Sly Stone, a funk-rock star who lead the group Sly and the Family Stone, has died aged 82, his family said. In a statement on Monday, they said that he died following a “prolonged battle” with COPD and other underlying health issues. “Sly was a monumental figure, a groundbreaking innovator, and a true pioneer who...
Police Scotland Cole Cooper was last seen alive in the Banknock area in early May The family of teenager Cole Cooper, who was missing for four weeks, have said their “worst fears have become reality” after the discovery of a body. Police notified the 19-year-old’s relatives after the body was found in a wooded area...
Angela Ferguson BBC News, Manchester BBC Sam Gardiner’s mother Jo says they have received “tens of thousands of messages” since his death The family of Race Across The World contestant Sam Gardiner have said they are “overwhelmed” by the love and support they have received following his death. Mr Gardiner, 24, who took part in...
June 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the Florida-based Glazer family taking full control of the Premier League club. It was a deeply controversial takeover from the beginning because of the financial implications for United. On 22 June 2005, the Glazer family paid £790m to buy out the club’s exiting shareholders and to remove the...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter PA Media Dr Clare Bailey Mosley said the family had “taken real comfort in knowing just how many lives Michael touched” The family of late TV doctor Michael Mosley have described the past year as “the hardest of our lives” in a message on the first anniversary of his death. Mosley...
They will be brothers in arms at Oakmont – but there is also a serious rivalry as well. The two Weavers have played together for the Suffolk county team and Max made a notable mark of his own by winning the 2023 Welsh Amateur Championship in Newport. “We always said that if one of us...
Boulder Police Department Mr Soliman allegedly told police that he wanted to kill all Zionists and targeted the group Immigration authorities have arrested the wife and children of the man suspected of carrying out Sunday’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Tuesday. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, has been charged...
Consequences. How do they work again? Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave everyone a preview late yesterday: In light of yesterday’s horrific attack, all terrorists, their family members, and terrorist sympathizers here on a visa should know that under the Trump Administration we will find you, revoke your visa, and deport you. — Secretary Marco...
Family Handout Aziz Ziriat “lived every moment with optimism, good humour and humility”, his family said The family of a London hiker who died on an Italian mountain range have said they are “heartbroken” after his body was discovered on Saturday. Aziz Ziriat, 36, went missing while hiking in the Dolomites with his friend Sam...
Azeezat Olaoluwa BBC News, Mokwa Town Gift Ufuoma Mr Yusuf lost his wife and newborn baby in the floods which swept through his town Adamu Yusuf’s life has been upended since he lost nine of his family members in Tiffin Maza, one of two communities in his town worst-hit by floods in north-central Nigeria. The...
Andrea Díaz Cardona BBC News Mundo Submitted photo Aracely with her two daughters waited at a migrant shelter in Buffalo, New York while their case was being reviewed by a Canadian court The Rainbow Bridge, which crosses the Niagara River between the United States and Canada, has for decades been a symbol of peace connecting...
Image Credit: WXIA A 30-year-old Black woman in Georgia has been kept on life support for three months against her family’s wishes because of the state’s “fetal heartbeat” anti-abortion law. Adriana Smith was declared legally dead in February after a medical emergency caused her brain function to cease. Smith, a nurse, had been initially turned...
Before the break of dawn on May 3, the families of incarcerated individuals begin gathering around the processing trailer at the bottom of the concrete steps leading up to New York’s Elmira Correctional Facility. After being denied the opportunity to visit for over a month due to a wildcat strike by New York State Correctional...
Glenn Murray speaks to three members of the four generations of the Hinshelwood family – the most recent of whom, Jack, is making waves at Brighton. Jack scored an 85th-minute winner against Liverpool on Monday, with his 17-year-old cousin Harry Howell making his debut for the Seagulls. Jack’s father Adam is managing York City in...
Gabon’s former President, Ali Bongo, who was deposed in a 2023 coup, has left the country and is now in Angola, the authorities there have announced. The Angolan presidency added in a statement posted on social media that Bongo’s family had been released from detention and were with him in Luanda. Bongo’s wife and son,...