BBC News NRW announced last week that north and south-east Wales were moving to “prolonged dry weather” status – classed as a first step towards drought. It triggered enhanced monitoring and checks of waterways and important sites for wildlife as well as advice for farmers and others who use water from rivers. Now the regulator […]
BBC News England and Australia should be open to the idea of playing a Test match in India to help generate interest in the format, says the chief executive of Cricket Australia. The two sides traditionally only meet in Test cricket as part of an Ashes series, which is played on a home-and-away basis, with […]
BBC News Former Coronation Street actor Qasim Akhtar is to receive “substantial” damages from the Sun’s publisher, to settle a High Court libel claim. Akhtar who played Zeedan Nazir in the ITV soap from 2014 to 2018 and then 2021 to 2023, sued News Group Newspapers (NGN) earlier this year. A story in the Sun […]
BBC News Winning the World Cup brings many rewards for players… but receiving your own body weight in tomatoes is surely one of the more unusual. That is what Spain midfielders Fabian Ruiz and Gavi were presented with when they returned to their hometown after being part of the Spain squad that triumphed in North […]
BBC News Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has told the BBC she leads “a brand new party full of new people” – after it emerged in the Spectator, external that the former cabinet minister and Tory party chairman Sir Grant Shapps has been rejected as a Conservative Party parliamentary candidate. Sir Grant, who has declined to […]
BBC News Arsenal have signed “extremely versatile attacking player” Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge for £34m. The 24-year-old Greece international has joined the Premier League champions on what they describe as a “long-term contract”. Tzolis scored 43 goals and provided 45 assists in 108 appearances for Club Brugge. He joins Arsenal after the departure of […]
BBC News The landmark nuclear deal announced between the US and Saudi Arabia is dependent on Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords, in other words recognising the state of Israel, US President Donald Trump has said. “The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!)… which pertains only to non-military use… will be approved, […]
BBC News CCTV footage showed the moment a leopard entered a liquor store and attacked a salesman in Rajasthan, north western India. Earlier, the animal had already attacked a cleaning worker inside. Afterwards, the leopard hid near the counter so both employees managed to escape. Others helped shut the shop, trapping the leopard inside. After […]
BBC News The Norwegian Football Federation is considering filing a formal complaint to Fifa’s ethics committee about the decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s automatic one-match ban during the World Cup. United States forward Balogun was expected to miss his side’s last-16 tie against Belgium after being shown a straight red card during their 2-0 win […]
