Wednesday, 30 April 2025

One in six seats changed hands in Canada election

All 59 seats that flipped in Monday's federal election went to the Liberals or the Conservatives.

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Are We (Finally) About to See a US-Ukraine Minerals Deal?

Plus, President Trump receives bad economic numbers - but blames President Biden.

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Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Gaza medic detained during deadly Israeli attack released, Red Crescent says

Assad al-Nassasra was missing for weeks following last month's attack, in which 15 emergency workers were killed by Israeli troops.

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English FA 'carefully reviewing' transgender policy

The English Football Association is "carefully reviewing" the decision made just weeks ago to allow transgender women to continue playing in women's football.

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Monday, 28 April 2025

Exeter suspend coaches Hunter and Hepher after record loss

Exeter Chiefs suspend head coach Rob Hunter and attack coach Ali Hepher following their record Premiership loss at Gloucester.

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UN's top court begins hearings on Israel's legal duties towards Palestinians

Dozens of countries will give evidence at the ICJ hearings, which Israel has labelled a "circus".

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Sunday, 27 April 2025

'No-one expected this' - how Slot guided Liverpool to the title

As Liverpool are crowned Premier League champions, BBC Sport explores the impact made by Arne Slot this season.

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Israel launches air strike on Beirut

Israel said it hit a Hezbollah missile store. The Lebanese presidency urged the US and France to press Israel to cease its attacks.

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Slot thanks Klopp moments after Liverpool win title

Liverpool manager Arne Slot pays tribute to his predecessor Jurgen Klopp moments after the club clinched the Premier League title.

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Saturday, 26 April 2025

England beat France by a point to claim Grand Slam

England hold off a late France fightback to secure a fourth consecutive Women's Six Nations Grand Slam and a seventh straight title.

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Highlights: Palace beat Villa to reach FA Cup final

Crystal Palace reach the FA Cup final in spectacular style as Eberechi Eze and Ismaila Sarr drive them to a fully deserved victory against Aston Villa at Wembley.

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Friday, 25 April 2025

Cyclists who kill could face life sentence

The amendment would also see increased sentences for deaths and serious injury caused by cyclists.

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Gang members trafficked women to UK as sex workers

Women were trafficked to the UK from Romania and lived with their "controllers" at rented properties.

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Thursday, 24 April 2025

'One of my favourite wins' - Norrie battles illness to beat Landaluce

Britain's Cameron Norrie describes his first-round victory at the Madrid Open as one of his favourite wins in his career after overcoming illness to defeat Martin Landaluce.

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Wednesday, 23 April 2025

An inner drive mistaken for laziness: The makings of Van Dijk

As Virgil van Dijk prepares to lift his second Premier League title with Liverpool, we look at how the 33-year-old centre-back learned from early setbacks to become one of the best in the world.

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Rangers confirm takeover talks with US investors

Reports of interest first surfaced earlier this year but the Ibrox club has now confirmed "productive conversations" are ongoing.

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Tuesday, 22 April 2025

What Happens After the Death of a Pope?

And, Adam and Chris answer listeners political questions on Radio 2.

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Tories push to ban recording of non-crime hate incidents

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says the incidents waste police time and calls for them to be scrapped.

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Monday, 21 April 2025

West Brom sack head coach Mowbray

Championship club West Bromwich Albion sack head coach Tony Mowbray after defeat by Derby County.

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Sunday, 20 April 2025

'A club at a crossroads' - relegated Leicester in need of rebuild

The banner flown over the King Power Stadium made its point before a second relegation in three seasons, and instant return to the Championship, was confirmed soon afterwards for Leicester City.

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'If we don't score, nothing matters' - Man Utd lack 'a lot of things'

Manchester United's worst ever Premier League season hits another low as they fail to score in defeat by Wolves at Old Trafford.

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Saturday, 19 April 2025

US Supreme Court halts deportation of detained Venezuelans

The accused gang members are being sent to a notorious jail in El Salvador under a 19th-Century law.

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Home-made Hawk-Eye? Sabalenka takes pic of ball mark to dispute call

Aryna Sabalenka takes a photograph on court of a disputed ball mark during her quarter-final victory over Elise Mertens at the Stuttgart Open.

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Friday, 18 April 2025

'Child in arms, luggage on my head, I fled Sudan camp for safety'

Inhabitants of Sudan's biggest camp for displaced people have had their lives upturned once again.

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Wendy's clarifies 'little spice' in Katy Perry tweets after space trip

Following criticism from followers, the company put out a statement this week saying it had no ill-will for Perry.

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Thursday, 17 April 2025

Flintoff 'didn't leave house for six months' after crash

The former England cricketer speaks about his recovery from the crash ahead of a new documentary.

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Wednesday, 16 April 2025

Play Champions League Squares during Real Madrid v Arsenal

Welcome to Uefa Champions League Squares - the new BBC Sport game which you can play alongside the live match action.

