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Pamela TickellNorth East and Cumbria Getty Images/ BBC/ Fleetwood Town FC Do you remember these – and other – brilliant bungles? Exhausted entrants to the Great North Run sweated their way through Newcastle, Gateshead and South Shields to pick up their medals last week. No doubt familiar with the route, …

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. I got a kick out of today’s NYT Connections puzzle, which didn’t seem as tough as …

PA Media President Trump met King Charles, then Prince of Wales, during his 2019 state visit US President Donald Trump will soon make an unprecedented second state visit to the UK. Trump, who will be accompanied by his wife Melania, was hosted by the late Queen Elizabeth II in June …

BBC Verify has been to the house in Washington, Utah which has been linked to Tyler Robinson – the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. Sitting in the driveway was a grey car, similar to the model detectives said the suspect had driven to Utah Valley University where Kirk …

Ulster: Jake Flannery; Werner Kok; James Hume, Jude Postlethwaite, Zac Ward; Jack Murphy, Nathan Doak; Callum Reid, John Andrew, Tom O’Toole; Iain Henderson (capt), Matthew Dalton; Cormac Izuchukwu, Sean Reffell, David McCann. Replacements: James McCormick, Sam Crean, Scott Wilson, Harry Sheridan, Nick Timoney, Conor McKee, Jonny Scott, Ben Carson, Marcus …

Brazil’s Alice Pereira is set to become the youngest woman in history to fight in the UFC. Pereira will be 19 years, eight months and 24 days old when she faces Mexican bantamweight Montserrat Rendon at UFC Noche in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday. She beats the previous record set …

Analysis from Nick Webb, BBC Sport Wales cricket commentator. With two years to prepare for professionalism in 2027, Glamorgan Women have hit their markers in League Two by reaching the final of the One Day Cup after a semi-final appearance in the T20 Blast. Defeats in both formats have been …

Swede Isak, 25, is the first key player Newcastle have sold since Howe took charge of the club nearly four years ago. Newcastle turned down an initial £110m bid from Liverpool last month. But after completing a club record move for forward Nick Woltemade, and lining up a deal for …

Hundreds of South Korean workers arrived home from the US after they were detained in a large-scale immigration raid. The plane, carrying more than 300 South Koreans, landed at Incheon airport on Friday, where they were met by a crowd of journalists and TV cameras. It followed a week of …

Stuart Neville The Red Arrows flying through clouds of coloured smoke at the 2025 air show on the Ayr seafront sent in by Stuart Neville from Clydebank. A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 5 and 12 September. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere …

The FBI has released new footage showing the suspect in the killing of US activist Charlie Kirk running across a roof – from where the fatal shot was fired – before dropping to the ground and crossing a road. As the authorities continue their search, BBC Verify’s Nick Beake has …

Sir Keir Starmer is scrambling to find a new US ambassador after sacking Lord Peter Mandelson over fresh revelations about his friendship with paedophile Jeffry Epstein. The prime minister will want to act fast, given Donald Trump is due to make an unprecedented second state visit to the UK next …

Donald Trump’s state visit was looking controversial enough. It is now happening off the back of a scandal that’s claimed the scalp of the prime minister’s man in Washington. That is more than unfortunate. Mandelson latest: ‘New information’ on Epstein link For all the faults that lost him his job, …

Nottinghamshire fended off a strong fightback by Worcestershire to complete a three-wicket win which keeps them at the heart of the race for the County Championship title. Chasing a target of 136 at Visit Worcestershire New Road, Haseeb Hameed’s side dipped to 83-6 before the lower middle order stood tall …

Sir Keir Starmer and his allies always knew the dangers of appointing Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US. In autumn last year, when Downing Street were mulling over who to send to Washington, the Labour peer’s friendship with the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein – and the fact …

Zambia’s government says it will seek more compensation for communities affected by a toxic spill from a Chinese-owned copper mine, if this is needed following a full assessment. The spill of highly acidic mine-waste laden with toxic heavy metals happened in February when a dam that held waste from the …

Ruvén Afanador Westlife, the popular Irish boy band, have sold more than 55 million records worldwide An iconic Irish boy band is putting its stamp on letters and parcels. Limited edition Westlife stamps to mark the Irish pop group’s 25th anniversary have been issued by Irish postal service An Post. …

Former Burnley captain Josh Brownhill has joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Shabab. Premier League sides Brentford, Wolves and West Ham and Championship club Leicester were all keen on the 29-year-old, who scored 18 goals last season as Burnley secured promotion back to the top flight. The midfielder left at the …

Brendan Rodgers will hold urgent talks with Daizen Maeda to get a sense of the attitude of Celtic‘s main striker after he publicly stated his desire to leave the champions. (Scottish Sun), external Nicolas Raskin will return to Rangers first-team training after talks with manager Russell Martin – but knows …

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it — or maybe even upgrade it. OpenAI has decided, for now, to keep Standard Voice Mode available for ChatGPT customers after some hard backlash against its replacement, Advanced Voice Mode. As OpenAI VP and ChatGPT boss Nick Turley posted on X and also …