Watch highlights as Wales are beaten by Denmark in the Nations League despite a spirited performance from Rhian Wilkinson’s team in Cardiff. Signe Bruun gave Denmark an early lead before Ceri Holland – who was later taken off on a stretcher – levelled for the hosts. But after missed chances at both ends, substitute Amalie...
Family handout Susan was no more than puzzled when she saw the first results from her home DNA testing kit. Now a woman in her mid 70s, she had never known much about her grandfather, and paid for the private test to see if it threw up anything unusual. “I did notice there was a...
Defender Alex Greenwood, midfielder Georgia Stanway and forward Lauren Hemp are among those already missing through injury, but Wiegman was in a positive mood as she previewed Friday’s match. England began their Women’s Nations League campaign with a draw in Portugal before beating world champions Spain 1-0 at Wembley in February. Several Lionesses players have...
A man has been charged with 64 offences after a major investigation into a funeral directors in Hull in which police removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes. Humberside Police began its inquiry into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors after a report of “concern for care of the deceased” in March last year. Robert Bush,...
At least 73 million people were under threat of severe weather on Sunday as storms hit the central United States. The National Weather Service Prediction Center warned of enhanced risk of possible tornadoes, large hail and downpours of rain. In Michigan, more than 300,000 power outages were reported, while 100,000 were reported for Wisconsin and...
Andrew Rogers BBC Newsbeat RLCS Fans at last year’s RLCS competition in London Conventional wisdom tells us professional athletes perform best in front of a home crowd. Great Britain’s Olympic team won a record medal haul at London 2012 and England’s Lionesses won the Euros at Wembley in 2022, 56 years after the men’s national...
There’s still time to get tickets for this Saturday’s Super Draw and be in with a chance of winning a home robot bundle as part of the Exeter Community Lottery. Players have until Saturday 29 March to get their tickets for a chance to win. The prize is part of the Spring Super Draw. Alternatively,...
A fire which broke out at a property in Plymouth spread to the neighbouring house, the fire service has said. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said it received multiple calls reporting a ground floor house fire on Blandford Road around 15:49 GMT on Wednesday. Devon and Cornwall Police said a woman was helped...
Joshua Askew BBC News, South East TOLGA AKMEN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock “Quite a lot of anomalies” had been detected in the area, said the council Every resident affected by a sinkhole in Surrey is set to return home, a local authority has said. Lloyd Allen, Surrey County Council’s infrastructure team manager, said those impacted by the collapse in...
Reuters Three weeks ago, Palestinian film-maker Hamdan Ballal stood in front of the world’s cameras in Hollywood, picking up an Oscar for best documentary film. The cameras were watching him again on Tuesday, a hand to his bruised face, as he walked awkwardly away in bloodstained clothes after almost 24 hours in Israeli detention. The...
Oleg Gordievsky, the long-standing KGB double agent who defected to Britain, has died aged 86. Gordievsky was said to be Britain’s most valuable spy in living memory inside Russia’s intelligence agencies. Counter-terrorism police are assisting the coroner, but his death is not being treated as suspicious. He died peacefully at his home in Surrey, the...
A Devon lifeboat was put into action while returning home after having maintenance carried out. Exmouth RNLI said its volunteers were on board the R&J Welburn, which had been in Poole, Dorset, for a few months for scheduled repairs, when it received a call from HM Coastguard to assist in a search for a missing...
