A 61-year-old man appeared in court on Monday to deny murdering a 54-year-old woman in Plymouth last year. Mark Fitzgerald, of Rendle Street, Plymouth, pleaded not guilty to murdering Lisa Paris between 7 and 18 March 2024. Mr Fitzgerald appeared in front of Plymouth Crown Court via a prison video link. Police said he will...
BBC A man has been charged with the murder of a woman stabbed after a gas explosion at her home in Stoke Newington, north-east London. Annabel Rook, 46 was found fatally injured just before 05:00 BST on 17 June. Clifton George, 44, of Dumont Road, was also charged with arson with intent to endanger life....
Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney ABC News/Declan Bowring Terry Harper is retiring after half a century in the building Since the Sydney Opera House opened over 50 years ago, countless musical stars, world leaders and awestruck patrons have visited its iconic halls. The outside forecourt has been blanketed by thousands of bare bodies in the...
Jasprit Bumrah takes his third wicket of the innings as Joe Root is caught at first slip by Karun Nair to leave England on 206-3 on day two of the first Test at Headingley. Read full article at source...
A British man has been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of spying and terror-related offences. The BBC understands he is thought to have carried out surveillance for Iran on the RAF Akrotiri base on the island. Local media say he is of Azerbaijani descent and has connections to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. He appeared in a...
Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent Getty Images Nato’s chief Mark Rutte (left) wants to give Donald Trump what he wants – higher defence spending by America’s allies Nato summits tend to be “pre-cooked”, not least to present a united front. Secretary General Mark Rutte has already settled on the menu for their meeting at The Hague:...
A man has pleaded not guilty to murdering his one-month-old son. Tony Bartlett, 38, is accused of killing Atticus Bartlett in Chard, Somerset, in July 2022. Mr Bartlett, from Axminster, Devon, appeared at Bristol Crown Court on Friday. Judge Julian Lambert fixed a trial date of June 11 next year, with a trial estimate of...
An 81-year-old man drove his car down the landmark Spanish Steps in Rome before getting stuck on the way down. One of Italy’s most recognisable monuments, the Spanish Steps have never been intended for vehicles to travel down. The driver tested negative for alcohol and told officers that he was on his way to work....
Eleanor Doyle & Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Louis Browne Stormzy says his first acting role was a challenge he was honoured to be part of Stormzy says playing a rapper in his first lead role made it hard to separate himself for the part. Big Mike stars as Tenzman in Big Man – the first...
Guardiola set out his stall for this competition by signing three players for more than £100m – and two of those, Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki, started on their debuts. Dutchman Reijnders described himself as “box-to-box” number eight when speaking in Florida before the game and there were early positive signs too of what he...
PA Media Belfast Crown Court heard how posts on Twitter left Emma Little-Pengelly so scared she considered moving from her home A Belfast man who sent threatening online messages to Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister and smashed the windows of a party colleague’s office has been jailed. Emma Little-Pengelly of the Democratic Unionist Party (...
A lollipop man said he had been told he could no longer high-five children while they are crossing the road because it slows down traffic. Neil Cotton, 57, has been working as a school crossing patrol officer in Howden, East Yorkshire for about two years. In a social media post, he said he could not...
A man is in hospital in Exeter with serious injuries after being stabbed in the leg. Police said they were trying to identify two men after the stabbing in the Newcourt area just after midnight on Tuesday. The suspects were described as wearing face coverings, dressed in dark clothing and were using electric scooters before...
Bali police have arrested two people over a shooting which killed one Australian and seriously injured another. Zivan Radmanovic, 32, was shot dead just after midnight on Saturday after two men broke into his villa in Munggu, in the south of the Indonesian tourist island. One of the suspects was arrested in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital,...
But Berrada knows where the major external focus will be, in particular on coach Ruben Amorim, who had such a tortuous introduction to life at United following his arrival from Sporting in November. Berrada joined United after working as chief football operations officer at City Football Group. And he can see similarities between Amorim and...