69 m. ago Hamilton Accies relegated as SFA throw out appeal on eve of Championship finale, leaving Airdrie breathing sigh of relief

John Rankin's side will play League One football next season after losing their appeal against a 15-point deduction

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75 m. ago Tottenham vs Bodo/Glimt LIVE: Europa League match stream, latest score and goal updates

Spurs looking to take a commanding first leg lead into next week's decider in Norway

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94 m. ago India Willoughby and Stonewall FC lead critics denouncing 'unjustified and unfair' English FA ruling on trans players' ban from women's football

The FA said it had updated its policy in light of last month's Supreme Court ruling that the words 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

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2 h. ago Musclebound transgender swimmer wins all five races she entered at Texas contest

Ana Caldas, 47, came first in the five individual events she entered at the US Masters Swimming Spring National Championship in San Antonio, Texas, last week.

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2 h. ago Virginia Giuffre's 'heartbreak as estranged children not allowed to see her before death'

It was announced last week that campaigner Virginia Giuffre - who made headlines after accusing Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, which he's denied - had died at the age of 41

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2 h. ago US robot makers hope to beat China in humanoid race. Tariffs could affect their ambitions

Tariffs weren’t on the official agenda of this week’s Robotics Summit in Boston

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2 h. ago Inspirational Helensburgh man tells how honest conversations around MS took 'enormous weight off'

Paul McGaw says being upfront about his condition helps to remove pressure and awkwardness from certain situations as he spoke out on MS Awareness Week.

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2 h. ago Busy week for ice cream sales thanks to sunshine in Plymouth

Busy week for ice cream sales thanks to sunshine in Plymouth  BBC

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2 h. ago Trump administration readies first sale of military equipment to Ukraine

State department certifies licence for ‘$50m or more’ in defence hardware and services after minerals deal signedThe Trump administration will approve its first sale of military equipment to Ukraine since Donald Trump took office, in an indication that the minerals deal signed by the two countries this week may open a path to renewed weapons shipments.The state department has certified a proposed licence to export “$50m or more” (£37.6m) of defence hardware and services to Ukraine, according to a communication sent to the US committee on foreign relations. It would mark the first permission of its kind since Trump paused all Ukraine-related military aid shortly after taking office. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Jack Draper thrashes Matteo Arnaldi in Madrid and climbs into world top five

British No 1 takes only 77 minutes to win 6-0, 6-4Iga Swiatek jeered in 6-1, 6-1 defeat by Coco GauffJack Draper will overtake Novak Djokovic and climb into the top five of the world rankings for the first time after demolishing Matteo Arnaldi in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open. Draper needed just 77 minutes to see off the Italian, who beat Djokovic in the second round, 6-0, 6-4, with a stunning first set in which he lost only 10 points.The British No 1 is the only top 10 player remaining in the men’s tournament and is now just two matches away from claiming a second Masters 1000 title in two months. Draper’s rapid rise to the top of the men’s game kicked off with the Indian Wells title in March and has accelerated on clay, which has been considered his weakest surface. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Do away goals count in the Europa League? Rules for Man Utd and Tottenham ties

Manchester United and Tottenham take on Athletic Bilbao and Bodo/Glimt respectively in their Europa League semi-finals on Thursday evening with a major rule-change set to play a major part in the game

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3 h. ago Malala, Miss America and the MCC: welcome to the Women’s T20 World Cup launch

MCC’s inner sanctum, off-limits to women until 1999, hosts quirky event where vast majority of attendees are femaleVanessa Williams, the American actress of Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives fame, is on the surface an unlikely candidate to spearhead the launch of a Cricket World Cup.However, at Lord’s on Thursday Williams formed part of an all-female panel – alongside World Rugby player of the year Ellie Kildunne and Nobel peace prize winner (and former Oxford University cricketer) Malala Yousafzai – which officially kickstarted the countdown to the 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, to be held in England. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Profits up, stocks down and angry calls: Tech giants playing nice with Trump hasn’t translated to a windfall

In the first 100 days of Trump’s second term, the president has presided over a chaotic and turbulent economy

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3 h. ago Tottenham handed surprise Europa League boost after Bodo/Glimt's major error

Tottenham will take on Bodo/Glimt in the last four of the Europa League with the Norwegian outfit missing several key players are their failure to understand the yellow card rules

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3 h. ago Tottenham vs Bodo/Glimt LIVE: Europa League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Spurs looking to take a commanding first leg lead into next week's decider in Norway

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3 h. ago Doctor issues heat warning to millions with common ailment: 'People suffer more when it gets hot'

This week's heatwave could leave millions of patients more vulnerable to migraines, a medic has warned.

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3 h. ago EastEnders star's son, 1, rushed to hospital as actor receives 'stark warning'

The wife of EastEnders star James Bye - who played Martin Fowler until the character's death on the BBC soap earlier this year - has posted about one of their kids being unwell

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4 h. ago Harrods cyber attack: Luxury store is latest target in worrying trend

Harrods follows M&S and the Co-op in being targeted by hackers this week, with the other two supermarkets still reeling days after their attacks

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4 h. ago Why Yaya Toure paid special visit to Brighton squad ahead of Newcastle clash

Man City legend Toure was welcomed at the Brighton camp this week

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4 h. ago A Different Man’s Adam Pearson to star in new film of The Elephant Man

Pearson, who will be the first disabled actor to play the role in a film, said: ‘I can think of no greater honour than to tell the true story of Joseph Carey Merrick’Adam Pearson, the actor who appeared in Under the Skin and the Oscar-nominated A Different Man, is to play the lead role in a new adaptation of The Elephant Man.According to Variety, Pearson will play Joseph Merrick, whose physical disfigurement led to him becoming a freak show exhibit and then a notable figure in late Victorian London, in a film based on the celebrated play by Bernard Pomerance that became a hit in London and New York after premiering in 1977. Pomerance’s son Moby is writing the screenplay, and shooting is due to begin in 2026. Continue reading...

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