Jockey Patrick Mullins won the Grand National on Nick Rockett at Aintree as his trainer father Willie Mullins took the first three places in the race. The 33-1 chance denied last year’s winner I Am Maximus, who finished second, with Grangeclare West in third. Iroko was fourth, ahead of Meetingofthewaters. It was an emotional victory...
A game that lacked any real flow ended 1-1 – Leandro Trossard opening the scoring for Arsenal before Everton hit back via Ndiaye’s coolly taken penalty immediately after the break. But there were question marks as to whether a foul should have been given when Lewis-Skelly and Harrison came together in the box. The Premier...
Michelle Roberts and Grace Dean BBC News Getty Images Treatments to remove wrinkles and tone arms, thighs and stomachs are driving a rise in cosmetic surgery, the latest figures from UK private clinics suggest. There were 27,462 procedures performed in 2024 – a 5% rise on 2023 – of which more than nine in ten...
Handout Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife Barbie, 75, have been in prison since the start of February The son of a British couple who were detained by the Taliban nine weeks ago is calling on the US to help secure their release from an Afghan prison. Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife Barbie, 75, were arrested...
Lincolnshire Police say the cause of the blaze is under investigation. Read full article at source...
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer watched in his flat. Chancellor Rachel Reeves saw it in her study. The Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, accompanied by staff and pizza, took in President Donald Trump’s big tariffs reveal on Wednesday from his office in Old Admiralty Arch, from where the...
A teenage boy has died after getting into difficulty while swimming in a lake in south-east London. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that the 15-year-old’s body was recovered from the lake in Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham at about 22:40 BST on Friday. The police had been called at about 15:00 to reports of the boy...
A 24-year-old bull rider has died after sustaining injuries while competing in a rodeo event in Texas, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association said. Dylan Grant was injured after being bucked off by a bull in the arena during the second round of the Wharton County Youth Fair Xtreme Bulls event on Thursday evening local time....
Was the lap that put Max Verstappen on pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix the best of his career? The Red Bull driver himself certainly thought it was up there. “It’s difficult,” Verstappen said. “I mean, I’ve had some really nice ones also in other places. But I think if you look at how...
Mobile phone footage has emerged that appears to contradict Israel’s account of why soldiers opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a fire truck, killing 15 rescue workers. The video published by the New York Times, and said to have been filmed by a Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedic who was killed, shows...
Sir Elton John has said he can’t see his sons playing rugby after an infection last summer left him struggling with his eyesight. “I can’t see TV, I can’t read. I can’t see my boys playing rugby and soccer,” the 78-year-old superstar told The Times. “It has been a very stressful time because I’m use...
Watch Leigh Leopards’ Fanitesi Niu score a brilliant try in a win against Wakefield Trinity in the Challenge Cup. Read full article at source...
Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire Livia Tossici-Bolt was found guilty of two charges of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order on two days in March 2023 A woman convicted of breaching an abortion clinic protection zone has said she will continue her “fight for free speech”. Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered...
Scunthopre Litter Pickers The waste was cleared from the Everest Playing Fields in Ashby A group of volunteer litter pickers have cleaned a playground of 156 bags of discarded dog poo in one day. The waste was found on the Everest Playing Fields in Ashby near Scunthorpe. One of the refuse collectors, Jayne Eaton, described...
Katie McEvinney BBC Disclosure Gavin Hopkins Megan Ross has been in recovery for seven months When Megan Ross was 14 years old, she opened some letters her dad had sent her from prison. In them, Davie Clark explained why he had been absent throughout Megan’s childhood. He said he was addicted to drugs and did...