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Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn has pulled out of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing “due to unexpected medical reasons”, just days after the line-up was announced. Nairn, 49, is best known for playing Hodor – the guileless servant of House Stark – in HBO’s fantasy drama. He also portrayed …

Head coach Alan Sheehan has suggested Ollie Cooper could leave Swansea City in this transfer window if the Wales midfielder wants to move on in search of regular football. Cooper, 25, has been an unused substitute in the first two Championship fixtures of the season and has never started a …

Along with a global expansion, Google revealed that it’s building new agentic capabilities into AI Mode, starting with restaurant bookings. Now, if you’re a Google AI Ultra subscriber, you can ask AI Mode about restaurant reservations, while including specifics like the date, time, location, party size, and the type of …

Controversial FCSB owner Gigi Becali caused a bit of a stir in the north-east of Scotland after his club set up a Europa League play-off against Aberdeen. Becali is so confident of his club progressing that he has apparently already accounted for the money his side will rake in for …

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. Are the NYT Connections puzzle editors OK? There were some wacky words in today’s puzzle. Read on …

The draw for the league phase of the 2025-26 Champions League will take place on Thursday, 28 August in Monaco. It will start at 17:00 BST and will follow the same procedure as the 2024-25 campaign – the first season where the 36-team league phase format took place. The draw …

People using a popular County Down beach are being warned that a pest control programme to deal with rodents is beginning on Thursday. Ards and North Down Borough Council have said that following growth in the rodent population at Millisle Beach, the programme will run for two to three weeks. …

Two health boards have apologised for failings in the care of a patient who had two cancers at the same time and later died. A watchdog has upheld a complaint against NHS Grampian that it delayed in initiating treatment for the patient’s bowel cancer, and that reviews it carried out …

A Copa Sudamericana match in Buenos Aires was abandoned after violent clashes between fans. Ten people were seriously injured and more than 300 arrested at Wednesday’s last-16 second leg between Argentine hosts Independiente and Universidad de Chile, according to local media. A stun grenade was among the objects thrown by …

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. There are a lot of Qs in today’s Mini Crossword. 1-Across threw me for a while, but …

Local charities are being invited by the Guernsey Community Foundation to collaborate on tackling issues raised in its 2025 Quality of Life Report. The report highlights key areas of need across the island including living costs and housing. Foundation chief executive Jim Roberts said charities often had the expertise to …

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Finally, a NYT Strands puzzle I can ace! If you know major superheroes, this will be a …

A mechanic died after being crushed under a car he was working on, an inquest has heard. Daniel Burton, 27, from Port Talbot, was found unresponsive underneath a car belonging to his partner’s father on Southall Avenue, Skewen, Neath, on 22 January. Mr Burton lived with his partner Abbie, her …

Britain’s Jodie Burrage and Jay Clarke were among the small group of qualifiers who managed to step on to court earlier. Burrage, who reached the second round proper in 2023, trailed 5-3 against Dutch opponent Arantxa Rus when they were forced off after 41 minutes of play. Clarke was also …

A large cannabis factory has been found by police at a warehouse near Bangor, County Down. Two men, aged 30, have been arrested for cultivating cannabis and are currently in police custody. Police said they were detained in a vehicle leaving the warehouse outside Bangor on Wednesday morning. On entering …

Stepping away from football in the prime of a career is not an easy thing to do, but Williams reflects on it as the right thing for him. It allowed him a chance to work away from the public glare and now, thanks to successfully coming through a trial period …

Google’s annual hardware event kicked off today. It seemed like pretty much everything was announced an hour early, but we’ll cover any additional news from the event below. In the meantime, check out some highlights of what we’ve already posted: Read below for all of the news and updates from …

Jayne McCormack BBC News NI political correspondent Google The hotel has been the subject of some anti-immigration protests Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council has started an enforcement investigation into the legal planning status of a County Antrim hotel being used to house asylum seekers. It comes after unionist politicians raised …

ScotRail ticketing and payment systems have been disrupted by a “network outage”, the train operator says. Passengers reported being unable to check online journey times, buy flexipass tickets or pay by card at some ticket machines. Information screens at Glasgow Queen Street and other stations also appeared blank on Wednesday …

Police in Jeju have for the first time released guidelines reminding foreign visitors to behave or face fines, as the South Korean holiday island sees an increasing number of tourists. Jeju police issued the guide following complaints from locals over foreigners’ misbehaviour, including littering and letting children defecate on the …