Jude Winter BBC News, Derby Science Photo Library The collection included Alan Turing’s PhD dissertation from the 1930s Papers written by World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing have sold for a “record-breaking” price of £465,400 after they were found in a loft and almost shredded. The 1930s collection, which included a copy of Turing’s PhD...
Family Photo Holly Martin, 19, was treated by fire co-responders after a horse riding accident in April 2021 A man from Cornwall who believes his daughter’s life was saved by fire co-responders is urging an ambulance trust to rethink its decision to replace them with volunteers. Adam Martin’s daughter, Holly, 19, suffered a severe traumatic...
This marks the first trophy of Portugal manager Roberto Martinez’s international career, after failing to win anything with Belgium’s so-called golden generation. The 2013 FA Cup with Wigan was his last piece of silverware – so could the Nations League save his job? Balague said: “The rumour [that he will be sacked] has come from...
Three people have been rescued by firefighters in south Devon after a vehicle left the road, fell down a cliff and ended up teetering on the banks of a river. Devon and Somerset Fire Service said they were called at about 22:30 BST on Friday to a report of a crash in the Poundsgate area...
Emergency services have described how they worked together in a “complex life-saving operation” where a man suffered suspected spinal injuries while wing foiling. The RNLI said two lifeguards responded to the emergency at Bantham beach just before 11:00 BST on Sunday after spotting a man waving for help in windy conditions more than 200m (656ft)...
Emily Bell BBC News, Jersey Danny Parkinson BBC News, Channel Islands BBC Adam Dalton was born with underdeveloped arms and no hands A Jersey teenager born with a congenital limb deficiency (CLD) said learning to play golf had been “life-saving” for him. Adam Dalton, who lives by the motto “no hands, no limits”, has underdeveloped...
Fi Lamdin & Emma Petrie BBC News Caters Photographic Luke Melling, right, meets Alastair Hawken three years after a life-saving stem cell donation A man with a rare form of blood cancer has travelled 10,000 miles to meet the stranger who saved his life. Luke Melling, 31, from Melbourne, Australia, says he was “staring death...
Royal Navy The three-week-old kittens had not yet been weaned Five kittens heard crying for help under a shipping container in Bahrain have been saved by Royal Navy sailors. Personnel serving at the UK Naval Support Facility, which supports the Portsmouth-based HMS Lancaster, found the three-week-old kittens, which had not been weaned, after their mother...
Antonio, who previously explained he has no memory of the accident, crashed and was trapped in his car. He was freed by crew from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service who left him in the care of ambulance staff. West Ham, in an initial announcement about the crash, said their “thoughts and prayers” were with...
To make the stadium pay, Elvin could not rely solely on annual events like the FA Cup final. So he added regular sports such as greyhound racing and motorcycle speedway, which could be held several times a week. These became Wembley’s bread-and-butter, with Elvin describing in a BBC programme how even after the cup final...
A boy with an ultra-rare immune disease which can carry a “death sentence” is starting to live a normal life after taking part in a groundbreaking gene therapy trial. Eisa, from Reading, now enjoys playing football and can attend school – something his family never dreamed possible before the treatment. The four-year-old was born with...
Lisa Young BBC News, South West BBC In an emotional reunion Gavin Bowden thanked Oscar for being “a guardian angel” A man who was seriously injured while paddleboarding has met the 14-year-old boy who saved his life. Oscar paddled to help Gavin Bowden, 60, after he was hit on the head by his board in...
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Lisa Young BBC News, South West Neil Phillips Oscar, 14, said he had tried to keep the injured man calm until help came A 14-year-old boy who rescued a seriously injured paddleboarder in a rough sea has been praised for saving the man’s life with a “textbook rescue”. Oscar paddled to the aid of a...
Tiffanie Turnbull Reporting fromStreaky Bay, South Australia BBC From an office perched on the scalloped edge of the continent, Victoria Bradley jokes that she has the most beautiful doctor’s practice in Australia. Outside her window, farmland rolls into rocky coastline, hemming a glasslike bay striped with turquoise and populated by showboating dolphins. Home to about...