Football
Blackpool second worst place for girls in UK – report
Girls growing up in Blackpool face some of the toughest challenges in the country to achieve their dreams, a new report has revealed.The seaside resort has emer
Cavan Sullivan, 14, becomes youngest MLS player
Fourteen-year-old Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan has become the youngest Major Soccer League player in history.Sullivan, who is expected to move t
Lancashire mum fined £240 defends term-time holiday
15 hours agoBy Daniel O'Donoghue & William Higgens, BBC North West Investigations BBCThe family travelled to Egypt during the school term in February "It'
North East Lincolnshire: The toughest place in UK to be…
2 hours agoBy Eleanor Maslin, Lara King, BBC NewsBBCFrancesca Young believes there "could always be more opportunities for women"North East Lincolnshire has
Blue plaque for Whitley Bay home of disability campaigner
20 hours agoBy Austen Shakespeare, Local Democracy Reporting ServiceBob Frazier Mary Greaves had a successful career, earning a BSc in economics and a degree
Bison: UK’s only free-roaming herd doubles in size in Kent…
2 hours agoBy Vicky Castle, BBC News, South EastKent Wildlife TrustThe size of the herd roaming in woodland near Blean has doubled in two yearsEnvironmentalis
Germany plans to halve military aid for Ukraine
Germany is planning to nearly halve military aid for Ukraine next year, from around €8bn (£6.7bn; $8.7bn) to around €4bn, according to a draft budget appro
Dinosaur skeleton fetches record $44.6m at New York auction
A large dinosaur's skeleton has fetched $44.6m (£34m) at a Sotheby's auction in New York City - the most ever paid for a fossil.The plant-eating stegosaurus -
Bereaved families forced law changes – why did it take…
13 hours agoBy Judith Moritz, North of England correspondentBBCThe inclusion of both the Hillsborough Law and Martyn’s Law in the King’s Speech is a big m
Lara Trump’s meteoric rise as the family tries to build…
3 hours agoBy Brandon Livesay, BBC News, at the Republican convention in MilwaukeeGetty ImagesAs Lara Trump strode on to centre stage at the Republican Nation
Biden under new pressure from top Democrats as Covid halts…
8 hours agoBy Ana Faguy and State Department Correspondent Tom Bateman, Reporting from Washington and Las Vegas, travelling with the presidentBiden says he fe
Chance to reset UK-European relations at summit and back Ukraine
PA MediaSir Keir Starmer will host around 45 European leaders on Thursday at a summit he hopes will begin to reset Britain’s relationship with the continent.T
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