Nathan Bevan BBC News, South East Phil Harrison BBC News, Hollingbourne UKNIP An explosive ordnance disposal team has also been at the scene A man was left seriously injured when he was shot by police in Kent. The incident happened on Monday after officers were called to an address in Hollingbourne, near The Park Gate...
Paul Hudson BBC Yorkshire climate and environment correspondent Steve Jones BBC News, Yorkshire BBC Reservoir levels across Yorkshire are at a record low, according to Yorkshire Water A hosepipe ban affecting more than five million people will come into effect from Friday – the first to be declared in the UK this year. Yorkshire Water...
Liverpool players have started to return to the club for pre-season training following the death of team-mate Diogo Jota. The first set of players were scheduled to come back from their summer break last Friday but that was postponed after Jota, 28, and his 25-year-old brother Andre Silva died in a car accident. Jota was...
Tom Espiner BBC business reporter Reporting fromThe Oval, London Getty Images People affected by the Horizon scandal gathered outside the Oval in London on Tuesday where the report was announced The first report on the findings from an inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal has been published. It reveals for the first time...
In the minutes before the Lions ran out to play the Queensland Reds in Brisbane, Maro Itoje gathered his players together in the dressing room and appealed to their inner grunt. The captain made a point about wanting to play hard and direct rugby. “Get us through the front door,” he demanded of his team....
Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Lorde debuted her new album Virgin with a surprise set at Glastonbury the day it was released With her new album going straight to number one in the UK, it’s difficult to imagine that just two years ago Lorde was thinking about never making music again. “At the beginning...
Of course, England can still qualify for the quarter-finals. Absolutely. But they can’t afford to not have learned from the France game. They face the Netherlands next and that will be an equally challenging game, but can we take advantage of our qualities more often? We need to frustrate Vivianne Miedema so she’s further away...
Getty Images Norman Tebbit, who has died at the age of 94, was at the heart of Margaret Thatcher’s political revolution. He was a man whose philosophy of self-reliance formed the core of his political beliefs. An able and conscientious politician, his plain speaking on immigration and Europe endeared him to the Tory faithful, and...
Donald Trump has said the US will send more weapons to Ukraine after an announcement last week that Washington would halt some shipments of critical arms to Kyiv. During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said he was “not happy” with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and that Ukraine was “getting hit very hard”....
When Wiegman named Agyemang in the squad, she said the Arsenal forward could “bring something different” and she hoped she could show it in Switzerland. She impressed on loan at Brighton this season and Agyemang has been on Wiegman’s radar for a few years, having progressed through England’s youth teams. Agyemang appears calm in front...
Getty Images Norman Tebbit, who served as a cabinet minister in Margaret Thatcher’s government, has died aged 94. Throughout the 1980s he worked as the chairman of the Conservative Party and led departments including trade and industry and employment. A loyal ally of Thatcher, Lord Tebbit backed her agenda, bringing in laws designed to curb...
Getty Images Some children are living in “Dickensian” levels of poverty, England’s children’s commissioner has said. Dame Rachel de Souza said children have described living in homes with rats, seeing bacon as a luxury food and not having a place to wash. She insisted the government should scrap the two-child benefit cap, which prevents most...
Newcastle United have agreed a £55m fee with Nottingham Forest for Sweden winger Anthony Elanga. Newcastle are seeking to strengthen their attacking options as they prepare for their return to the Champions League following a fifth-placed Premier League finish last season. The 23-year-old scored six goals and produced 11 assists for Nuno Espirito Santo’s side...
Why was Oscar Piastri penalised at Silverstone when George Russell wasn’t for his actions behind the safety car in Canada? Is the difference that one was in the wet and therefore visibility limited? – Nick This is a question Piastri was clearly asking himself after the British Grand Prix, even if he did not say...
Part of the M60 is shut in both directions for a second day after an eight-vehicle crash, National Highways has said. The road remains closed after the pile up involving three lorries, two cars and a van at about 11:30 BST on Monday between junction 25 for the Bredbury Interchange and junction 1 for the...