Charles and Camilla have visited the United States in the midst of difficult diplomatic relations with the UK and the trip appears to have been a success, especially for whisky distillers

Donald Trump says he will be removing tariffs on whisky from the UK in honour of King Charles‘ visit to the US.

Charles and Camilla have visited the United States in the midst of difficult diplomatic relations with the UK, where Donald Trump has been vociferous in his criticism of Sir Keir Starmer and the lack of support for the war in Iran.

But it appears that the trip by the royals has been a success – especially for whisky distillers.

Trump wrote on Truth Social said that he would be removing the tariffs involving Scotland’s distilleries working with Kentucky on whisky and bourbon. And he said he would be doing it due to the King and Queen while adding it was an honour for them to visit.

He stated: “In Honor of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom, who have just left the White House, soon headed back to their wonderful Country, I will be removing the Tariffs and Restrictions on Whiskey having to do with Scotland’s ability to work with the Commonwealth of Kentucky on Whiskey and Bourbon, two very important Industries within Scotland and Kentucky.

“People have wanted to do this for a long time, in that there had been great Inter-Country Trade, especially having to do with the Wooden Barrels used. The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking! A wonderful Honor to have them both in the U.S.A. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

Trump hailed the King as “the greatest king in my book” when he said farewell to his guest as the state visit drew to a close. Charles and Camilla visited the White House for the final time to say goodbye to the president and first lady Melania Trump, waiting at the historic building’s South Portico overlooking the famous lawns.

As the foursome posed for a picture in front of the gathered media, Trump pointed at Charles and told the press: “He’s a great king. The greatest king in my book.”

The president has heaped praise on “fantastic” Charles and the UK’s historical ties with the US throughout the four-day state visit and at one point was photographed affectionately touching the King’s knee.

The Manchester United forward missed the 2-1 win over Brentford at Old Trafford earlier this week

Matheus Cunha has returned to training ahead of Sunday’s clash with Liverpool, handing Manchester United a major boost in their push for Champions League qualification. The Brazilian, who missed sessions last week, marked the moment by posting on social media.

After complaining of a sore hip flexor, the forward did not recover in time to face Brentford on Monday. Before sitting out the win over Brentford, Cunha had started 10 consecutive games for United under Michael Carrick.

However, he was previously substituted with nine minutes remaining after scoring the only goal in the victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. There had already been hope that Cunha might return to face Arne Slot’s side, and United’s latest social media post appears to reinforce that optimism.

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In a training post shared by United’s official account, Cunha was seen back on the grass with his team‑mates. The caption read: “Look who’s back in training!,” which the Brazilian later shared on his Instagram story.

Before the 2-1 home win over Brentford, Carrick told Sky Sports: “He just had a bit of a sore hip flexor after the Chelsea game. It looked promising during the week, but he didn’t recover in time as we’d hoped. It’s nothing too serious but, unfortunately, he misses out.”

Cunha’s place in the starting XI was taken by Amad, while Carrick was also boosted by the return of Patrick Dorgu to a matchday squad for the first time in just over three months. Cunha had replaced Dorgu on the left wing when the 21‑year‑old suffered a hamstring injury against Arsenal in January.

That was only Carrick’s second game in charge, and Dorgu had scored in both before picking up the injury. Leny Yoro also returned to the bench after missing the win at Chelsea with a hip problem.

Prior to his setback, Cunha had been in strong form for United, registering four goal contributions in his last six league appearances.

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United return to Premier League action on Sunday afternoon, facing Liverpool as they look to move closer to securing European qualification. A win for the visitors, however, would close the gap and bring them level on 61 points.

With five Premier League teams qualifying for the Champions League this season, United can only be denied a place by Brighton or Bournemouth, who sit sixth and seventh respectively. Carrick’s side would need to lose all of their remaining matches for Bournemouth to have any chance, and Andoni Iraola’s team would still require four wins from their own fixtures.

One more United victory would ensure Brighton can no longer catch them, with the south‑coast club only able to reach 62 points. Likewise, two draws would be enough to put United out of reach on 63 points.

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People are leaving their employer-based health insurance plans for cheaper coverage as costs soar.

Employees paid $6,850 on average towards coverage in 2025 – up nearly $1,300 from 2020, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

Jessica Balcerzak, a 33-year-old nurse in Buffalo, New York, told the outlet she saved more than $10,000 a year by dropping her employer’s family health insurance coverage in favor of a low-cost alternative option.

The percentage of employees on employer-based healthcare plans fell from 64 percent in 2020 to 61 percent in 2025, healthcare research firm KFF reported last year.

This drop is also a problem for companies – they rely on healthy people with fewer claims paying into group coverage to cover the cost of sick people with more claims. It typically results in sicker policyholders paying higher premiums, according to research university Johns Hopkins in a January report.

Worries over health insurance costs aren’t limited to employer plans, either – they carry over into the Health Insurance Marketplace, the Obama-era coverage offered to those who can’t get a policy through their employer.

Those with Marketplace coverage described their insurance as “fair” or “poor” when it comes to their monthly premium and out-of-pocket costs for doctor visits, according to an April analysis by KFF.

