Jose Mourinho is poised for a sensational return to Real Madrid, with his appointment expected to be confirmed following Florentino Perez’s re-election as president at the Bernabeu Stadium.
Perez, who secured an eighth term after fending off challenger Enrique Riquelme, had made no secret of his desire to name Mourinho as head coach should he win the election. Reports indicate that the current Benfica boss has agreed a three-year deal to return to the club he previously managed between 2010 and 2013, replacing Alvaro Arbeloa, who was appointed in January after Xabi Alonso’s departure.
In a statement on the club’s official website, Perez affirmed his commitment to the club’s future success.
“We have won the elections and will continue working to keep winning titles,” he said. “I am still here and I am here to defend Real Madrid. We will continue working so that Real Madrid keeps winning titles, and we will fight until the end to achieve the 16th European Cup. We will continue to take pride in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, the best stadium in the world.
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Jose Mourinho will be the next Real Madrid manager after Florentino Perez was re-elected as president of the club (Reuters)
“Proud to have the best players in the world, proud to welcome back one of the best coaches in the world, a Madridista like Jose Mourinho. And rest assured, with me as president, Real Madrid has been, is, and will always remain owned by its members.”
Perez first became Real president in 2000 and had renewed his mandate five times since 2009 by running unopposed. In the build-up to Sunday’s vote, Perez promised to appoint Mourinho and said he would spend €150m on an unnamed player, to be revealed on Tuesday, a fee that would represent a club record.
He also said defenders Ibrahima Konate and Denzel Dumfries would be his first signings if elected.
Meanwhile, 63-year-old Mourinho secured LaLiga and the Copa del Rey during his initial tenure in the Spanish capital however, he has not won a domestic league title since leading Chelsea to the Premier League in the 2014-15 season.
His Benfica side remained unbeaten in the Primeira Liga last season but ultimately finished third, eight points adrift of Porto, after drawing 11 of their 34 matches.
Police were called to reports of criminal damage to a cash machine at a store on Sunday, June 7. Cambridgeshire Police received reports at 7.30am of an ATM that had been damaged on Hargate Way in Peterborough.
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A crime has been raised and investigations are ongoing. A picture shows the damage caused to the ATM. Cambridgeshire Police has confirmed that no arrests have been made at this time.
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police said: “We were called at about 7.30am on Sunday (7 June) with reports of criminal damage to an ATM at a store on Hargate Way, Peterborough.
“A crime has been raised and investigations are ongoing. No arrests at this time.”
Thomas McMahon admitted bringing painkillers to his son Joseph Peers
11:50, 08 Jun 2026Updated 11:52, 08 Jun 2026
A man tried to pass drugs to his imprisoned murderer son hidden in a crisp packet.
Prison staff caught dad Thomas McMahon making the move when visiting Joseph Peers in HMP Full Sutton.
Peers was the getaway driver involved in the murder of 28-year-old Ashley Dale.
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McMahon, 64, admitted bringing in the prohibited painkillers into the Yorkshire prison on June 22 last year.
It holds some of the country’s most dangerous and high-risk prisoners in the country, including serial killers and terrorists.
Julia Baggs, prosecuting, told Hull Crown Court how McMahon and two women were visiting Peers, who was convicted for the murder of Ashley Dale, but during the visit staff noticed McMahon moving his mouth before putting an item inside a crisp packet.
Identical crisp packets were on a table in front of the group and they were “rotated” and moved around several times. This aroused suspicion and CCTV pictures showed McMahon’s crisp packet being moved on the table.
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Staff found that there were 14 white, oval-shaped tablets inside it. “Custodial settings are notoriously rife with controlled and uncontrolled drugs”, said Miss Baggs.
“It’s a high net-worth currency. All matters involving the transportation of prohibited items into prison are very serious but this is not any sort of large-scale operation.”
McMahon was arrested and claimed his son had been suffering back and knee pain and that he was worried about him. The tablets were to help his son with this.
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The prosecution did not accept this explanation but did not seek to challenge it, the court heard.
“It was a prescribed medication for pain relief but it is abused and is bought and sold on the black market,” said Miss Baggs.
McMahon had convictions for 23 previous offences, most recently in September 2023 for being over the drug limit for cannabis. He had returned from a trip to Amsterdam at the time, Hull Live reports.
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Billy Torbett, mitigating, said that McMahon’s previous conviction for drug-driving in 2023 came after he took a trip to Amsterdam because of the stress of his son’s murder trial. When he returned, there was still cannabis in his system while driving.
Father-of-four McMahon had no previous convictions for drugs possession or supply. He brought the drugs into Full Sutton Prison because his son was suffering pain from an injury.
The painkillers had previously been prescribed for himself to treat chronic pain but he had not used them. “He knows he has made a significant error in judgement, to say the least”, said Mr Torbett.
“He is immensely remorseful for his actions. He understands that he has made a significant error here, an error which he regrets.
“It was the simple passing of pain management drugs to his son. He is under no illusions about the seriousness of it.
