2+ hour, 25+ min ago   (715+ words) Simple Minds' frontman Jim Kerr will close the Commonwealth Games on 2 August Simple Minds are set to headline Glasgow's Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. The event will take place at the OVO Hydro on 2 August and officially bring down the curtain…...

4+ hour, 17+ min ago   (420+ words) Firefighters spotted a dust devil in a field after extinguishing a wildfire. Crews from Corby and Oundle in Northamptonshire filmed the footage near Thurning and posted it on social media, external. A dust devil is a small whirlwind resembling a…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (393+ words) Rescuers in boats speed toward a swimming dog before making a one-handed grab to pluck the pup out of the San Francisco Bay. The animal had been missing since 4 July. Officials said the dog was taken to an animal shelter…...

7+ hour, 7+ min ago   (473+ words) Abi Galpin is the first Guernsey woman to run under 55 seconds for 400m Guernsey's fastest women is hoping she can return to the 200m semi-finals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Abi Galpin progressed through the heats in the 200m four years ago in Birmingham....

5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (659+ words) Construction of the Digital Campus in Manchester will not be completed before 2032 Civil servants based in central London have been offered relocation packages to encourage them to move to the North of England, the BBC understands. A new branch of…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago   (632+ words) Drones will be used to get better information on where the gulls nest and breed Drones are being drafted in to try to help tackle long-standing problems with urban gulls in south-west Scotland. Dumfries and Galloway Council said they would…...

5+ hour, 52+ min ago   (587+ words) Rhun ap Iorwerth and Any Burnham spoke on Tuesday morning Wales' first minister has urged Andy Burnham to "turn his commitment to devolution into action" and expressed hope of building a "positive and productive relationship" with the new UK government....

11+ hour, 23+ min ago   (527+ words) Adam Parkin's exhibition is being shown at ARC Stockton Arts Centre Adam Parkin said he first attended the Teesside street theatre festival "in the womb" when his parents visited in 1991 just days before he was born, adding: "I've been there…...

23+ hour, 23+ min ago   (440+ words) Joe Carpenter has scored 22 tries in 86 appearances in all competitions for Sale Sale full-back Joe Carpenter has extended his contract with the Sharks until 2029 with the aim of landing the silverware that has proved so elusive in recent seasons. The…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (626+ words) Sara's body had dozens of injuries, including bite marks The woman who murdered her stepdaughter Sara Sharif has asked for the inquest into her death to be held in front of a jury. Beinash Batool and Sara's father Urfan Sharif…...