Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has given his strongest signal yet that a youth mobility scheme could form part of a new deal with the EU.

Speaking to the Times, external ahead of a summit on Monday between the bloc and the UK, he insisted such a scheme would not amount to a return to pre-Brexit freedom of movement.

While Sir Keir said it would be a "reciprocal" arrangement in which young people would be able to move abroad for up to two years, no specific details about the ages of those who could be eligible and whether there would be a cap on numbers were given.

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has described the possible scheme as "free movement through the back door".

"We're not against youth mobility schemes. We're against uncapped migration schemes," she wrote on X.

Reform UK has echoed these sentiments. Its deputy leader, Richard Tice, said earlier this week such a scheme would be "the thin end" to EU free movement.

Sir Keir has denied these accusations, saying that Labour has a "red line in our manifesto about freedom of movement" and that "youth mobility is not freedom of movement".

An agreement is expected to be announced at Monday's summit, which is being held at London's Lancaster House.

The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg has been told that it will only be an agreement in principle, not the final deal.

She understands that the EU has been pushing for stays as long as four years, while the UK is not contemplating more than one or two.

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Scunthorpe United have been promoted to the National League after beating Chester in the National League North promotion final at Glanford Park in extra time.

Carlton Ubaezuonu's strike in the final moments of the first half of extra time won the match for the hosts after it had finished 1-1 after 90 minutes.

In the 20th minute Joseph Starbuck's long throw went through to Michael Clunan, who crashed his effort against the post but the ball fell kindly for striker Daniel Whitehall to find the back of the net from close range.

On the hour mark, Chester were awarded a penalty when Scunthorpe defender Will Evans was punished for handball in the area by referee Isaac Searle.

Connor Woods settled himself and coolly sent Scunthorpe keeper Ross Fitzsimons the wrong way to level.

Whitehall was in the thick of the action once more when his delightful free-kick was inches away from restoring the Iron's lead but crashed off the face of the post before Ubaezuonu blazed the rebound over.

Three minutes into extra time, Tom Leak's point-blank header was superbly saved by Fitzsimons as the visitors sensed their opportunity.

That moment proved to be crucial when minutes later a long ball was flicked on by substitute Mo Fadera and, at the second time of asking, Ubaezuonu buried his shot past James Storer to ensure Scunthorpe's return to the National League following two seasons away.

Jamie Vardy signed off at Leicester City in trademark style as he scored his 200th goal for the Foxes in a 2-0 victory over Ipswich Town.

The 38-year-old striker netted his 10th goal of the season as the hosts eased past the Tractor Boys in his 500th - and final - appearance for the club.

Vardy, the last of Leicester's historic title winners from 2016 still at City, will leave at the end of his contract and will not play in next Sunday's final game at Bournemouth, preferring to finish his Foxes career at King Power Stadium.

Kasey McAteer added a second goal but the day belonged to Vardy.

Exactly thirteen years since he signed from Fleetwood for £1m the club celebrated the former England international - who was given a guard of honour by his team-mates when substituted with 10 minutes left.

Thousands of flags were given to supporters bearing the words 'Thank you Vards', while banners of the forward were hoisted at both ends of the ground pre-match.

All that was needed was a goal - and Vardy delivered when he rolled in past Alex Palmer after 28 minutes, following James Justin's 50-yard run.

Ipswich had their chances to spoil the party, with Leif Davis striking the post and Omari Hutchinson blazing over just before half-time.

McAteer also hit the post for the Foxes before the midfielder made it 2-0 in the second half, rifling in from a tight angle.

The game was a sideshow, though, with the focus on Vardy as Leicester climbed above Ipswich into 18th.

Everton marked the final Premier League game at Goodison Park with victory against Southampton amid emotional scenes at the 133-year-old stadium.

Fans flocked to Goodison Park in their thousands hours before kick-off, packing the streets as they came to say a final farewell before the men's senior team move to a new arena at Bramley-Moore Dock, now known as the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

In a stunning atmosphere and a sea of blue, Everton responded by easily beating relegated Southampton in the Merseyside sunshine.

Iliman Ndiaye was the star of the show, getting in the party mood with a stylish low finish after six minutes then, after Beto had seen two goals ruled out for offside, rounding Saints' keeper Aaron Ramsdale to double Everton's lead in first-half stoppage time.

The second period was played out in testimonial fashion, although there was still time for Everton keeperJordan PIckford to distinguish himself with a superb late save from Cameron Archer.

While the game was, in some ways, incidental, Everton's win continues the improvement they have shown under manager David Moyes since he succeeded the sacked Sean Dyche in January.

Everton's women's team will now call Goodison Park home as Moyes' side ended the men's era at the ground in fitting fashion.

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An emotional Scottie Scheffler held off the rejuvenated Jon Rahm to convert his 54-hole lead into a maiden US PGA Championship title.

