Handout Harry Gilbertson was just 14 when he stabbed 12-year-old Ava White in a row over a Snapchat video A teenager who stabbed a12-year-old schoolgirl to death can be named for the first time as he turns 18. Harry Gilbertson was 14 when he attacked Ava White in Liverpool after a row over a Snapchat...
A woman found stabbed after a gas explosion at her home has been named as a charity worker who supported refugees. Annabel Rook, 46, was found fatally injured at a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north-east London, just before 5:00 BST on Tuesday. She worked for a charity that she co-founded called Mama Suze...
Two people who died in a skydive accident in Devon have been named by police. Belinda Taylor, 48, from Totnes, and Adam Harrison, 30, from Bournemouth, died in the accident at Dunkeswell Aerodrome at about 13:00 BST on Friday, Devon and Cornwall Police said. Read full article at source...
A new nationwide cricket tournament for state schools will launch in 2026 with the trophy awarded to the winning teams carrying the name of England cricketers Ben Stokes and Heather Knight. The Knight-Stokes Cup will be a T20 competition contested next summer via a series of knockout regional qualifiers with the finals to be staged...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West The Deaf Academy Peter Burroughs was appointed an MBE for services to education Fifteen people from across Devon have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025. Two people from Devon were appointed CBEs, four OBEs, seven were appointed MBEs and two appointed BEMs. Peter Burroughs, 80, from Yelverton,...
Caroline Robinson BBC News, South West BBC People in Devon and Cornwall outlined education, NHS and defence as their priorities People in Cornwall and Devon have told the BBC they are looking to see more funding for the NHS and education but are divided on the winter fuel payment U-turn. Chancellor Rachel Reeves was to...
TalkTV host David Bull has been named as Reform UK’s new chairman, replacing Zia Yusuf who quit last week after clashing with colleagues over calls for a burka ban. A long-time ally of party leader Nigel Farage, 56-year-old Bull has held several roles in Reform and its predecessor the Brexit Party, but is best known...
Ewan Gawne & Lynette Horsburgh BBC News, Manchester BBC Tributes have been paid on social media to 14-year-old Ibrahima Seck The father of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in north Manchester has left flowers on the street where he was attacked. The teenager, who has been named by family and friends as...
Getty Images Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in California The US Navy plans to remove the name of gay rights leader and Navy veteran Harvey Milk from one of its ships, and may change the titles of other vessels honouring civil rights leaders. The plans were outlined in...
Dundee have appointed former Falkirk and Coventry City manager Steven Pressley as the Scottish Premiership club’s new head coach. The 51-year-old former Scotland centre-half last week left Brentford, where he had spent four years as the Premier League club’s head of individual player development, saying it was time for a “new challenge”. Dundee say Pressley...
Lewis Adams BBC News, Buckinghamshire Sam Read BBC News, Buckinghamshire Thames Valley Police Ann Eyre died in the house fire in Bletchley, police confirmed A 15-year-old girl who died in a house fire with a 67-year-old woman has been named by police. Ann Eyre was in the property with the other woman, who has not...
Top-order batter Shubman Gill has been named the new Test captain of the India men’s team. The 25-year-old succeeds Rohit Sharma as captain, with the 38-year-old having retired from Test cricket earlier this month. Gill, who has scored 1,893 runs in 32 Tests, will lead a depleted India team in a five-Test tour of England...
Plymouth Argyle centre-back Maksym Talovierov has been named in the Ukraine squad for their forthcoming international matches. Ukraine take on Canada on 7 June before facing New Zealand three days later in end-of-season friendlies. Argyle’s 24-year-old record signing has won seven caps for his country since making his debut in March 2024. He has yet...
Roston Chase has been appointed West Indies Test captain even though he has not played a match in the format for more than two years. The 33-year-old all-rounder succeeds Kraigg Brathwaite, who stepped down from the role at the end of March after 39 matches in charge. Cricket West Indies (CWI) shortlisted five other players...
Pezzolano’s 15-year playing career as an attacking midfielder took him across Uruguay, Brazil, Spain and China. He began his managerial career in his home country with Montevideo City Torque where he won the Segunda Division title in 2017. In Brazil, he won promotion to Serie A with Cruzeiro before achieving the same feat in Spain,...