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Available for over a year Why have so many football fans become so angry? Former Scotland boss Craig Levein and the BBC’s Chris McLaughlin discuss rage from the terraces, the treatment of Russell Martin and Steve Clarke (pictured) – and how sport reporting has changed in the age of social …

Residents of an apartment block in Chicago that was targeted in a raid on suspected illegal immigrants have described seeing armed agents in the hallways and a helicopter landing on the roof of the building. One US-born resident told BBC Verify he had his hands zip-tied by officers, before being …

Two men have been arrested by police investigating reports of a cyber-attack on a chain of nurseries in London. The Met Police say the pair, aged 17 and 22, were arrested at residential addresses in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail. Hackers were said have stolen …

Netherlands record scorer Memphis Depay missed the start of international duty after reporting his passport stolen in Brazil, where he plays for Corinthians. Depay should have travelled to the Netherlands on Sunday evening but was unable to make the trip. Ronald Koeman’s side face World Cup qualifiers away at Malta …

A serving Metropolitan Police office has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice over an allegation linked to a BBC Panorama investigation. The officer is a sergeant based at Charing Cross police station and was arrested in relation to an incident that took place on Thursday , …

Peter Mandelson will be stripped of his freedom of the town honour in the area he used to represent as an MP. The former Labour Hartlepool MP, who received the council’s highest civic honour in 2010, was previously sacked as ambassador to the US over his connections to the paedophile …

A US government shutdown has taken effect, after Republicans and Democrats could not agree to settle their differences and extend funding. It is the first federal shutdown for nearly seven years. But what could it mean for government workers and which services could be affected? BBC Verify’s Nick Beake has …

The deaths of a man and child in Dublin are being treated as a murder-suicide, according to RTÉ News. The bodies of a man and a five-year-old girl were discovered at a house in Finglas shortly before 20:00 local time (20:00 BST) on Saturday. They are believed to be father …

Chinese weather experts are calling Super Typhoon Ragasa the “king of storms”, according to the BBC’s Laura Bicker. Reporting from Zhuhai, China, Bicker said residents of southern China are largely heeding warnings from authorities as the storm lashes the region with heavy wind and rain. Follow this story live. BBC …

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo took to X on Wednesday to claim that a MacBook Pro with an OLED touchscreen was expected to enter mass production by late 2026. Today Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is following up to remind us that he was reporting on a touchscreen MacBook Pro way back in 2023. …

A shopkeeper has built a stage outside his store so he can entertain passers-by. Manjit Singh, 67, known as Mani, sings, dances and dresses up in costumes ranging from Darth Vader to Ozzy Osbourne outside his shop in Hull. Mr Singh, who developed his passion for performing as a child …

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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has paused the sale of a former World War Two RAF station in Lincolnshire while it reconsiders if the land may be needed for defence. RAF Woodhall Spa was once home to the 617 Dambusters squadron, which launched raids on German dams from RAF Scampton, …

Eddie BisknellLocal Democracy Reporting Service LDRS The redesign to the Church Street/Vicarage Road/Civic Way roundabout has been mocked by residents A roundabout redesign that cost taxpayers £8,000 has been dubbed an “ill-conceived monstrosity” and compared to a budget Stonehenge by residents. At the end of August, South Derbyshire District Council …

The BBC’s Lucy Williamson was reporting on allegations Israeli settlers had destroyed a Palestinian man’s olive groves when she witnessed masked settlers launch an attack near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. She described the incident, which quickly escalated, as “completely unprovoked”. The local settlers’ council said elements on both …

Motorists were left stunned after a cow brought traffic to a standstill on the M4 in Cardiff. The black animal was seen in the road between junction 32 and junction 33 westbound heading to Capel Llanilltern on Saturday. Content creator abanoss, who posted the video on his TikTok page, said …