“He has largely remained out of trouble for 34 years apart from that driving conviction in 2023.” McMahon was still banned from visiting his son at the prison and this had caused emotional problems for him.
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Recorder Taryn Turner told McMahon: “This is serious offending. This was in a custodial environment where there has to be the maintenance of order.
“Drugs equals currency, in monetary terms perhaps not, but nevertheless. You brought in a quantity of tablets, concealed from view.
“These tablets, you well knew, were prohibited items. The risk created is substantial. You were visiting your son, who is serving a sentence for murder.
“This was a serious lapse in your judgement.” Drugs in prisons fuelled violence, intimidation and debt, said Recorder Turner.
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McMahon, of Dunchurch Road, Knotty Ash, was given a six-month suspended prison sentence, ordered to do 120 hours of unpaid work and 15 days of rehabilitation activity requirement days.
Peers was the getaway driver on the night of Ashley’s murder on August 21, 2022, with the care worker being shot in the abdomen with a Skorpion sub-machince gun at her home in Leinster Road as part of a plot to kill her boyfriend Lee Harrison.
Peers, then aged 29, was said to have been the getaway driver for a gunman, James Witham, who had discharged a hail of bullets in Ashley’s dining room as she fled through the back door of her home.
On November 22, 2023, Peers was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 41 years for the murder of Ashley Dale, conspiracy to murder Lee Harrison, and conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon with intent to endanger life.
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He will be 70 years old before he is eligible for release.
Katie has so far been unsuccessful in her attempts to visit Lee behind bars
Katie Price has said when she’ll be ‘done’ with her husband Lee Andrews as he finally admitted to being subject to a travel ban after sparking suspicion when he failed to appear in the UK for his first TV interview with his new wife.
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The former glamour model confirmed that her husband was being held at Dubai’s notorious Al Awir prison after being arrested and detained on suspicion of espionage.
It came after she previously claimed that Lee had been kidnapped after she received a string of concerning messages before he was due to board a flight from the United Arab Emirates, where he lives in Dubai, with a plan of appearing on Good Morning Britain alongside Katie for their first joint interview.
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“He has a travel ban, he did eventually tell me. I said to him, ‘No one will b****y care if you’ve got a flight ban. It’s not a big deal!’” she toldThe Sun. “The big deal is, you keep videoing, saying you’re at the airport, and you’re coming to England, and you don’t turn up.”
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Katie has so far been unsuccessful in her attempts to visit Lee behind bars, but once she does get to speak to him and has subsequently vowed to end their marriage if she isn’t happy with what he has to say.
She told thenewspaper: “I’m not a mug and when I finally see Lee, I’m going to question him. And if the answers I get aren’t right, that’ll be it, I’ll be done. That’s it. And I’ll just get on with my life… and not find a man on Instagram.”
Katie added: “My eyes have been opened. I just need some time to think. I still cannot end things with Lee until I’ve spoken to him but that was a lot.”
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Also in her first interview regarding the whole saga, she insisted that despite rumours that it was all a ploy for publicity, it was all a genuine situation that she had found herself in. She said: “This is real, this is real life; this is my life.
“It has been a tough few weeks, don’t get me wrong. But I’ve still stayed strong through it all, and I have a smile on my face. So, in this situation, I’m doing what I want to do, and I’m out here in Dubai, because I’m here to help Lee.”
She’s also spoken to former partners of Lee. Katie said: “I am not ignoring these women… One day, who knows, if I’m not with Lee, I would meet up with them. Just for clarity. But right now, I’m sticking up for myself. He’s got a side of the story, so have these women.
“So I think it’s really unfair as well, just to listen to what these women are saying because there’s always two sides to every story. I cannot just walk away from my marriage without seeing him again. He is, surely, entitled to his say.”
A previous planning agreement meant that the restaurant could open 24/7 for two years before it had to seek further permission
Darren Calpin, Local Democracy Reporter
09:55, 08 Jun 2026Updated 10:03, 08 Jun 2026
A popular fast food outlet near a city centre retail park is looking to maintain its around-the-clock opening hours.
The McDonald’s Drive Thru restaurant at Morrisons supermarket next to Brotherhood Retail Park has requested permission to maintain its current 24/7 trading hours from Peterborough City Council.
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Documents submitted to the council’s Planning Services department on behalf of McDonald’s by Savills real estate services state the application has been made “in order to enable the restaurant to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”
The application has been made to offset previous planning permission requirements agreed two years ago.
In 2024, a planning agreement granted around-the-clock opening with a condition (Condition 4) which stipulated the restaurant would revert back to non-24/7 opening times.
It said: “Within 24 months of the date of this decision the site shall cease operating 24 hours, 7 days per week.”
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The current application seeks “continued use of the [Lincoln Road] site, without compliance with Condition 4 of the 2024 Permission”.
The application states that the Lincoln Road restaurant’s capability to successfully operate around-the-clock has been evident.
“Over the course of the 24 months, members of the public and the Council have not raised any issues with regard to the additional hours of trading during the temporary period,” Savills noted.
