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Gemma Daubeney BBC News, Jersey Jersey Evening Post Advocate David Steenson pleaded guilty to four driving offences, including drink-driving A Jersey defence lawyer has been jailed for seven months for admitting he drunkenly drove away from a crash. The island’s Magistrates’ Court heard how David Steenson, 57, drove his Jaguar …

Freddie Clarke has signed a one-year contract with Newcastle Falcons after nine years at Gloucester. The 32-year-old, who can play in the second row or back row, played more than 200 games for the Cherry and Whites, including 23 appearances last season, after joining them from London Scottish in 2016. …

Newport County’s Rodney Parade stadium has been evacuated less than an hour before the opening League Two game of the season against Notts County. The evacuation took place following a medical emergency involving a supporter at the ground. Spectators as well as members of the media were told to leave …

The conditions were savagely difficult and led to a massive contrast, from the free-scoring wonder of Melbourne to a serious scrap in Sydney. Every inch was hard won, every collision brutal. The rain might have been a great leveller if it hadn’t been for the demonic intensity of the Wallabies. …

The conditions were savagely difficult and led to a massive contrast, from the free-scoring wonder of Melbourne to a serious scrap in Sydney. Every inch was hard won, every collision brutal. The rain might have been a great leveller if it hadn’t been for the demonic intensity of the Wallabies. …

Lancashire have signed fast bowler Ajeet Singh Dale from Gloucestershire on a three-year contract. The 25-year-old will officially join the Red Rose on 1 November ahead of the 2026 season. He has taken 118 wickets for Gloucestershire since his arrival from Hampshire in 2022. “Lancashire has an exceptionally strong squad, …

James Watkins/ BBC Coldplay are performing at Hull’s Craven Park stadium on 18 and 19 August Those attending Hull’s Coldplay concerts should pucker up at their own risk as the band’s kiss-cam returns. It comes after a viral moment at one of the band’s recent concerts exposed two employees from …

A federal jury in Florida found Tesla partly liable for a deadly 2019 crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot driver assist software, according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. Tesla has been ordered to pay $200 million in punitive damages and about $43 million in compensatory damages, CBS News …

France has suspended its programme for receiving Palestinians fleeing Gaza. The freeze will be in place while authorities investigate a Palestinian student in France who has been accused of making antisemitic remarks online, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has said. The 25-year-old woman was on a scholarship in northern France’s …

Apple CEO Tim Cook boasted about the potential of AI and the company’s approach to developing it in a rare all-hands today that was reported on by Bloomberg. Apple has been slow to roll out some of its AI features and has stumbled with a planned AI-powered upgrade to Siri, …

After a 75-minute rain delay took 20 overs off the day’s play, Lancashire made a brisk start to their improbable mission as Australia Test batter Harris and Tom Bailey (16) took their sixth-wicket stand to 53 before Asitha Fernando ripped out Bailey’s off-stump with a fine yorker. Chris Green, who …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has voiced hopes for further peace talks with Ukraine – but stressed his troops were “advancing on the entire front line”, despite the threat of looming US sanctions if a ceasefire was not agreed upon. “All disappointments arise from inflated expectations,” Putin said, in an apparent …

A woman who died in a crash on the M25 in a “terrifying situation” was unable to stop in time as an anti-locking system reduced her car’s braking effect, a coroner has said. Lisa Bowen, 48, was travelling on the motorway in January 2022 when her rear offside tyre deflated …

Forty passengers have been evacuated from a train in Perth and Kinross after reports that some carriages were “filling with smoke”. The train left Inverness for Glasgow Queen Street at 05:36 but it was halted between Gleneagles and Dunblane after smoke was detected. Passengers were taken off the train and …

Colombian former President Álvaro Uribe has been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and a fraud charge. The 73-year-old is the first former president in the country’s history to be convicted of a crime. He has also been barred from public office and fined $578,000 (£435,000). …

McLaren driver Lando Norris’ openness in admitting his frailties is “used against him”, according to his former team-mate Carlos Sainz. Sainz, who partnered Norris at McLaren from 2019-20 and has remained friends with the Briton, told BBC 5 live Sport: “He opens [up] to the media and to people more …

BBC Police closed Calder Road for five hours after Mr McGovern was struck by the car A speeding driver who killed a 21-year-old father In Edinburgh while running late for a shift has been jailed for three years and nine months. Evan Davis was travelling at more than 60mph when …

A federal jury in Florida has found Tesla to be partly liable for a fatal car crash that occurred in 2019 involving its self-driving feature Autopilot. Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company must now pay $243 million in damages as a result of the judgment, multiple reports Friday said. Prosecutors filed …

Budapest’s mayor has been questioned by police as a suspect in helping to organise a banned LGBTQ march in the city. The event took place on June 28 despite warnings of potential legal repercussions by Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose government passed a law earlier this year banning …

The death of a 15-year-old schoolboy is not “any less tragic or pointless” if the pupil who stabbed him is cleared of murder, a jury has been told. Harvey Willgoose died after he was attacked during his lunch break at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on 3 February. …