Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp added on social media: “Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who are injured and affected.” Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said at a news conference on Monday: “Liverpool stands together and the whole country stands with them”. Ex-Liverpool manager and player Kenny Dalglish said he was “shocked, horrified...
Teenage Lisburn Rangers goalkeeper Kate Smith has been called into the Northern Ireland squad for the forthcoming Women’s Nations League matches against Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina. It is a first senior international call-up for Smith, 18, who replaces Crusaders stopper Maddy Harvey-Clifford, who has withdrawn through injury. Northern Ireland will host unbeaten group leaders Poland at...
Several people have suffered life-threatening injuries in a knife attack at the main railway station in the German city of Hamburg, police have said. The city’s fire department said 12 people were injured in the attack, but police later said there were no reliable figures for the number of victims. Hamburg Police said officers arrested...
Part of the A38 in Plymouth had to be shut down after a deer was injured, police have said. Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police were called to reports of an injured deer on the central reservation of the A38 at Eggbuckland at 11:50 BST. An armed unit attended the scene to put the animal...
A person has been seriously injured in a crash on a road in Plymouth, police have said. Officers were called to Kings Road, in Devonport, at 10:50 BST on Tuesday after they received reports of a collision between a car and a motorbike. The road has been closed at Stonehouse Bridge and Paradise Road. Devon...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a “violent” fight at a Cornish pub. Officers said “several” people were injured in the fight which broke out at the Four Lords pub in St Blazey Gate, Par, on Friday at about 22:30 BST. The fight, involving two groups of people, started in the toilets of the pub...
Thirteen people were injured when a car crashed into a crowd of fans outside the derby match between Espanyol and Barcelona on Thursday. The match, in which Barcelona won the La Liga title thanks to a 2-0 victory, was delayed for several minutes in the early stages while the referee was briefed by police. Police...
Fergal Keane Special correspondent Watch: BBC joins Gazans airlifted abroad for treatment after 19 months of war We were flying through the warm light of the setting sun. There were villages and small towns where the lights were coming on. It was a peaceful landscape where people walked and drove without constantly looking to the...
Fergal Keane Special correspondent BBC cameraman captures Israeli strike on Gaza hospital The war’s horrors multiply. The dead, the pieces of the dead. The dying. The starving. More and more of them now – all the weight of human suffering witnessed by my brave colleagues in Gaza. The urge to avert our gaze can be...
Twenty-five fans were hospitalised, including one with life-threatening injuries, after a pitch invasion at Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion on Saturday. Thousands rushed the field at the full-time whistle as Hamburg secured promotion to the Bundesliga with a 6-1 victory over Ulm, but celebrations were cut short for many who were hurt during the pitch invasion. According to...
The family of Tom Tunstall says he remains in a stable condition in hospital after suffering a broken neck in a crash at Monday’s British Supersport Championship race which killed two fellow riders. Father-of-two Shane Richardson from New Zealand and 21-year-old British rider Owen Jenner died from the injuries they sustained in the 11-bike crash...
A 12-year-old boy is being treated for serious injuries after a crash in a parking area at Horrabridge in Devon. Officers were called at about 17:10 BST on Wednesday to reports a white Ford C Max had collided with a cyclist at New Park, Horrabridge. The cyclist, a 12-year-old boy from the Horrabridge area, suffered...
A teenage cyclist has suffered serious injuries in a collision with a white Ford Transit van in Plymouth. The crash happened at about 17:50 BST on Wednesday at Kings Road in Devonport. The boy, aged 15, was taken to Derriford Hospital by ambulance before being transferred to Bristol Children’s Hospital. Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing...
Uncapped Somerset batter James Rew has replaced the injured Jordan Cox in the England squad for their one-off Test against Zimbabwe later this month. The 21-year-old has been in fine form in the County Championship so far this season, averaging 54.21 with a top score of 152. He was part of the England Under-19 squad...
At least nine people have died and 70 have been hospitalised after strong winds caused four tourist boats to capsize in southwestern China. Sudden strong winds caused the boats to capsize in a river in Qianxi city in Guizhou on Sunday, leading 84 people to fall into the water, according to state media reports. More...