UEFA have announced a new three-year deal for Champions League rights with Sky and ITV — but England’s top clubs face a major drop in their income from the competition if a European ruling goes against them.

Complex legal issues surrounding the Premier League’s attempt to block the supply of equipment enabling TV viewers to watch Premiership games on the cheap via foreign broadcasters are to be referred to the European Court of Justice.

THE number of people on the housing waiting lists will rise above 60,000 next year because spending on housing will be below the construction inflation level, social housing groups warned yesterday.

A CRISIS in housing for the elderly is looming, a social housing conference was told yesterday.

PROPERLY planned social housing will bring life to local communities and help banish their image of problems with vandalism, drugs and alcohol, a housing group said yesterday.