BBC News Georgia Hunter Bell is eyeing an ambitious sweep of gold medals in 2026 after winning the 800m Commonwealth Games title in Glasgow. England’s Hunter Bell dominated the field to add Commonwealth gold to the 1500m world indoor title she won earlier this year in Poland. The 32-year-old, a training partner of 800m Olympic […]
BBC News At least two chartered flights carrying up to 150 greyhounds are set to fly to Australia’s eastern states, as a New Zealand ban on the sport comes into effect. Several greyhound trainers in New Zealand are responding to a new ban by moving their dogs to Australia with plans to continue in the […]
BBC News Some Palestinians in Gaza and Israelis have been giving their reaction to the plan to the BBC. Tala, an 18-year-old who has been living in a tent in Gaza since her home was destroyed in air strikes, said “every time people hear about a possible ceasefire, we hope that it will finally end”. […]
BBC News Victor Montagliani (Concacaf president) Like Infantino, he was elected in 2016 promising governance reform. A former president of Canada Soccer, as co-chair, Montagliani was heavily involved in the build up to, and delivery of the 2026 World Cup, the first to be hosted by three nations. He is fluent in French, Italian and […]
BBC News The boss of one of the companies recently hacked by out-of-control artificial intelligence (AI) says bot makers must be accountable for cyber attacks carried out by their creations. Clement Delangue’s company Hugging Face was breached by a rogue OpenAI bot that broke out of a test environment and autonomously attacked his firm earlier […]
BBC News Over the last 24 hours, the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta – home to around 83,000 people – has seen an unprecedented surge in migrant arrivals. An estimated 60,000 people from Morocco are believed to have crossed into the North African enclave that has long been a focal point for migrant attempting to […]
BBC News Two men who piloted overcrowded small boats have been jailed for endangering others while crossing the Channel. Omar Heidari, a 34-year-old Afghan national who steered a dinghy carrying 95 people to the UK in June, has been jailed for two years. Manas Yuk, an 18-year-old Sudanese national, was sentenced to 18 months in […]
BBC News Ron Marsh said he had contacted Legacy Independent Funeral Directors when his mother Joyce Moulton died in September 2023, aged 98. He said Bush was professional and the service he organised was “excellent”, but the family never received her ashes, with attempts to contact Legacy going unanswered. In March 2024, he was visited […]
BBC News The 43-year-old was born in a small village in Nepal’s mountainous Myagdi district, located around 1,600m above sea level. He comes from a family of Gurkhas, a world-famous group of Nepalese soldiers who have served in different armed forces, including the British Army. Following in the footsteps of his father and elder brothers, […]