Options for cheaper health insurance are relatively sparse for those who can’t afford employer or Marketplace coverage.

Short-term health insurance coverage can be cheaper than Marketplace plans but has drawbacks. They tend to have high deductibles, which means higher out-of-pocket costs for policyholders. They don’t have to follow Affordable Care Act coverage rules, either, which means they can deny care for people with pre-existing conditions.

Then there are cost-share cooperatives, programs which pool together premiums and use them to pay for medical costs. However, there’s often a minimum cost for coverage and pre-existing conditions may be excluded.

The problem is likely to get worse from here. A 2025 Congressional Budget Office report predicts recent policy changes to Medicaid and the Health Insurance Marketplace will lead to 14 million people going uninsured by 2034.

Yet cost-based decisions to drop health insurance could backfire on consumers. Some 59 percent of uninsured adults have problems paying medical costs, compared to 30 percent of insured adults, KFF found. Another 62 percent of uninsured adults are likely to carry medical debt compared to 44 percent of insured adults.

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Earlier this month a number of strikes were carried out on oil infrastructure in the city of Tuapse on the Black Sea, leading to significant oil spills. On local Telegram chat groups, people shared photos of oil slicks in the sea, black puddles on the road and stray animals covered in oily droplets.

In an Instagram post, Social Bite shared images of the charity’s founder John Littlejohn with Clooney and Geldof, with a caption reading: “George Clooney, prior to his address at the 4th annual Gleneagles Gala Dinner for Social Bite, checking out one of the prototype homes from the new Social Bite Village with the charity’s founder, Josh Littlejohn and Sir Bob Geldof.”

The application for the homes on the site of Willow House, in Long Lane Close near Walmgate, have been recommended for approval by York Council planning officers.

Plans from the council stated the development would see the brownfield site transformed to create a new neighbourhood.

Two objections have been lodged claiming the development would cause parking problems and be too close to existing homes.

The application are set to go before the council’s Planning Committee on Thursday, May 7.

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It follows the approval of the demolition of Willow House, which was built in the 1970s, in March to make way for the new homes.

Six of the homes will have three bedrooms, 19 two bedrooms and 11 one, with three fifths offered for social rent and two fifths sold through shared ownership schemes.

The homes would have 117 residents in total at full occupancy.

Plans from the council, drawn up by Mikhail Riches, stated the development would also feature play spaces, an orchard, outdoor communal area, car-free ‘living streets’ and private back gardens.

The homes would be built next to a section of York’s bar walls.

The site is one of five earmarked for a total of 315 affordable homes by the council which are part of efforts to build 600 overall.

Homes at Willow House would be built to Healthy Homes England Standards following a recent council decision to move away from Passivhaus designs which have struggled to attract commercial interest.

An impression showing how some of the 36 homes planned on the site of the former Willow House care home, in Long Lane Close, York, could look (Image: City of York Council/Mikhail Riches)

Plans stated the development would provide much-needed affordable homes for the city.

The application stated: “The site is underutilised brownfield land, formerly occupied by the now vacant care home. It also includes garages and storage structures to the north and west of the main building, as well as the associated access and landscaped areas.

“The development would create a new mixed-use neighbourhood with a new and enhanced public realm, high-quality landscaping and play spaces, and a much improved pedestrian environment, all whilst retaining the significance of the adjacent historic York Walls and important views toward the city centre from these.”

The two objections to the plans claimed the development would result in the loss of trees and other plants and the new homes would be too close to existing ones.

They also claimed visitors to the homes would exacerbate parking problems in the area and called for commercial space to be included on the ground floor of the development.

Lampard continues to have admirers behind the scenes at Crystal Palace, who need a new head coach as Oliver Glasner is leaving.

The level of Palace’s interest will become clearer in due course as the club accelerate their efforts to identify Glasner’s successor. Departing Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola, former Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche, ex-Spurs boss Thomas Frank, Lens head coach Pierre Sage and Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna are among other possible contenders.

Moving to Selhurst Park would allow Lampard to return to London, as would the Fulham job.

The Craven Cottage side are still to confirm whether head coach Marco Silva is renewing his contract. As it stands, the Portuguese is due to leave at the end of the season when his existing deal expires.

Given his Chelsea connections, taking over at Fulham may require extra emotional consideration from Lampard.

But, like Palace, the west London side are an established Premier League outfit that can provide a stable platform for Lampard. Now he is back in the top league, he will want to stay there.

Then, of course, there is the Chelsea vacancy – though Lampard’s former club appear to be focused on others, with Iraola and Silva among their current targets.

Bournemouth were also linked with Lampard after confirming Iraola’s departure – but the Cherries have confirmed Marco Rose is replacing the Spaniard.

Should any club formalise their interest in Lampard in the coming weeks, compensation is likely to emerge as a factor.

Doug King – the club’s owner and chairman – appears relaxed.

Speaking to BBC CWR, King said: “Everybody is going to get linked with everything. It’s a merry-go-round. It’s a bit disappointing clubs are appointing three or four managers a season.

“You can see how emotionally connected [Lampard] is with the city, you can see what it meant to him to get promotion and then the title and I think he’s found a happy place at the moment.

