BBC News Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban affecting more than 10 million people after an “exceptionally warm and dry spring”. The restrictions mean, from Thursday, hosepipes should not be used for watering gardens or allotments, cleaning cars, filling paddling pools or swimming pools, or cleaning windows. The water company said its region had […]
BBC News Three teenagers have been jailed for murdering a 16-year-old boy during a confrontation between rival groups on a beach in North Ayrshire last year. They were convicted of stabbing Kayden Moy on Irvine Beach on 17 May 2025. Cole Turley, 18, who had pleaded guilty to the murder, and Jay Stewart, 19 were […]
BBC News Former Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran has joined Benfica on a season-long loan from Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr. The Portuguese giants will be the seventh club of Duran’s career at the age of just 22, following recent stints with Fenerbahce and Zenit St Petersburg. Benfica will pay a £5.19m (6.1m euros) loan fee […]
BBC News Thames Water’s main lenders are offering the government a “golden share” and more control for local authorities in a bid to stop the troubled supplier from being nationalised. The government recently rejected a previous rescue proposal, and the BBC understands the lenders are preparing a legal challenge in case the new Andy Burnham-led […]
BBC News Nauru has tried to develop football previously, but it has never really taken off. The closest it has come to playing an international match was when representative teams faced a Solomon Islands expatriate team in 1994 and a refugee side in 2014. Its complicated past goes some way to explaining why the world’s […]
BBC News Lebanon’s army says its troops have begun deploying to a “pilot zone” in the south of the country following the withdrawal of Israeli forces under a US-brokered agreement reached last month. A statement from the army command said units had entered the village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh in Nabatieh district on Tuesday morning. On […]
BBC News “The Scottish government said it had learnt the lessons after Dava Moor,” says Sandy McCook, from Nethy Bridge community council. “Well I’m sorry, but the lessons have not been learnt. “It is untenable the position they are taking that they have enough equipment. It is helicopters that are needed.” Andrew Baxter, Lib Dem […]
BBC News Wangchuk and CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke have received support from most of the major opposition parties, farmer leaders, activist and celebrities, including Bollywood actors. Leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi said said that the students’ demands were “legitimate” and described Modi “as the most anti-youth prime minister India has ever had”. The government […]
BBC News Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott has rejected a new contract with growing Premier League interest in the England Under-21 international. The Cherries have made it a summer priority to tie Scott down to fresh terms but as things stand there is no agreement. The development comes amid interest from Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham, Manchester […]
