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Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Kevin Winter/Getty Images Ronnie Rondell’s career spanned more than 50 years and included dozens of TV and film credits Ronnie Rondell Jr – who was famously set alight for the front cover of Pink Floyd’s iconic Wish You Were Here album cover – has died at …

Image source, Getty Images Moses Itauma – widely tipped as the future of the heavyweight division – takes on Dillian Whyte this Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The unbeaten 20-year-old from Chatham, Kent has stopped 10 of his 12 opponents to date but now faces the toughest test of his …

According to CricViz, Brook’s outrageous opening shot was just the 11th time in the history of T20/100-ball cricket where a batter has scooped their first ball of the innings for six. The other player to have achieved the same feat in The Hundred was Steve Eskinazi for Welsh Fire off …

Joel Gunter Reporting from Kyiv EPA Five thousand miles from Alaska, and feeling left out, Ukrainians were bracing themselves on Friday for the outcome of negotiations to which they were not invited. The talks, between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, will begin later in the …

Calum Watson and Megan Bonar BBC Scotland News PA Media Four crew and 25 passengers were killed when the helicopter crashed in June 1994 A Chinook helicopter that crashed in Scotland, killing 29 people more than 30 years ago, was being flown as a “show flight” after safety concerns were …

BBC Bishop Donal McKeown says “no future can be built on the ashes of anger” ahead of plans to light bonfires in the city this week Bonfires do not serve any purpose, and “older, sinister forces” are exploiting young people to stoke up fear and anger in communities, the Catholic …

Julie McCullough BBC News NI BBC Richard Connor, director of Sea2it, is a Make a Difference finalist Fridge freezers, sofas, plastic bags and bottles – these are just some of the items volunteers have found in waterways around the beauty spots of the north coast. Last year, not-for-profit firm Sea2it, …

A Labour councillor who called for far-right protesters’ throats to be cut acted “completely out of character” and was in the wrong, a court has heard. Ricky Jones, 58, is on trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court after calling demonstrators “disgusting Nazi fascists” during an anti-racism rally in Walthamstow on 7 …

World number one Jannik Sinner reached the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals with a 6-4 7-6 (7-4) victory over a stubborn Adrian Mannarino. Sinner quickly took control of the match when he broke the 37-year-old Frenchman in the third game. Mannarino, ranked 89th in the world, saved a break point in the …

Aodhán Roberts Other names that featured on the bonfire included Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy and murdered loyalist paramilitary leader Billy Wright There has been widespread condemnation after the names of a dead child and a former senior detective, who was shot and seriously injured, appeared on a bonfire in …

A former singer from The Beautiful South who retired from touring for 10 years is to take centre stage at a village folk festival. Briana Corrigan is best known for singing on the band’s Brit award-winning, chart-topping single A Little Time. She returned to regular live performances in 2023 after …

BBC Sam Mézec says Jersey will have problems “if we don’t have a large enough working population” Jersey’s falling birth rate is a “ticking bomb” for the island, the housing minister says. Deputy Sam Mézec said the declining rate, combined with an ageing population, posed a huge challenge. His comments …

Mariam Issimdar BBC News, Essex Getty Images Fatima Whitbread and her coach and mother Margaret during training in 1977 at Crystal Palace, London Javelin world champion Fatima Whitbread said it was the “highest honour” to receive a freedom of the borough award. She and her mother Margaret Whitbread, who was …

James Diamond BBC News, Bristol Jonathan Green speaks about the moment colleagues surprised him on his last day A police officer whose surprise retirement send-off went viral on TikTok said the gesture was “amazing”. On the day of his last shift as a mounted officer with Avon and Somerset Police, …

Retired MMA legend Georges St-Pierre says the UFC’s new broadcast deal with Paramount could be “terrible” for fighters. The UFC announced on Monday it had signed a seven-year deal with Paramount which would bring most pay-per-views to an end in the US – with events appearing on Paramount’s streaming service …

Carlos Alcaraz says for half the matches of the tennis season, players “don’t feel that good” as the Spaniard secured a tour-leading 50th victory of 2025 at the Cincinnati Open. The 22-year-old cruised past Serbian Hamad Medjedovic in straight sets 6-4 6-4 in the third round to also claim his …

A woman who travels Britain on a free bus pass to pick up litter has urged people to join her war on rubbish. Retired nurse Ruth Major, 80, told BBC Radio Manchester that her pastime became “addictive” after a while. “It’s very satisfying when you know you’ve cleaned your local …

Jeremy Bowen International editor, reporting from the occupied West Bank Oren Rosenfeld/BBC Meir Simcha agreed to talk, but he wanted to do it somewhere special, because for him, this is a special time. In a place where nation, religion and war are linked inextricably with politics and the possession of …

Anthony Joshua could receive a career-high pay day to fight Jake Paul as their teams continue to hold talks over a bout in 2026. Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, says it is likely the fight could be the Briton’s next. Joshua is a two-time heavyweight world champion with 32 professional fights, …

Emily Coady-Stemp BBC News, South East Emily Coady-Stemp/BBC Matthew King is the estate manager at the Hogs Back Brewery in Tongham A Surrey brewery is bringing the “granddaddy” of hops back to the county where the plants were developed in the early 18th Century. Matthew King, estate manager at the …