Some academy footballers in England have been left unable to train because of dental problems, according to a new study which found three-quarters of participants are suffering with gum disease. The study from researchers at University College London (UCL) asked 160 academy players representing 10 English football clubs from the Premier League, Championship and Women’s...
Drivers considered to be high risk are the main focus of a new road safety campaign. Devon and Cornwall Police said the Fatal Five campaign aimed to highlight the biggest issues causing crashes on the region’s roads with a series of events taking place in April. It said the five most common causes of crashes...
The murder of a young Sicilian woman by a stalker in broad daylight has sent shockwaves across Italy, where 11 women have been killed since the start of the year. University student Sara Campanella, 22, was killed by an acquaintance on Monday afternoon in the Sicilian city of Messina. Witnesses told media that they saw...
Amber Sandhu & Rebecca Swash BBC Asian Network News BBC Studios/Disney/Bad Wolf/James Pardon Varada Sethu plays Doctor Who’s new companion When new Doctor Who companion Varada Sethu first told her family she wanted to be an actress, there wasn’t immediate support. “They had difficulty coming to terms with it initially,” she tells BBC Asian Network...
Funding to support the “hidden issue” of children in Devon who have had a parent sent to prison is set to continue. The Not My Sentence support programme was developed in Devon in 2022 with one-to-one support from trained youth workers for young people with a close family member in jail. Topics include understanding the...
The accounting model makes some sense as the long contracts and amortisation – spreading the cost of a transfer over an extended period – have enabled Chelsea to get players like Caicedo on comparatively ‘lower’ £180,000-a-week wages, despite him costing a British transfer record £115m when joining in 2023 from Brighton. Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk...