57 minutes ago Murder arrest after man dies and another critically injured in Birmingham shooting

One man, in his 20s, was found in a car but was pronounced dead at the scene, West Midlands Police said.

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65 minutes ago Leisure chief says "prompt" delivery of Perth's new PH2O centre and its sports hall is "critical"

Following the closure of Bell's Sports Centre, Live Active Leisure chief executive Paul Cromwell told councillors "there is very limited scope for growth within the existing estate"

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71 minutes ago ‘Disaster is about caring. I’m not selfish any more’ – This is climate breakdown

We are used to seasonal droughts in the Karoo. But this did not stop. This is Sybil’s storyLocation Sutherland, South AfricaDisaster Southern Africa drought, 2015-2023Isabella Visagie, known to everyone in her life as Sybil, is a 57-year-old sheep farmer, wife and mother from the Karoo, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. In 2015 a drought began that would bring the community in which she lived to its knees. The province has been locked in a drought since then. The climate crisis intensified flash droughts across southern Africa in 2015-16, increased the probability of the 2015-17 drought in the south-west of neighbouring Western Cape, and is increasing temperatures in the Northern Cape, as well as decreasing rainfall in parts of that province. Continue reading...

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71 minutes ago Wales v South Africa referee Karl Dickson stunned Jac Morgan as pundits were left outraged

The Englishman is the man in the middle as Warren Gatland's side host the Springboks in Cardiff

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78 minutes ago England have few ‘points to be proven’ despite poor World Cup, says Heather Knight

Heather Knight’s side play South Africa next.

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82 minutes ago Radford family dad slams Dubai restaurant over Sunday roast as ‘Toby Carvery way better’

The dad-of-22 was not impressed with his Sunday dinner during an anniversary trip which he said was fatty and 'the worst ever' - remarking that a much cheaper Toby Carvery was heaps tastier

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94 minutes ago Manchester Christmas markets OPEN on Saturday as Storm Bert brings snow and rain

Council bosses said extra staff have been drafted in amid high winds and driving rain

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2 hours ago Truth about Manchester Airport brawl: four months after THAT shocking CCTV footage, PAUL BRACCHI reveals critics are furious at 'two

Fahir Amaaz is a name that will mean little to most people. But almost everyone will remember the picture of him at Manchester Airport with an officer's boot on his head.

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2 hours ago Tyson Fury comes out fighting as Gypsy King responds to corner criticism ahead of Oleksandr Usyk rematch

The 36-year-old came under fire for the number of voices in his corner during the defeat to Usyk in Saudi Arabia back in May

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3 hours ago ‘The rising smoke and setting sun made a magical backdrop’: Jurica Galić’s best phone shot

On assignment in South Sudan, the Croatian photographer used a natural framing device for this award-winning imageBefore he arrived for his three-day stay, Jurica Galić knew that the South Sudanese Mundari people set fire to dried cow dung before sunset to repel mosquitoes. What the Croatian photographer and travel journalist didn’t know was the depth of harmony between the tribe and their cattle, nor how he would capture it.“Ankole are breeds of domestic cattle originating from east and central Africa, characterised by their huge horns,” Galić says. “My goal was to capture the relationship between man and nature, and while staying in the camp I came up with the idea of taking some photos through the horns of one of the animals. They became the frame, leading the viewer to the scen...

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