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Tuesday, 15 April 2025

Person who spat on Van der Poel during race fined

The person who spat on cyclist Mathieu van der Poel during last month's E3 Saxo Bank Classic is identified and fined by Belgian police.

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Man murdered partner and neighbour on Christmas Day

Police describe 49-year-old Jazwell Brown's attack on the two women as "brutal".

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Monday, 14 April 2025

El Salvador's leader will not return man deported from the US in error

Nayib Bukele has won praise from Donald Trump for imprisoning some "very bad people" deported from the US.

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Watch from launch to landing: The Blue Origin voyage into space

The flight, carrying celebrities like Katy Perry and Gayle King, reached a height of about 60 miles (96.6km) above Earth.

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Praised by Wolves - what happened when football manager joined happy fans in the pub?

Vitor Pereira lives up to the "first the points, then the pints" flag that appears at Molineux.

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Blue Origin crew safely back on Earth after all-female space flight

Six women - including pop star Katy Perry - blasted off into space as part of an all-women suborbital mission

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Sunday, 13 April 2025

What's gone wrong for Man City in trophyless season?

Women's Champions League qualification hopes hanging by a thread, an interim manager in charge and no silverware - what has gone wrong at Manchester City this season?

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Leaky Spurs leave Postecoglou facing date with destiny

It is now or never in the Europa League for Ange Postecoglou after Spurs capitulate again at Wolves, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

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Saturday, 12 April 2025

England see off Ireland with dominant second half

England produce a clinical second-half performance to defeat Ireland in Cork and maintain their bid for a fourth successive Women's Six Nations Grand Slam.

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Piastri takes Bahrain pole with Russell second

McLaren's Oscar Piastri takes pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix from Mercedes' George Russell with the second McLaren of Lando Norris down in sixth.

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Friday, 11 April 2025

A bitter price hike in US coffee shops after tariffs

Higher prices are worrying independent US coffee shops, which import almost all their beans.

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RFK Jr pledges to find the cause of autism by September

Autism researchers and experts call the effort, which is short on detail, misguided and unrealistic.

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Thursday, 10 April 2025

Farage rejects local Reform UK-Tory coalitions after Badenoch comments

It comes after Kemi Badenoch told the BBC Tory local leaders would be free to share power with Reform.

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Greenpeace UK boss arrested over US embassy red dye protest

Five people are arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and conspiracy to cause criminal damage, police say.

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Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Ineos' Britannia abandons challenge for next America's Cup

Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos Britannia sailing team has withdrawn its intention to challenge for the next America's Cup.

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Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Play BBC Sport's new Champions League game

Welcome to Uefa Champions League Squares - the new BBC Sport game which you can play alongside the live match action.

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Monday, 7 April 2025

Watch: The Monday Night Club

Mark Chapman and guests react to the weekend's football.

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Sunday, 6 April 2025

Fans 'should be ashamed' of Foden chants - Guardiola

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says derogatory chants about Phil Foden's mother from Manchester United fans showed "a lack of class".

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'The plan nearly worked' - will Maresca regret selection gamble?

Enzo Maresca stands by his decision to rotate his Chelsea team against Brentford - but will he come to rue the changes?

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Saturday, 5 April 2025

'Raging' Ferguson 'not scared to make changes' after fifth Ibrox loss in row

Interim Rangers manager Barry Ferguson fulminates after his side suffered a fifth consecutive home defeat.

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An obsessive who has lived through tragedy: The man behind PSG's title

European football expert Guillem Balague takes a closer look at how manager Luis Enrique has transformed PSG - guiding them to successive Ligue 1 titles.

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Friday, 4 April 2025

Freeman hat-trick as Northampton cruise past Clermont

Tommy Freeman scores an impressive hat-trick to further strengthen his claim for British and Irish Lions selection as Northampton Saints cruise past Clermont Auvergne in the Investec Champions Cup last 16.

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UK sees hottest day of the year, with parts warmer than Ibiza

Temperatures go above 23C in parts of the south of England, which is hotter than Ibiza, Rhodes and Cyprus.

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Trump extends deadline to keep TikTok running in US

The president has granted the app a second 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires it to either sell its US assets or face a ban.

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Thursday, 3 April 2025

Influencers 'new' threat to uncontacted tribes, warns group after US tourist arrest

North Sentinel is home to a tribe that does not have contact with the outside world.

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Girl, 13, killed in blaze as seven others escape

Police and firefighters say two adults and five children survived the fire.

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Wednesday, 2 April 2025

Jagtar Singh Johal 'moved to solitary' after acquittal

The Scottish activist from Dumbarton was detained on a trip to Punjab after his wedding in 2017.

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Slovakia backs plan to shoot 350 bears after man killed in attack

Around a quarter of the country's brown bears will be culled after a man was attacked in a forest.

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Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Don't deport us over health issue, say British couple in Australia

A Macclesfield woman fears she will have to leave Australia due to her medical condition.

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Trevor Lock, hero of Iranian embassy siege, dies aged 85

PC Lock was awarded for his bravery after it emerged he had tackled a gunman and saved the life of an SAS soldier.

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