The Irish Football Association (IFA) has confirmed that Northern Ireland’s home ground will be renamed the Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park after the agreement of an eight-year sponsorship deal. Clearer Twist is a product from County Antrim company Clearer Water, who also hold naming rights over the Irish Cup. The final of that...
Within moments of the briefing with the business secretary beginning, Jonathan Reynolds described it to us as a case study in the government’s claim to be going further and faster in doing what it can to improve living standards. Little wonder ministers want to lean into this deal with Delhi, grappling as they are with...
The home of Ukrainian Eurovision contestant Khrystyna Starykova has been destroyed by Russian shelling in the city of Myrnograd. The 19-year-old is currently in Switzerland rehearsing for her performance with the band Ziferblat, but posted photos of her damaged apartment block in the Sviltly neighbourhood. “Home. And I dreamed so much of returning home,” she...
“We argued that the role of white people – just like our role vis a vis the Vietnam War was to find ourselves in alliance with the Vietnamese, in alliance with the black struggle, for self-determination. Not just for an end to the war, but the right to determine their own future.”– Bill Ayers, Ex-Leader...
PA Media Thousands of away fans are due to travel to Plymouth Security is being increased at Home Park for Plymouth Argyle’s match against Leeds United on Saturday, police said. Leeds United, who have already confirmed promotion to the Premier League, have sold out the away end at Home Park as they try to secure...
MacIntyre is in his second full year on the PGA Tour and 12 months ago said he was struggling with life across the Atlantic. However, he won the Canadian Open last May with his father, Dougie, acting as caddie, to go with his Scottish title. The Oban golfer says life on the PGA Tour is...
George Sandeman and Giulia Imbert BBC News AFP Wikie, swimming with her calf in 2011, needs to be moved out of Marineland Antibes The French government has been urged to reconsider rehoming two stranded killer whales in Canada. Wikie, 23, and her 11-year-old son Keijo are currently held at Marineland Antibes, a marine zoo in...
BBC Kerry has grown her business over 30 years but fears she could now lose it “I never wanted to do anything else but be a hairdresser,” said Kerry Larcher, who opened her first salon when she was 21-years-old. Despite successfully growing her business in Hornchurch, in East London, over three decades, the 50-year-old says...
James Delaney BBC Scotland News Getty Images Football’s coming home – or maybe it was here all along. For centuries, those south of the border have laid claim to England being the founding place of the beautiful game. Now a football historian believes the origins of the world’s most popular sport could lie in Scotland....
McGlynn expects a tough encounter away to a Thistle side who are fighting to remain in the play-offs. “It’s a must win for both teams,” McGlynn explained. “Because of that, it’s going to be an entertaining game. I’m sure they’ll be a little bit apprehensive as well, having been fourth position in the league all...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Coachella Festival Lisa Manobal made her solo debut at the festival, after headlining with Blackpink in 2019 The best thing about Coachella is that it happens twice – so if you missed the first weekend, don’t worry! Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Charli XCX and everyone else will return to the Colorado...
Scientists have found new, but tentative, evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. Researchers studying planet K2-18b’s atmosphere have detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms. BBC News science correspondent Pallab Ghosh takes a look at the evidence. Read full article at source...
The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office has released new body cam footage from inside the home of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa. In the video, officers discover the bodies of the couple with their dog sitting in the bathroom near Arakawa’s body. In February, Arakawa died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and Hackman died...
Ben Mellor BBC News, Nottingham Monika Plaha/BBC Johnny Wharmsby said he had been left processing what happened in John Street, Worksop, over the weekend A man has been reliving the moment he entered a partially collapsed house and assisted at the scene following a fatal explosion at a house in Nottinghamshire. The blast, in John...
Firefighters have been battling a blaze at a detached home with solar panels on the roof. Devon and Somerset Fire Service said the whole roof was ablaze when they arrived at the two-storey detached building in Tavistock at about 05:10 BST on Monday, with parts of the first floor alight too. The service said all...