Aberdeen are close to finalising a deal to sign Australian forward Nicolas Milanovic from Western Sydney Wanderers. The 23-year-old has scored 12 goals in the A-League this season and set up a further six. Milanovic, who is primarily a right winger but can play along the front line, has a year left on his contract...
A former BBC journalist and a director of the Women’s Sports Group, Kogan helped negotiate a rights deal for the Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship last year. He was the Premier League’s media rights advisor from 1998 to 2015. He also has close links to the Labour party, having written two books about them,...
Rangers are close to appointing Everton’s director of football Kevin Thelwell as their new sporting director. The 51-year-old Englishman has already confirmed he is leaving the Premier League side this summer. And after Rangers chief executive Patrick Stewart announced a root and branch review of all club operations earlier this season, Thelwell has been identified...
A special election was held Tuesday to replace recalled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. The winner may not be known for days or weeks thanks to slow counting and ranked choice voting, but as of today the more moderate candidate Loren Taylor has a small lead over the woke progressive in the race, Barbara Lee. As...
Long-serving Exeter hooker Jack Yeandle is close to signing a new deal at the Premiership side. The 35-year-old is out of contract in the summer but Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter says he is nearing an agreement to extend Yeandle’s stay into a 14th season. The Exeter-born forward has played more than 300 games...
Sean Hunt, who is only playing for Sussex in the absence of the injured Ollie Robinson, is inspiring his side to what could their first victory in Division One of the County Championship since 2015. In the most memorable match of his career, Hunt followed a sprightly innings of 33 with a career-best 5-48. Then,...
Merlyn Thomas, Emma Pengelly & Matt Murphy BBC Verify Gaza medics killing video analysed by BBC Verify Israeli troops fired more than 100 times during an attack in which they killed 15 emergency workers in Gaza, with some shots from as close as 12m (39ft) away, a forensic audio analysis of mobile phone footage commissioned...
Raphinha slides in from a yard out to tap Barcelona in to a 1-0 lead over Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Estadi OlÃmpic LluÃs Companys. MATCH REPORT: Barcelona x-x Borussia Dortmund Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Kent’s South African paceman Keith Dudgeon took four wickets to all but shatter Northamptonshire’s hopes of chasing 260 on day two of their County Championship match at Wantage Road. On a day which encompassed parts of three innings and saw 20 wickets fall, Dudgeon claimed 4-32, including three in nine balls, as Northamptonshire stumbled to...
One of Exeter city centre’s two remaining post offices is about to close at the same time as the retailer providing the other is sold, raising the prospect that the city centre’s last Post Office counter may soon disappear. The Sidwell Street Post Office, operated by Morrisons, will close at the same time as the...
Anna Varle BBC South West health correspondent Anna Pinchuk Cardiologist Anna Pinchuk fled Kyiv with her daughter in March 2022 A cardiologist who fled Ukraine with her daughter three years ago is nearing the end of exams that would allow her to practise in the UK. Anna Pinchuk, 39, fled Kyiv with her daughter seven-year-old...
“He has proven himself to have good potential to be a world champion – even though Red Bull seems to be struggling a little now. “Performance-wise he (Horner) wants me to be as close to Max as possible. “In some races I can help with the strategy but he also promised me in some situations...
Novak Djokovic eased past Grigor Dimitrov to reach his first Miami Open final since 2016 and move within one win of his 100th career ATP title. Bulgaria’s Dimitrov broke Djokovic in the opening game, but the Serb, watched on by his coach Andy Murray, broke back. World number five Djokovic, 37, reeled off five straight...
Kevin Shoesmith/BBC Kelly Christmas and Sean Robinson fear the closure of the blast furnaces would have dire consequences for Scunthorpe British Steel is launching a consultation that could result in the closure of Scunthorpe’s two blast furnaces, putting up to 2,700 jobs out of a total of 3,500 at risk. BBC News sought reaction from...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporter Barry Esther/BBC Dartmoor National Park Authority is facing a 9% cut in funding from April Public toilets in Dartmeet will close at the end of March after Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) decided not to renew a lease. The authority wants landowners or the parish council to provide toilets on...