A busy Paignton seafront road will be closed for up to six weeks as engineers work to repair a huge hole under the ground. Torbay Council confirmed the void, discovered under Sands Road, is much larger than first thought. Engineers said the hole on the surface of the road is 1m (3ft) across, but is...
Derbyshire fast bowler Harry Moore has been ruled out for at least eight weeks with a back injury. The 17-year-old suffered the injury in a pre-season friendly math against the South Asian Cricket Academy in late March. Moore, a product of the club’s academy who became Derbyshire’s youngest debutant when he played against Worcestershire in...
Birmingham residents have been queuing up in their cars for miles in order to dispose of their rubbish. This comes as bin strikes enter a fifth week, as a major incident is declared by the city council. Reporting from a collection point in Billesbey, BBC Midland’s David Lumb described the stench as “thick in the...
The Post Office counter in Budleigh Salterton’s Co-Op has been closed for around 10 weeks, leaving residents without access to banking services. The company said due to “extensive building work” the branch needed to close temporarily and it expected the counter to reopen on 10 June. Emma Paver, the manager of the nearby DAAT charity...
Kasper Schmeichel will miss the next five to six weeks because of the injury he suffered on international duty, ruling him out of up to seven Celtic fixtures, manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed. The 38-year-old, who has 46 club appearances this term, sustained an apparent knock to his shoulder during Denmark’s Nations League quarter-final second-leg...
An 84-year-old man has died more than a month after being attacked by an XL bully dog. He suffered serious injuries when he was attacked while walking home in Warrington on 24 February, Cheshire Police said. The force said he died in hospital on Sunday and his relatives were being supported by specialist officers. Sean...
Several of Monday’s front pages cover the fallout from the resignation of the Duke of Sussex from Sentebale, the charity he co-founded in honour of his late mother. The organisation’s chair, Dr Sophie Chandauka, said Harry had “wrecked” a fundraising event by announcing he would bring a Netflix TV crew with him, the Mirror reports....
Former Newcastle captain Alan Shearer describes the Magpies’ victory parade as “the best feeling of his life” as the club celebrate their League Cup win with fans in the city. Read article in full at source...
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Frank Bruno says he “can’t wait to get back to work” after falling ill on a plane and being taken to hospital. The 63-year-old spent nearly two weeks in a hospital in Doha after becoming unwell, external on a flight that took off from Heathrow on 3 March. The boxer...
Wigan Warriors centre Adam Keighran will be out for between eight to 10 weeks having picked up a knee injury in their Challenge Cup loss to Hull FC. The 27-year-old pulled up early on during their cup defeat by Hull FC in the build-up to Wigan’s opening try. Despite this, Keighran completed the full 80...