Ana Faguy BBC News Reporting fromClarksdale, Mississippi Reuters/ Kevin Wurm When Edna Nicole Luckett sings the Blues on the stage at Red’s, her voice, deep and soulful, echoes against the walls. The juke joint in Clarksdale, Mississippi is one of the last of its kind in the region, a landmark for a bygone era of...
New Huddersfield Town manager Lee Grant has said his lack of experience will not be a barrier to being successful. The 42-year-old former Sheffield Wednesday, Burnley and Derby County goalkeeper was appointed as the League One side’s boss on a three-year deal on Wednesday. This is his first role in management after spending the past...
Grant takes over a Huddersfield side who finished 10th in League One this season after losing their final six matches under caretaker Jon Worthington. The academy coach was placed in charge of the team after Michael Duff was sacked at the start of March after 10 months. Grant is the club’s seventh different managerial appointment...
Mike Wendling Reporting fromDresden, New York BBC Listen to Mike read this article For the last five years, a loud hum has been a continual backdrop to birdsong and the occasional barking dog in the village of Dresden, New York state. Coming from the nearby Greenidge Generation power plant, which had been mothballed for years...
Giulia Granchi and Vitor Tavares BBC Brasil reporters sent to Serrinha dos Pintos Mariana Castiñeiras/Caroline Souza Affected families in Serrinha dos Pintos lived without a diagnosis until geneticist Silvana Santos arrived Before Silvana Santos arrived in the little town of Serrinha dos Pintos more than 20 years ago, residents had no idea why so many...
The Shots fans that made the trip to Wembley travelled in great numbers, and with over 18,000 tickets sold they packed out their allocated quarter of the ground. Before the match their supporters were bouncing as the players made their way to the pitch, a sea of red and blue throwing balloons and streamers into...
Despite going into the interval a goal down, Whitstable took only seven minutes to find a second-half equaliser. Smith picked up the ball just outside the area in a central position and hit a shot which Hill failed to deal with. Aaron Watson had a great chance to retake the lead for Whyteleafe moments later,...
Emily Johnson BBC News, Yorkshire Reporting fromScarborough BBC/ Emily Johnson Driving instructor Nigel Brown wants fuel prices in Scarborough to be brought in line with those in Whitby and Bridlington Fuel prices can be affected by a variety of factors from global conflicts to the cost of a barrel of crude oil, but in parts...
Appleton had been out of work since being sacked as Charlton boss in January 2024 following a run of 10 league matches without a win. Despite being unable to halt their slide to League Two, the club have decided to stick with Appleton – who is known for his ability to work with young players...
Devon and Cornwall Police (L-R) Mark Baker, Matthew Heyward, Timothy Patterson and Richard King were jailed Six people have been sentenced for their roles in a £1.7m construction scam in which staff hired by an energy firm accepted bribes in the form of cash, dodgy references and gifts including a Range Rover and an air...
Three years ago, Bristol Rovers fans were celebrating one of the most remarkable days in the club’s history as they beat Scunthorpe 7-0 and, against the odds, won automatic promotion to League One. Nothing has come close to those highs since. Kuwaiti businessman Hussain AlSaeed took majority control in August 2023, before becoming sole owner...
Mr Daniel was hit by Akins, who was driving his seven-year-old daughter to a piano lesson. Akins had pulled out into the path of Mr Daniel, who had been cycling home from work. In a victim impact statement, Mr Daniel’s wife, Savanna, said his death had been “like hell and a nightmare I’m not waking...
“They just look at you like you’re nothing,” said a housekeeper from the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Buffalo, New York. Sitting with me for a conversation in her East Side apartment, the housekeeper, who requested not to be named due to fear of retaliation, spoke of slashed hours and stagnant pay, arduous and unfair...
X Smoke was seen coming from inside Luton’s ground Crews have been tackling a fire in a laundry room at Luton Town Football Club. Pictures shared on social media appeared to show firefighters faced with black smoke billowing from inside the Kenilworth Road stadium. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was called at 20:08...
Akisa Wandera BBC News, Renk Hassan Lali / BBC When the devastating war in Sudan reached Sarah Williams’ neighbourhood in the capital Khartoum, she and her children were caught in the crossfire. Bullets tore through their home, fires engulfed buildings, and electricity lines sparked explosions. “We were crawling on the ground,” she recalls, holding her...