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It added: “[We] condemn this disgraceful decision of the IPC general assembly, which discredits the International Paralympic Committee, and call on all national Paralympic committees worldwide against the admission of those who encroach upon the fundamental human right – the right to life.” Despite the IPC vote, athletes will still …

A woman was forced by her partner to strip naked and stand outside on a dark winter’s night and pray, a court heard. Sally Ann Norman said Antonio Villafane, 68, also know as Anthony Manson, ordered her from their home near Tintern, Monmouthshire. In an interview with police, Ms Norman, …

A brown bear weighing over 500kg (78st 8lb) has overcome a broken jaw to become the winner of Fat Bear Week 2025. Chunk received the most votes in a competition between 12 brown bears where voters pick the one they believe “best exemplifies fatness and success” as they prepare for …

The votes are in, and the winner of Fat Bear Week 2025 is the indomitable Bear 32, also known as Chunk. The public votes for their favorite brown bear each year in the March Madness-style tournament held by Katmai National Park and Preserve in partnership with the nonprofit Katmai Conservancy …

Jude Winter, East Midlands PA Media Colin Pitchfork was jailed in 1988 for raping and strangling Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth A date has been set for a Parole Board hearing to consider the release of double child killer Colin Pitchfork. Pitchfork was jailed for life in 1988 after raping …

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images If you feel unwell with a bad throat and a temperature you may well have caught one of the new strains of Covid circulating this autumn. XFG, called Stratus by some, and NB.1.8.1, known as Nimbus, are now the most common variants being passed …

👉Listen to Politics At Sam And Anne’s on your podcast app👈 Rachel Reeves gets her moment in Liverpool, but Sam and Anne explain why the podium at Labour conference might be the second biggest thing of her week. By Friday, the OBR will have put a number on the size …

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There is a sense behind the scenes at Chelsea that some of the negativity towards their start has been an over-reaction. It has also been recognised there are likely to be undulations this season given a disrupted pre-season owing to their participation in the Club World Cup and the added …

Lauren Henry said she was “sad” to miss out on a first ever women’s single sculls gold for Great Britain after being edged out by Ireland’s Fiona Murtagh in a photo finish on the final day of the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai. Henry’s silver medal was Britain’s eighth of …

The partial suspensions of Belarus and Russia have been lifted after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) voted not to maintain the sanctions. Both countries had been suspended from Paralympic competition since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. But their athletes competed at the Paris Paralympics as neutrals after officials decided …

A pensioner who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated blood more than 50 years ago is to receive more than £1m compensation, it was announced today. The man from County Londonderry, who is not being named, secured the pay out in a settlement reached with the body overseeing claims by thousands …

Though winter is a few months away, you might be planning to get a space heater before the cold strikes. Planning for high electric bills is another matter. Space heaters typically hit your wallet the hardest, but Dreo says its new space heaters may be the exception. The company says …

Voting for the annual Fat Bear Week competition has kicked off, pitting bears in Alaska against each other as they eat their way to adequate fatness to prepare for winter hibernation. Organisers encourage voters to pick the bear you believe “best exemplifies fatness and success in brown bears”. Success gets …

Inverness’ Red Hot Highland Fling has been scrapped, says Highland Council. The celebration was billed as Scotland’s biggest free Hogmanay concert and drew crowds of up to 10,000 people, before ticketing was later introduced and numbers restricted to about 5,000. The city has hosted a public Hogmanay event since 2008. …

Italian skier Matteo Franzoso has died following a training crash in Chile on Saturday. He had been placed in a medically induced coma in a Santiago hospital after suffering a head injury in a collision with a fence in La Parva. Franzoso, who would have celebrated his 26th birthday on …

The company behind M&D’s theme park is set to run Glasgow’s new Christmas events, with hubs planned in Glasgow Green and St Enoch’s Square. George Square, which usually hosts the Christmas lights switch-on and a market, is closed for refurbishment until August next year. The local authority sought bids from …

A tree that was blown down during a winter storm has been turned into a 6m (19.7ft) sculpture of a pouncing fox at a Cornish gardens. The Lost Gardens of Heligan unveiled Lowarnes – Cornish for vixen – which was made from the wood of a 150-year-old Cornish Red rhododendron. …

Coffee giant Starbucks has been given the go-ahead to open a second café in the Borders. It already has an outlet in Galashiels and now plans to develop a derelict site on Station Road in Kelso. Scottish Borders Council’s (SBC) planning department had refused the proposal amid concerns it would …

Ireland all-rounder Orla Prendergast has been named as the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for August. The 23-year-old receives the accolade after being chosen as Player of the Series in the home T20I series against Pakistan which her side won 2-1. Prendergast compiled 144 runs and took four wickets …