“It doesn’t mean there’s not going to be some staggering bid for him in the summer and he’ll have to make his choices, because he’s shown his credentials as a high quality head coach, but I’m not going to comment on that, I can’t control it.

“I just think he’s happy, I’m happy, everybody’s happy, we’ve just got smiles on our faces and we don’t worry about what may or may not happen for the head coach.”

On Banksy’s Instagram post, one commentator wrote: “I love that he appears when enough time has passed to forget, and arrives with full force unnoticed” while another wrote: “As a long-time Banksy collector, this one really hits. Big monument energy, but the idea is brutally simple: a suited figure blinded by its own flag. Classic Banksy. Quiet at first, then impossible to unsee”.

For some players, moving to LIV made perfect sense. Veteran Englishman Richard Bland cashed in on the romance of his one DP World Tour victory, the 2021 British Masters, which effectively earned him an invitation to play LIV tournaments.

He did not receive a signing-on fee, but in 55 tournaments has netted nearly $20m (£14.8m).

In all, 105 players have so far competed on the LIV circuit. The lowest earners have been Englishman Oliver Fisher and Thailand’s Ratchanon Chantananuwat, who each picked up $136,000 (£100,000) from their lone appearances.

When LIV began in 2022, it attracted some of golf’s biggest names with huge signing-on fees. Phil Mickelson did not dispute reports that he was given $200m (£147m) to defect from the PGA Tour.

Smith, Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed (now back on the DP World Tour) and the then European Ryder Cup captain Henrik Stenson were other expensive recruits.

“If LIV takes five players a year for five years, they can gut us,” PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne told a senate committee in July 2023. The American circuit was rattled.

Initially, they struck a “framework agreement” with the Saudi PIF to try to heal the divide. That halted expensive and potentially, for both sides, revelatory legal proceedings.

But the faltering agreement foundered when the PGA Tour valued LIV at just $500m as Donald Trump tried to broker a peace deal in the White House at the start of his second term as US president in early 2025.

The Saudis felt the valuation was derisory and walked out of the talks. By then, the PGA Tour was much more bullish.

It was turning itself into a for-profit company with its players qualifying for potentially lucrative equity. The tour also won backing from the powerful Strategic Sports Group, which ploughed in an initial $1.5bn investment.

But with profit now the primary motive and a need to hammer down costs, the move has not been without pain. The PGA Tour is cutting 4% of its workforce with 56 job losses.

Prize money has gone through the roof, though. The Cadillac Championship, starting on Thursday, is one of several $20m Signature Events,, external with $3.6m going to the winner.

Those are LIV numbers. Such has been the inflationary effect of what seemed a bottomless pit of money coming into professional golf.

More than 1,000 homes in Plymouth have been evacuated after an unexploded Second World War bomb was discovered at a building site.

Officials have confirmed the device, identified as a 250kg German SC250, will be detonated in situ.

The discovery in Flamborough Road, Southway, led to a 400-metre cordon, with military experts concluding the device cannot be safely moved.

“Royal Navy and Army unexploded ordnance specialists have now completed a rigorous and detailed assessment of the device,” a council spokesman said.

“They have advised that it is not possible to safely remove it.

“The only safe option is to make the device safe in situ, which will involve a controlled detonation.

“This is planned to take place on Friday, once all safety measures are fully in place.”

The council said specialists were building a “sand mitigation structure” to reduce the impact of the blast.

“You will not be able to see the detonation and people are asked to stay well away from the area,” the spokesman said.

“A no-fly zone is also in place – drones are not permitted.”

The 400-metre cordon remains in place and residents will not be able to return home until the device has been made safe.

Southway Youth and Community Centre has been opened for use by evacuated residents.

Since it opened more than 50 residents have been helped and 25 households placed in temporary accommodation.

Oakwood Primary School, Little Acorns Pre-School and Beechwood Primary School will remain closed on Friday.

Colonel Nick Handy, from 8 Engineer Brigade, said the condition of the fuses in the bomb made it impossible to move it safely.

“Unfortunately we cannot get a definitive X-ray of the second fuse and therefore it is not safe to move that item,” Col Handy said.

“We are going to blow it in situ.

“When I say blow it in situ, we are going to try our hardest to deflagrate that item and burn it inside of a structure which will limit the damage to the local surroundings.

“I am pretty confident that the mitigation that we put up will limit most of the damage, but we will look to do that at some point on Friday.”

Col Handy said the device contained 130kg of explosives “that is 80 years old and it’s dangerous”.

“When that thing goes bang for want of a better expression, there will be damage,” he said.

“We will limit that as much as possible to ensure that nobody suffers.

“The mitigation that we put in place should affect only small amounts of damage on the outer extremities of the area.”

There were more than 50 Luftwaffe air raids on Plymouth between 1941 and 1944, killing 1,174 civilians in the city.

The first bombs fell on the city on July 6 1940, with the heaviest period of bombing occurring in March and April 1941.

Two years ago a 500kg German Second World War bomb was found in a garden in the Keyham area of Plymouth.

It forced the evacuation of thousands of people and was detonated at se