“As such, the 24/7 operations have not caused any disturbance relating to noise or anti-social behaviour.”
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The document concludes by saying the proposed extension will “ensure that the restaurant is better able to meet the demands of its established customer base and enhance its overall efficiency”.
The roads have been closed while the bus is recovered from the area.
A number of roads have been closed after a bus crashed into a garden near Glasgow.
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The incident happened on Mill Road in Clydebank this morning, Monday, June 8, at around 6am. It is not believed anyone was injured but a number of passengers were checked over by paramedics at the scene.
Police closed down several road in the area to allow for the bus to be recovered.
Pictures show a number of uniformed police officers standing on the road behind the bus. Debris from the crash can be seen under the bus, which lies deep in a hedge inside a residential garden.
Police Scotland confirmed four roads have been closed this morning following the collision.
A spokesperson for the force said: “Mill Road in Clydebank is closed following a single vehicle crash, involving a bus, which happened around 6am on Monday, 8 June.
“Emergency services attended and passengers were checked by paramedics at the scene. “Closures are in place from the train station, Millburn Avenue, East Barns Street and Yoker Mill Road, to allow for vehicle recovery.”
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Rory McIlroy finished in a tie for 12th at the Memorial Tournament but the Northern Irishman is focused on improving ahead of the US Open at Shinnecock Hills
11:12, 08 Jun 2026Updated 11:21, 08 Jun 2026
Rory McIlroy has acknowledged feeling “limited” with his driving at present and conceded he needs to improve before next week’s US Open.
While he believes most aspects of his game are in solid shape ahead of the third major of the year, which begins on 18 June, McIlroy expressed his disappointment with his driving performance at Muirfield Village.
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He managed to hit just 30 of 56 fairways during the tournament, though the six-time major champion is drawing comfort from the fact that conditions at Shinnecock Hills should prove more manageable off the tee.
“Off the tee still wasn’t where I want it to be. I feel limited at the minute. Thankfully the fairways at Shinnecock are a little wider than they are here.
“I need to work on how I’m hitting it off the tee. But everything else, (my) putting felt pretty good for the most part and my iron play and wedges were pretty nice.
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“I’ll just try to keep getting a little bit better each and every day heading into Shinnecock.”
McIlroy flew back to the UK on Sunday night and plans to return to the United States this weekend, heading straight to Long Island in New York, where the US Open will take place.
“Overall, (it was) not a bad week, got some good stuff out of it, and I’ve got a week to prep and get ready for Shinnecock,” he added.
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Boris formed Monday and is expected to bring heavy rain, flooding and possible mudslides to parts of southern Mexico’s Pacific coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Boris was located about 85 miles (135 kilometers) southeast of Acapulco and 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Punta Maldonado, according to the Miami-based weather center. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was moving northeast at 5 mph (7 kph).
Boris was expected to make a turn to the north, bringing rainfall of 4 to 10 inches (10 to 25 centimeters) to coastal portions of the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca through Monday night.
“This rainfall may produce life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in areas of steep terrain,” the center said.
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A tropical storm warning was in effect from Laguna de Chacahua in Oaxaca to Tecpan de Galeana in Guerrera, with tropical storm conditions expected in the area within 24 hours.
Boris is the second named storm of the Pacific hurricane season, which started May 15. Tropical Storm Amanda formed June 3 far out to sea, posing no threat to land.
The Atlantic hurricane season began June 1, but no cyclones have formed in that basin yet this year.
The band had previously set their sights on securing their first number with new single, Fever, but guitarist Turnbull Smith said they were “absolutely buzzing” to land the fourth spot.
“We’re absolutely buzzing to be in at number four in the UK official vinyl charts and number five in the physical charts,” he said. “What an achievement.”
Fever by Skylights charted at number four in the official vinyl single charts (Image: Supplied)
Fever was the first single to be released by Skylights since the band announced they would be releasing music independently.
They partnered with Vinyl Eddie in Tadcaster Road to produce the vinyl, which was pressed at Vinyl Press in Monks Cross and recorded at Young Thugs Studio in Southbank.
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Skylights were kept off the number one vinyl spot by pop giant Ariana Grande whose new single, Hate That You Made Me Love You, peaked at number one during its first week.
Grande was followed in the official vinyl single charts by Dinner Party by Niall Horan at number two and Down Below by Jayler at number three.
Skylights did, however, chart ahead of rock legends the Rolling Stones whose new single, In the Stars, dropped to number six in the vinyl charts in the song’s third week of release.
Intention today is to outline the case and move onto individual cases from tomorrow. The lead prosecutor at court today is Matthew Cobbe.
Mr Cobbe tells the court: “Kyrees 16 and jarvey 15 died on 22 may 2023 they had been riding an e bike and lost control.. Both suffered catestrophic injuries and died at the scene.”
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The prosecuor went on to say that the “terrible news travelled quickly” and that large crowds gathered.
The court hears that body worn cameras captured the grief and distress at the scene.
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