A late own goal from Villa’s Sarah Mayling helped the Blues continue their unbeaten run in the Women’s Super League this season. The five-time defending champions hold a seven-point lead at the top of the WSL and have conceded just six goals in 13 matches – all of which Bright has played in. The 31-year-old…
Eimear Flanagan & Raymona Crozier BBC News NI BBC Emma Little-Pengelly and Michelle O’Neill have been in government together for a year The Northern Ireland Executive has achieved “significant” progress in its first year in operation but there is “much more to do” to improve public services. That was the joint verdict of First Minister…
Speaking after he was dropped for the Manchester derby in December, England international Rashford said he was “ready for a new challenge”. Villa are also close to signing Spain midfielder Marco Asensio on loan from Paris St-Germain. On Saturday, Villa boss Unai Emery said the club “need new players” following their 2-0 defeat at relegation-threatened…
107 years ago today, the Twin Peaks Tunnel, connecting the neighborhoods of Castro to West Portal underneath two of the three highest points in San Francisco was opened. When service began it was the world’s longest underground automobile tunnel at 11,920 feet (3,630 meters). It cost around $100 million in today’s money, and boring was…
Fifteen people, including 14 women, have been killed in a car bomb attack on a vehicle transporting agricultural workers in northern Syria, first responders say. Another 15 women were wounded by the blast on the outskirts of the city of Manbij, east of Aleppo, according to the Syria Civil Defence. The agency, which is also…
Enda McClafferty BBC News NI political editor PA Media Conor Murphy was first elected to Stormont for Newry and Armagh in 1998 Sinn Féin Economy Minister Conor Murphy has been elected to the Seanad (Irish parliament’s upper chamber) and will quit his job at Stormont. He secured one of the 60 seats available with the…
The UK is not prepared to tackle the impacts of climate change, the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has warned, as it called on the government to take “urgent action” to ensure the country is protected. It said fire and rescue teams “play a crucial role” in responding to increasingly common extreme weather events such…
Kevin Keane BBC Scotland’s environment correspondent BBC The banks of Loch Long at Arrochar are strewn with plastics from the River Clyde At the head of beautiful Loch Long in Argyll sits one of Scotland’s biggest plastic problems. A combination of prevailing winds and the rotation of the earth drive litter up the loch to…
Sections of a major Australian highway have been washed away, as flooding in Queensland worsens. The torrential rainfall in the state’s north has claimed one life so far and forced thousands to flee their homes, with communities in Townsville, Ingham, and Cardwell among the hardest hit. “Record” downpours are set to continue, authorities say, with…
Caroline Lowbridge BBC News, East Midlands Reporting fromA57 Snake Pass PA Media Snake Pass follows the River Ashop for much of its route Its breathtaking scenery makes it one of the UK’s most famous driving roads, but there have been warnings that Snake Pass could close to cars indefinitely. What is the future of this…
