

William Bloss, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Birmingham, helped lead a study on the CAZ's impact.

He said research showed there were now fewer of the older, high-polluting vehicles driving in the CAZ and there had been a "definite, step change in NO2 levels [down 7-8%] linked to the policy".

Further health benefits would, however, need continued societal changes such as in how we heat out homes, not just the vehicles used on the city's roads.

A council spokesperson said it had now established a central Vehicle Management Service "to fast-track transition to a modernised, low emission fleet… driving efficiency, economy, safety and sustainability".

They said only 142 (12%) of the 1,170 council-owned vehicles in its fleet, as of 31 March, remained non-compliant with the CAZ requirements and a "large number of these vehicles were minibuses related to social services and education provision".

The spokesperson added the council was looking to develop "eco driving" across the fleet, starting with monitoring its vehicles' throttle usage, speed, mileage and idling in an effort to reduce fuel usage and carbon emissions.

The council said it ran some exemption schemes from CAZ charges subject to specific criteria being met, but there were none specifically for council vehicles or those used by its contractors.

Pollution charges first took effect in the UK in London's ULEZ in 2019. Bath became the first city to have a CAZ outside London in 2021 and six other English cities have since followed, including Birmingham. There are four further LEZs in Scotland.

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Wharton was crucial to Palace's success in the Conference League

England boss Thomas Tuchel created many talking points with his England World Cup squad selection last week – but Adam Wharton's performance in Crystal Palace's night of European history only made for more debate about his omission.

The Palace midfielder delivered a man-of-the-match display as the Eagles beat Rayo Vallecano in the Conference League final to win their first ever European trophy.

Wharton, 22, will not travel to this summer's tournament after Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel picked Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson, Kobbie Mainoo, Jordan Henderson, Eberechi Eze, Jude Bellingham and Morgan Rogers as his midfield options.

Former England star Glenn Hoddle was among the many surprised by the decision and aired his views before and after Wharton delivered an impressive performance in Palace's historic night.

"A little bit surprised," he told TNT Sports before the 1-0 victory in Leipzig.

"I love the way he looks forward and passes. He can hit killer balls, balls that take the whole defence out with one pass.

"I am not sure we have got that many who can do that from a deep-lying position on a consistent level. So definitely my eyebrows went up when I saw he wasn't there."

After the game, Hoddle added: "This is the quality that we have got. I would have had him in the squad. He is a wonderful footballer.

"He is a top professional. He could easily play for England but which one [midfielder] shouldn't be playing?"

Former England and Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott added: "He hasn't let that decision impact his performance.

"He is a top professional as well as mentally strong enough to deal with setbacks and to cope with that. Like I said before the game, he could easily play for England."

There was only real one winner of the man of the match award after Wharton's performance.

It was not just how he advanced the ball from deep, it was how he helped Palace control possession in Rayo Vallecano's half, which was crucial to the Eagles' success here.

There was a touch of fortune in how his shot created the winner as Rayo goalkeeper Augusto Batalla should have pushed the effort away rather than into the path of Jean-Philippe Mateta, but it was the drive and ambition of the Palace midfielder to have a go which made the goal.

He should have had an assist after a sumptuous cross for Tyrick Mitchell at the end of the first half should have been converted but was headed wide.

Wharton was crucial off the ball, too. He was physical in aerial duels and also broke up play well to stop Palace's Spanish opponents from putting too much pressure on their defence.

Nobody had more touches than him in the game and nobody made more passes into the final third.

It was an all-round brilliant central midfield display and he delivered it on a huge stage in what was arguably the biggest night in Palace's history.

And it was another performance which will attract the attention of the big clubs who may be in need of a midfielder this summer.

There was certainly some surprise when England boss Tuchel opted to leave Wharton out of his 26-man squad heading to the World Cup.

Palace may have not had a great domestic season given they finished 15th in the Premier League and went out of the FA Cup against non-League Macclesfield – but they have now won a European trophy and Wharton was hugely influential in that.

This Conference League final performance was another reason to be wondering why Wharton is not on the plane.

The decision to pick Brentford midfielder Henderson at the age of 35 over the 22-year-old Wharton may be the most eye-catching and surprising selection.

Henderson has obviously been picked for his experience but Wharton would probably have more to give on the pitch if you compare not only their performances this season but also last term.

"I understand why the manager has taken Henderson but for me if he is going to do that kind of job, take him as a coach," said Hoddle. "Take him as a player-coach if you like but I think there was a spot there for Wharton."

The re-emergence of Mainoo at Manchester United has also not helped Wharton given the Palace midfielder was in Tuchel's squads for the last two international breaks and featured in qualifiers against Serbia and Albania before a friendly appearance against Uruguay in March.

Mainoo, given he was being frozen out at Old Trafford by Ruben Amorim for the first half of the season, was not involved under Tuchel until the March friendlies and now has won his way into favour.

Both were at Euro 2024 but Wharton never got on the pitch while Mainoo started all four knockout games, including the final.

Arsenal's Declan Rice is surely one of the first names on the team-sheet and Elliot Anderson is expected to partner him while Tuchel also has Bellingham, Eze and Rogers as midfield options.

It certainly feels a very harsh decision to leave someone like Wharton at home, even if Tuchel has many choices in the position.

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