Ramsey was tasked with taking charge of Cardiff’s final three matches of the season following the departure of Riza fewer than 24 hours after the Bluebirds were beaten 2-0 by Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on 18 April. The Wales captain oversaw draws against Oxford United and West Bromwich Albion, although Cardiff slipped to the...
Bodycam footage captures Nerys Bethan Lloyd at the scene A former paddleboard firm owner has been jailed for 10 years and six months after the deaths of four people on a river in south-west Wales. Paul O’Dwyer, Andrea Powell, Morgan Rogers and Nicola Wheatley died after paddleboarding in “extremely hazardous conditions” on the Western Cleddau...
Woodland Trust The tree was chopped down on 3 April Toby Carvery’s chief executive has apologised after the company felled an ancient oak tree and admitted “we need to tighten our protocols” in a letter seen by the BBC. The pub chain’s owner cut down the 500-year-old oak despite a March 2024 planning document that...
Bournemouth owner Bill Foley is scheduled to fly to England this week, with the club intending to open formal talks with boss Andoni Iraola over a new contract. Sources close to the club have indicated that, barring a last-minute change, American businessman Foley will arrive in time to attend Saturday’s Premier League match against Crystal...
The parents and wife of one of the people who died when the roof of a nightclub collapsed in the Dominican Republic last week have become the first to press charges against the club’s owners. Police lieutenant Virgilio Rafael Cruz Aponte was one of the 231 people killed when the roof of the Jet Set...
Rebecca Wearn BBC News, West of England Family handout Wendy Jones, pictured with two of her grandchildren, died after a visit to Pontins Brean Sands The owner of Pontins holiday parks has been charged with corporate manslaughter after an air conditioning duct fell on guests at a resort. Eighteen people were injured at Pontins Brean...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West BBC Brothers Neil and Geoff joined the family business about 50 years ago The owner of a long-established ice cream company in Devon says the business is “not a job, it’s a way of life”. Hocking’s Dairy Cream Ices continues to serve ice cream to people across north Devon...
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The Solong cargo ship after it hit an oil tanker in the North Sea The owners of a container ship have filed a legal claim against the owners of a tanker that it struck in a crash in the North Sea. The Stena Immaculate, a US-registered tanker carrying aviation fuel, was anchored 16 miles...
BBC Matt’s daughter Lydia was attacked by an XL bully last year A year ago, seven-year-old Lydia was walking to post a letter with her dad when she was savagely attacked by an XL bully that had escaped from a neighbour’s garden. Matt says the day turned to horror in an instant, telling us he...
Sheffield Wednesday have failed to pay their players’ wages for March due to cashflow problems suffered by owner Dejphon Chansiri. The club said it was a “temporary issue” due to debts owed to the 56-year-old Thai businessman, whose family control the Thai Union Group, the world’s largest producer of canned tuna. Wednesday are 12th in...
PA People were given bottled water to help avoid using tap water A parasite outbreak in Devon contributed to a nearly £40m bill for South West Water owner Pennon, the company has said. The May 2024 outbreak left some people in hospital after cryptosporidium, which causes sickness and diarrhoea, contaminated the water supply in the...
The relationship between Hellier and the fans has been uneasy for some time. A number of supporters, including unofficial podcast Gloverscast, have been banned from Huish Park for comments made on social media. One fan, who was banned for two years by the club last week, published the letter he received from the club online....
Plymouth Argyle owner Simon Hallett says he has agreed in principle to sell a stake in the club to new investors. No details of who will be investing have been revealed, how much they will invest or what size of stake they will have. Hallett has been Argyle’s majority shareholder since 2018 and made it...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Sarah Thorp and Amanda Pugh set up the No Limits cafe in 2020 The woman who set up a cafe which helps people with additional needs get into work said she had been forced to close the venture due to rising costs. Sarah Thorp, founding director of No...
Huddersfield Giants owner Ken Davy’s proposed purchase of Halifax Panthers and FC Halifax Town’s The Shay home has been approved by Calderdale Council. Davy expressed an interest in the ground in order to move the Giants there temporarily from 2026 while a new stadium is built in Huddersfield. He previously said the stadium, which is...