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The Somme Association Craigavon House was built in 1880s by the Craig family The director of Craigavon House has said reports of vandalism at the historic site are “extremely disappointing”. A former home of Northern Ireland’s first Prime Minister, Sir James Craig, the house was built on the Holywood Road …

Police Scotland Austin Ironside died in hospital after being found seriously injured in a street in Aberdeen The death of 25-year-old man who was found injured on a street in Aberdeen is being treated as suspicious, police have said. Austin Ironside was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after emergency services …

Do noise-cancelling headphones protect our hearing? Other Side of the Story spoke to Claire Benton, president of the British Academy of Audiology, to find out more abut noise-cancelling headphones. Claire explained that they can help protect people’s hearing as focusing on one sound with all others cancelled out, means it …

Gary Lineker is to host a new TV game show called The Box, ITV has confirmed. The new show will see the former Match of the Day presenter oversee 10 yellow boxes, each housing celebrity contestants who will be transported to unknown locations, where they will take part in different …

California’s second wildfire in a week is “0% contained”, with more than 4,200 people evacuated from their homes. The Canyon Fire at Hasley Canyon, Ventura County, began at around 1.30pm on Thursday, spreading to an area of 2.3 square miles in just five hours, according to county officials. Late on …

The Prince of Wales is a keen football fan – he is an avid Aston Villa supporter and is president of the Football Association. He was among the party that presented England with the Euro 2025 trophy last month having watched the final against Spain in Switzerland with Princess Charlotte. …

What is certain is that The Black Cauldron aimed to be a different kind of Disney film. “Ron Miller, the former CEO of the company and the son-in-law of Walt Disney, wanted the film to be a departure,” Neil O’Brien, author of After Disney: Toil, Trouble, and the Transformation of …

It is not exactly typical for a recently promoted club to be among the favourites for a place in the top flight next season, but nothing about Birmingham City lately has been “standard”. They broke the EFL’s points record for a single season during their quick stint in League One …

Maniragena’s journey into elite cycling began when she joined Bikes for Future, an all-female team backed by humanitarian group Plan International and Learn Work Develop (LWD), a non-profit organisation implementing the scheme The initiative seeks to challenge gender stereotypes and empower young Rwandan women through sport. “What makes Olivia unique …

Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign, which launched in 2013, was supported by all clubs in England’s top flight. The initiative encouraged all Premier League players to wear rainbow-coloured laces and captains rainbow armbands to show support for the rights of LGBTQ+ people, inspire acceptance among children and young people, and promote …

Glenn Irwin has been passed fit to compete in first practice of the British Superbike Championship round at Thruxton. After being assessed by the BSB’s chief medical officer, Irwin will be allowed to participate in the opening practice session at 13:00 BST and will then undergo a further review before …

We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators have taken up the issue. Apple’s malicious compliance in the EU has so far prevented Chrome, and its Blink engine, for example, from coming to iOS, but recently published guidelines related to …

Roblox is a popular online gaming platform for children. But it’s also a place where people who want to exploit children know they can find an audience. On Thursday, Roblox announced Roblox Sentinel, an artificial intelligence system that’s designed to flag inappropriate messages in its chat feature. Roblox already prohibits …

Veer Singh and Kali Devi, both construction workers, had gone to a nearby village to buy groceries when flash floods hit their home in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Their family – three sons, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren – have since been missing. They are among the 100 …

After folding and unfolding the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 200,000 times by hand, Korean YouTube channel Tech-it found that the folding phone‘s redesigned hinge and thinner design couldn’t withstand repeated handling.  The stunt, which was livestreamed over the course of a few days, found that the phone would reboot every 6,000 …

A disqualified driver whose “reckless” driving led to a 13-year-old passenger fracturing his skull has been jailed. Liam Collins, 36, from Pontypool, was sentenced to three years and four months at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to causing injury by dangerous driving. The court heard how Collins …

Hsin-Yi Lo BBC News, South East Kent Wildlife Trust Earlier this spring, a nest was discovered at Dover Castle which produced the chick that successfully fledged last month A young red-billed chough has successfully taken flight from a nest in the wild in Kent for the first time in more …

Trump is close friends with UFC president Dana White, who was a key supporter during his 2024 election campaign. Last month Trump said he plans to host a UFC event at the White House next year as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations. Despite his return to the US to …

A single parent who has been treated for bowel cancer filmed the moment he told his son he had won £1m on the lottery. The footage shows Paul Harvey breaking the news to one of his two teenage children, who struggles to believe it at first. The 51-year-old from Attleborough …

Nintendo held an Indie World Showcase on Thursday to spotlight some of the indie games coming to the Switch platform. One of the surprise indie hits from last year is making the jump from PC to the Switch 2, and it’s available right now.  UFO 50, one of CNET’s best …