BBC News Painter and Meadows were crowned BBC Sports Personality Coach of the Year winners in 2024. They remain resolutely modest when it comes to their own achievements, while the results continue to speak for themselves. The demand for their attention is no surprise. When Hodgkinson joined Painter, she could run 400m in around 57 […]
BBC News A drought is expected to be declared in more parts of England on Monday, joining half of the country and the whole of Wales. The National Drought Group – made up of regulators, government officials, water companies and agricultural bodies – will meet on Monday afternoon to assess the situation across England. Almost […]
Tech Shares of Australia’s Sunrise Energy Metals jumped as much as 29% on Monday after the rare earth miner secured a $400 million investment in long-term debt financing from the U.S. to support the development of the world’s first primary mine for scandium. The Trump administration’s backing for Sunrise comes as major economies seek to […]
BBC News A suspected gas explosion that destroyed a bungalow and left a man injured has been caught on camera. It happened on Cobb Hall Road, Newton Longville, near Milton Keynes on Sunday morning. Additional footage showed flames and smoke rising from the property afterwards. Read more on the story here. Follow Beds, Herts and […]
BBC News When a wildfire broke out near his First Nation community in northern Ontario, Hubert Wigwas decided to stay put. He put sprinklers on his roof to extinguish falling embers. He checked on elders in his community who also stayed behind, and he fuelled up four boats down on the lake in case they […]
BBC News The first All Ireland Fleadh in Belfast ended in the early hours of Monday morning with organisers saying they were overwhelmed by the positive response they received from all communities. It is estimated that there were more than a million people in the city centre during the eight days of the fleadh. At […]
BBC News Many of Iraola’s attacking principles resemble those of one of his long-time managerial inspirations, the former Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa. The Argentine coached Iraola at Athletic Club between 2011 and 2013 and, speaking to Sky Sports in 2023, the Liverpool boss acknowledged this influence. “I use a lot of exercises from Marcelo […]
BBC News A lifelike doll with fake bruises and grazes, hair and a nose piercing has sparked a mistaken murder investigation by Australian police. On Sunday afternoon, two men reported finding a body in a suitcase on the side of a road near the small village of Oallen, about 230km (143 miles) south-west of Sydney. […]
BBC News A teenager who opened fire at his home and school in Thailand, killing eight people and himself, had taught himself how to use a gun via social media, police have said. The boy’s consumption of violent social media content, anxiety over his studies and family issues, and conflict with friends might have also […]
BBC News Another woman, Jo from Leeds, contacted BBC News following coverage of the Maidenhead attack. In July, she woke in her room to an unknown man standing at the end of her bed, and screamed for help. “It was just horrible, it was horrendous. Terrifying. I was shaking so badly,” she said. Her friend […]
