BBC News US singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to affray after a confrontation at a London nightclub in 2023. The 37-year-old star entered his plea at Southwark Crown Court in a hearing that took less than five minutes. His co-defendant, 40-year-old Omololu Akinlolu, a rapper who performs under the name Hoody Baby, also pleaded […]
BBC News Paralympic medallist Daphne Schrager insists she has “never cheated” after being given a two-year ban following an “unintentional” positive test for a banned substance. Schrager, who won a silver medal at Paris 2024, tested positive for the banned substance Ligandrol, which selectively builds muscle and bone mass. However, the ban has been backdated […]
BBC News A car containing an “extremely significant” bomb has been intercepted in the Republic of Ireland as it was being driven across the border for an attack in Northern Ireland, police have said. The vehicle was stopped during an operation targeting dissident republican activities on Wednesday. Two people were subsequently arrested. Garda Commissioner Justin […]
BBC News Tariffs have never been far from the headlines during President Trump’s second term in office and another raft of these import taxes has just come into force. So are US households really paying 1.5% more because of them? The BBC’s Samira Hussain explains how tariffs are affecting the US economy, who pays the […]
BBC News Jurgen Klopp started his reign as Germany’s head coach by threatening to quit if the media invades his family’s privacy. The former Liverpool manager was appointed on a four-year deal on Friday to replace Julian Nagelsmann, who resigned this month after Germany’s shock World Cup defeat by Paraguay in the last 32. But […]
BBC News Chadwick Boseman’s brothers are taking the late US actor’s widow to court over her handling of his multimillion-dollar estate. Derrick Boseman and Kevin Boseman have filed a petition with a Los Angeles court to force the Black Panther star’s widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, to distribute money to family members, and to have her […]
BBC News Many people have experienced diarrhoea. So when it hit Nick Palmiter at the beginning of July, he didn’t think much of it. “I’ll be alright,” he said to himself. But symptoms persisted. And as days turned into weeks, the stomach cramps unbearable. “I was absolutely in pain,” Palmiter said. “And it was just […]
BBC News Dillon said she believed the story was a direct fictionalisation of a sexual encounter in the 1950s which led to Turing’s arrest. Turing was convicted of gross indecency in 1952 and forced by authorities to take hormones. He took his own life in June 1954. Turing was pardoned in 2013 and four years […]
BBC News A lawyer for the families of the children murdered by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana says his transfer from prison to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital is an attempt by him to “manipulate the system”. Rudakubana, 19, was given a life sentence for the murder of three children – Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, Bebe King, […]
