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Doug Bierton, co-founder of Classic Football Shirts, speaks to BBC Sport’s Nesta McGregor about his favourite shirts. Bierton has a personal collection of about 6,700 match-worn jerseys, while the company’s warehouse is home to a million shirts. READ MORE: Football, fashion & the rise of the replica shirt Source link

A man who was attacked by two masked men describes fighting them off and taking their guns, in a 999 call played for jurors. “I fought them off, I’ve got the guns, I’m covered in blood,” Christopher Mills can be heard saying, before urgently asking for an armed response from …

England and British & Irish Lions scrum-half Alex Mitchell has signed a new “multi-year” contract with Prem side Northampton Saints. The 28-year-old has made 147 appearances and scored 52 tries for Saints since his debut in 2017. Mitchell becomes the second Saints player this month to extend his stay at …

The mother of an Israeli hostage freed from Hamas captivity and brought to Israel spoke with him via video call for the first time in two years. Einav Zangauker spoke to her son Matan as he was in Gaza, on his way to being handed over to Israel. “Thank God …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Colin Hanks is reflecting on the way comedian John Candy was treated by the press during interviews in his heyday. During a recent appearance on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, the 47-year-old filmmaker discussed the insensitive ways Candy was asked about his …

Getty Images Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis Centre recorded more than 40,000 contact points last year Scotland’s largest rape crisis centre has warned services are at risk of closure without “urgent and adequate” government investment. Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis Centre (GCRC) said demand had soared since 2021, but it …

Getty Images US Vice-President JD Vance has criticised a new installation by marginalised communities and creatives at Canterbury Cathedral. The artwork features red graffiti-style writing on ancient stone walls, posing questions to God such as: “Why did you create hate when love is by far more powerful?” Mr Vance wrote …

Available for over a year In 2001, a few months after 9/11, economist Jim O’Neill was working at Goldman Sachs when he wrote a report about which countries might become big players in the world economy. That’s when he came up with the name BRIC – short for Brazil, Russia, …

Tuchel is well known for being direct and sometimes confrontational in his quotes. In August he apologised for describing midfielder Jude Bellingham’s on-field behaviour as “repulsive”, saying he used the word “unintentionally”. Tuchel has made friends and enemies at many of the previous clubs he has managed: Mainz, Borussia Dortmund, …

Singer-songwriter Calum Scott speaks about resilience and staying grounded for World Mental Health Day. BBC News

Alamy(Credit: Alamy) Blackhouse thatched cottage in the Hebrides, Scotland Many thatched cottages in the Hebrides are simple, single-storey structures called blackhouses or taigh-dubh (their name in Gaelic). The term blackhouse probably derives from the fact that these cottages originally had no windows. This type of cottage has 3ft-to-6ft (1m-to-2m) stone …

The collapse of a China spy trial has prompted much finger pointing between Downing Street, the former Conservative government and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Christopher Cash, 30, a former director of the Beijing-sceptic China Research Group of Tory MPs, and financial analyst Christopher Berry, 33, were arrested two years …

Available for 29 days Henry Moeran is alongside 2017 World Cup winner Alex Hartley and TMS commentator Daniel Norcross for reaction to England’s hard-fought win over Bangladesh in Guwahati. They discuss England’s batting depth and what Charlotte Edwards will learn from her side having been under huge pressure for much …

Lucy OwenBBC Wales News Presenter and Antonia MatthewsBBC News Channel 4/Steven Landles Charlotte Williams, 25, from Swansea, is one of six young people in the new Channel 4 show, Worlds Apart, who have never travelled alone before A woman taking part in a travel challenge with a £50,000 prize said …

Rebecca SherdleyEast Midlands Supplied The citation for Grace O’Malley-Kumar described her exceptional courage in the face of extreme danger Nottingham attacks victim Grace O’Malley-Kumar will be awarded the George Medal after she made the “ultimate sacrifice” to protect her friend. Ms O’Malley-Kumar tried to defend Barnaby Webber, both 19, as …

Watch: We told China that Australia is our ‘partner of choice’, says Papua New Guinea PM Australia will gain access to Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) military facilities and troops under a new deal that will see both nations come to each other’s defence if either is under attack. Australia’s leader …

‘There are certain things that are eternal… that cannot be stopped by this’ A university teacher who was inside the Manchester synagogue when it came under terrorist attack said he and other worshippers continued the service after the building was evacuated. Rob Kanter said the congregation at Heaton Park Hebrew …

Stumped heads to India and speaks exclusively to BCCI secretary, Devajit Saikia. BBC News

Getty Images John Swinney condemned the “evil” of antisemitism Scotland’s first minister John Swinney has expressed his “horror” after a fatal attack at a synagogue in Manchester. Swinney united with Scottish political leaders to condemn the attack and said he had “significant concern” for the Jewish community. Two people died …

Nothing says it has just taken “the first step towards an AI-native operating system.” Not exactly. Playground, Nothing’s new app store filled with user-designed, AI-generated apps, is neither Nothing’s first step, nor is it an operating system — it’s built on Android. But the idea lands, and beneath the hype, …