Getty Images A total beamer – a fan deals with Scotland’s elimination from a football tournament The Oxford English Dictionary is hoaching with new Scottish words – with beamer, bummer and tattie scone among 13 new entries. There is also a listing for Scotland’s shoogly subway trains – not the kind of place where passengers...
Ned Davies, Joshua Cheetham & Matt Murphy BBC Verify BBC A Russian warship disguised itself using a fake ID signal while travelling through the English Channel with two sanctioned oil tankers, a BBC Verify investigation has found. The Boikiy – a corvette armed with guided missiles – broadcast the fake ID code as it passed...
Lindsey Walke raises nearly £3000 for Alzheimer’s Society by crossing the channel on Saturday. Read full article at source...
It is a dream scenario. “One hundred percent,” Tyler told BBC Sport in an interview that you can listen to in full on 5 Live’s US Open preview programme on Wednesday from 21:00 BST. “Playing a major has always been a dream of mine, so to be here, it’s a little bit surreal. But I’m...
Getty Images Welsh rarebit is a popular Welsh dish that consists of toasted bread covered in a seasoned cheese sauce It’s a beloved national dish of Wales and is found on restaurant menus across the country, but did Welsh rarebit actually start life as a joke played by the English? Toasted bread smothered in a...
A long-distance swimmer is on the brink of attempting to achieve a lifelong dream by swimming the English Channel. On Monday morning Lindsey Walke, 49, from Plymouth, said she was waiting for the call from her boat pilot to begin the challenge, a feat that could take up to 13 hours. Ms Walke, a lifelong...
Business leaders believe this year’s English Riviera Airshow has brought in millions of pounds of trade to the area. The third and final day of the event took place on Sunday, with aircraft including the Red Arrows and RAF Typhoon Display Team taking to the skies above Paignton Green. Thousands of people have attended the...
More than 1,100 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel on Saturday, the highest number recorded on a single day so far in 2025. The latest Home Office figures showed 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats. It brings the annual total so far to 14,811, up 42% on this time last year...
Cameron Weldon & George Thorpe BBC News, Devon BBC The Red Arrows are set to feature during this year’s English Riviera Airshow Pilots hope they can inspire future generations to take to the skies as they soar above the crowds of the English Riviera Airshow. The 2025 edition of the event which takes over the...
Exeter Philharmonic Choir performs works by English composers. Read full article at source...
Alex Osborne BBC News, South West Paul Box The three-day event takes place in Paignton between 30 May to 1 June and is expected to attract thousands of enthusiasts Tens of thousands of visitors are expected in Torbay at the weekend as the English Riviera Airshow returns. The three-day event, on the seafront at Paignton...
Rangers are lining up a £4m move for Troyes midfielder Metinho, with the 22-year-old, currently on loan at Basel, top of the list of targets for their incoming American owners. (Scottish Sun), external St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson is on the shortlist of candidates for vacancies at Queens Park Rangers and Huddersfield Town. (Scottish Sun),...
Paul Seddon Political reporter Getty Images Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has made big gains in English local elections, cementing it as a prime challenger to Britain’s traditional main parties. It has won over 660 of around 1,600 council seats contested on Thursday, which were last fought in 2021. Reform has seized control of eight authorities...
Arsenal fan group Ashburton Army raised more than £12,000 and offered to pay for their own personalised tifo with many different designs suggested to the club. On 24 April, they posted an update saying: “As the tifo has been rejected by the club, we will refund people for it.” BBC Sport has been told that...
Today in England is traditionally celebrated as St. George’s Day. I say ‘traditionally,’ because the Church of England has seen fit to move the feast day back to the 28th of April so as not to interfere with any of the Easter week celebrations. …According to church rules, no saint’s day can be observed during Holy...