Sources: BBC
The Rugby Football Union confirms that Wasps have been suspended for the remainder of the season and are relegated to the RFU Championship, the second tier of the English rugby union system, next season after the team had entered administration earlier in the month for reaching more than £100 million in debt. 2022-10-28
The pound sterling falls to its record lowest level against the U.S. dollar. 2022-09-26
A Saudi-backed consortium, funded through its sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund, officially purchases Newcastle United F.C. for £300 million. An agreement on its purchase was finalized upon last April, but impasses on the issue of ownership among the specific entities in the consortium prevented the deal from moving forward until recently. 2021-10-7
The pound sterling sustains a flash crash, dropping from an exchange rate of $1.23 per pound to $1.13 in a few minutes of trading today, then gaining much of it back. Observers blame this development on algorithmic trading. 2016-10-7
The Swedish Supreme Court rejects a bid from Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to revoke the warrant for his detention in 2010. 2015-05-11
Baltasar Garzón promises he has a surprise in the case against his client Julian Assange. The Swedish prosecutor refuses to travel to London. [http:--www.standaard.be-artikel-detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20120823_00268925 ("De Standaard", in Dutch)] [http:--news.malaysia.msn.com-regional-swedish-prosecutors-rule-out-london-assange-visit-1 (MSN Malaysia)]date=November 2019 2012-08-23
In the stand-off between Britain and Ecuador over Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gives a speech critical of the United States' policy against Wikileaks, "dragging us all in a dark, repressive world in which journalists live under fear of prosecution", from the balcony of Ecuador's London embassy. 2012-08-19
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange loses his appeal in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom against extradition to Sweden on rape charges. 2012-05-30
The "Irish Independent" and "The Belfast Telegraph" begin a week-long joint publication of the Ireland Cables, the latest batch of U.S. diplomatic cables, in co-operation with WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. The cables, dating back more than 25 years, feature government members, diplomats, alleged terrorists, oil companies and Vatican insiders. 2011-05-31
Advocates of free speech march through the streets of Sydney in support of WikiLeaks spokesperson Julian Assange, who is in England battling attempts by Sweden to have him extradited. Greens MP David Shoebridge addresses the crowd and calls for support from the Australian government. 2011-01-15