While the winning margin of five strokes suggests his third major was a formality, a different story threatened to unfold at Quail Hollow.

World number one Scheffler began three shots ahead and five clear of Rahm, but it became a two-way duel for the Wanamaker Trophy.

A patchy front nine from Scheffler, along with Spaniard Rahm's flurry of birdies around the turn, meant they shared the lead midway through the final round.

However, Rahm collapsed over his final three holes and Scheffler coasted to a major title that joins his Masters victories in 2022 and 2024.

"I knew it was going to be a challenging day," said Scheffler before collecting the trophy. "Finishing off a major championship is always difficult and I did a good job of staying patient on the front nine.

"I didn't play my best stuff but I kept myself in it, stepped up on the back nine and had a good nine holes."

Greggs will move its self-serve food and drinks to behind the counter to stamp out shoplifting at the High Street bakery.

The company is trialling the measure at a handful of stores which, it said, are "exposed to higher levels of anti-social behaviour".

These include Whitechapel in east London which is one of five shops that will try out the new policy - the others are in Peckham and Ilford.

It is not expected that the change will be implemented across all Greggs' 2,600 bakeries in the UK, but it may be rolled out to sites where there are high levels of theft.

In 2024, shoplifting offences recorded by the police rose by 20% to 516,971, according the Office for National Statistics.

But the number of thefts recorded by retailers was far higher - for the year to last September shops saw a 3.7 million rise to 20.4 million, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said.

Greggs said customers can expect to see its full range behind its counters but added: "The safety of our colleagues and customers remains our number one priority."

Some retailers, including supermarkets, have reported being targeted by organised gangs who wear bluetooth headsets to communicate with each other and set off alarms in stores to create a distraction allowing their fellow shoplifters to escape.

Andy Higginson, chair of sportswear and trainer retailer JD Sports and the BRC, recently told the BBC that some see shoplifting as a "way of life", allowing them to trade or sell what they have stolen.

"There is an element of society that is starting to take stealing from stores as a way of life and that needs to be stopped," he said.

The US Supreme Court has said it will allow the Trump administration to terminate deportation protections for some 350,000 Venezuelans in the US.

The ruling lifts a hold that was placed by a California judge that kept Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in place for Venezuelans whose status' would have expired last month.

Temporary Protected Status allows people to live and work in the US legally if their home countries are deemed unsafe due to things like countries experiencing wars, natural disasters or other "extraordinary and temporary" conditions.

The ruling marks a win for US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly tried to use the Supreme Court to enact immigration policy decisions.

The Trump administration wanted to end protections and work permits for migrants with TPS in April 2025, more than a year before they were originally supposed to end in October 2026.

Lawyers representing the US government argued the California federal court, the US District Court for the Northern District of California, had undermined "the Executive Branch's inherent powers as to immigration and foreign affairs," when it stopped the administration from ending protections and work permits in April.

Ahilan Arulanantham, who represents TPS holders in the case, told the BBC he believes this to be "the largest single action stripping any group of non-citizens of immigration status in modern US history".

"That the Supreme Court authorized this action in a two-paragraph order with no reasoning is truly shocking," Mr Arulanantham said. "The humanitarian and economic impact of the Court's decision will be felt immediately, and will reverberate for generations."

Because it was an emergency appeal, justices on the Supreme Court did not provide a reasoning for the ruling.

The court's order only noted one judge's dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

In August, the Trump administration is also expected to revoke TPS protections for tens of thousands of Haitians.

The ruling on Monday by the Supreme Court marks the latest in a series of decisions on immigration policies from the high court that the Trump administration has left them to rule on.

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Uefa says Euro 2028 joint-hosts England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland will have to come through qualifying to participate in the competition.

Nine venues across the four host nations will stage the 24-team tournament.

Northern Ireland was originally named as a host nation, but has since pulled out after Belfast's Casement Park was removed as an option due to funding.

Unlike previous Euros that have seen the hosts qualify automatically, Uefa has had to alter its protocols given the 2028 edition is being held across the four nations, who will each be in separate qualifying groups.

Instead, 20 nations will go through, with 12 as group winners and eight as the best-placed runners-up.

Two of the remaining four spots will be allocated to the two best-ranked host nations who fail to qualify automatically.

The final two places will be decided via play-offs between the remaining runners-up and the best-ranked 2026-27 Nations League non-qualified group winners.

The make-up of the play-offs will depend on the number of spots needed for the host nations.

If two are used, then eight teams will compete in two pathways for the final two spots, with single leg semi-finals and finals.

If one is used then 12 countries will compete in three pathways for the three remaining spots, with single leg semi-finals and finals.

If none of the four places are used by host nations then eight teams will contest four home-and-away play-offs, with the winners going through.

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