Former Rangers and Liverpool midfielder Willie Stevenson – who won top-flight titles in Scotland and England – has died at the age of 85. The Edinburgh-born left midfielder was part of Rangers’ championship-winning team in 1958-59 and won the Scottish Cup with the Ibrox club the following season. But the emergence of the legendary Jim...
Former Raith Rovers and Hibernian defender Shaun Dennis has died at the age of 55. Raith announced the loss of their ex-player “with great sadness” and said he “had passed away peacefully” on Friday morning. “All at Raith Rovers would like to send his wife Tracy and family our deepest condolences,” the club said. Dennis...
The founder of the Kwik Fit garage chain, Sir Tom Farmer, has died at the age of 84. The Edinburgh-born businessman died peacefully at his home in the city on Friday, his family said. He built the company into the world’s biggest independent tyre and automotive chain, selling it to Ford for £1bn in 1999....
James Foley, the film director behind two of the Fifty Shades of Grey films, has died aged 71. Foley also directed three Madonna music videos in the 1980s – Papa Don’t Preach, Live to Tell and True Blue. A spokesman for the director said he died “peacefully in his sleep earlier this week” at his...
Former Cambridge United, Northampton Town and Bury forward Tom Youngs has died at the age of 45. Youngs started his career with the U’s and made 180 appearances between 1997 and 2003. He won promotion to the third tier with Cambridge in 1998-99. After 30 appearances in an injury-hit three seasons with Northampton, Youngs had...
McParland began his career with Dundalk before he was signed by Villa in 1952, spending close to 10 years with the club. As well as the FA Cup win, McParland helped Villa to the Second Division title in 1959-60. The following year, he scored the extra-time winner which secured a 3-2 aggregate victory over Rotherham...
“The timing’s right. I made the decision, got to 100% about a month ago. I wasn’t sure how the last few weeks would go, how I’d find things, but it’s actually been a good spell really. I’ve enjoyed it.” The Swans host Oxford United in their final match of the Championship season, which will also...
One of the last survivors of the assault on the D-Day beaches in 1944 has died, his family has said. Aged 101 Cecil Newton, from Aldbourne, in Wiltshire, who served in the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday. Aged 20, after boarding a landing craft at Lepe Beach in the...
Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images Mike Peters fought cancer three times and was recognised for his advocacy and charity work Mike Peters, front man of Welsh rockers The Alarm and a long-standing cancer campaigner and fundraiser, has died aged 66. His band was formed in 1981 in Rhyl, Denbighshire, out of the punk era and had a...
Drag star Bianca Castro-Arabejo, who performed as Jiggly Caliente, has died aged 44, her family has said. The performer, who found fame on the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, had part of her leg amputated on Thursday after suffering a “severe infection”. Caliente had served as a judge on the show’s Philippines spin-off, and...
Angie Brown BBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter ‘I discovered I was far happier teaching ballet, it was what I really loved’ Sheena Gough is 89 years old but she can easily lift her leg on to a ballet barre to demonstrate elegant dance moves to her class. The ballet teacher, who trained in London...
Former Australia batter Keith Stackpole has died at the age of 84. The right-handed opener from Victoria played 43 Tests between 1966 and 1974, scoring 2,807 runs at an average of 37.42, including seven centuries. Stackpole also played in the first ever one-day international, picking up three wickets with his leg-spin against England at the...
Reuters Tsereteli was known for his larger-than-life sculptures, including this one of Russian President Vladimir Putin Georgian-Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli, known for his gigantic and often controversial monuments, has died aged 91. The Tbilisi-born sculptor, painter and architect divided opinion with a series of large-scale projects in Moscow, including a massive 98m (321ft) monument to...
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has said. “This morning at 07:35 local time (05:35 GMT) the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father,” Cardinal Kevin Farrell said in the statement, which was published by the...
Former cricket umpire Jeff Evans has died at the age of 70. The Welshman officiated in 258 first-class matches and more than 400 limited-overs matches, as well as five women’s internationals in a 22-year career at the top level of the domestic game. Born in Llanelli in 1954, he started his umpiring career in the...