The runway at Belfast City Airport will be closed for the rest of Sunday after an Aer Lingus plane suffered an emergency incident while landing in high winds. The plane took off from Edinburgh for Belfast at around 16:00 GMT with four crew members on board, but no passengers. Pictures showed the plane sitting on…
The crowd cheers as a young Maasai woman throws a ball across the finish line, the latest participant in the “Maasai Olympics,” a reimagining of the traditional coming-of-age rite of passage in the Kenyan steppes. On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered at the Kimana Reserve, about 200 km (120 miles) from the capital Nairobi, to…
Centuries from Steve Smith and Travis Head put Australia on top despite the late dismissal of India’s Jasprit Bumrah on the second day of the third Test in Brisbane. The pair came together at 75-3 and nearly put on a 241-run partnership for the fourth wicket before Bumrah dismissed both him and Mitchell Marsh with…
EPA Israeli soldiers on the Syrian side of the border near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights Israel has confirmed it is carrying out airstrikes in Syria to target suspected chemical weapons and missile sites. The country’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said this was to prevent weapons from falling “into the…
BBC This year’s Christmas number one singles will be released on Friday, featuring a mix of old favourites, new efforts and wild cards. Last year, Wham! Classic Last Christmas tops the yuletide singles chart, This was notably the first time since its release in 1984 that an original Band Aid release made it out of…
Here are the key developments from the 1,027th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This is the situation as of Tuesday, December 17: fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on Twitter that “initial reports suggest that Russia is trying to hide the loss of North Korean personnel.” Ukraine’s military intelligence said…
Match of the Day pundits Ashley Williams and Theo Walcott discuss how “brave” Fulham and “belligerent” Liverpool both produced strong performances during their 2-2 Premier League draw at Anfield. Read more: Liverpool leader ‘unprecedented in adverse circumstances’ Watch Match of the Day on BBC iPlayer Available to UK users only. Source link
It’s still early in the season of making wild decisions. However, Motta has made some interesting decisions that have attracted scrutiny. For example, his insistence on not playing magical number 10 Kenan Yıldız into the middle behind the striker – a position where he found success in the early games of the season. Despite being…
South Wales Police Brian Whitlock was convicted of murdering Wendy Buckney in November The family of a man murdered 24 years ago have said “catastrophic failings” of the probation service enabled his killer to strike again. Brian Whitlock, 57, was given a full life sentence, meaning he will never be considered for parole. For drug-induced…
A man has died after getting into difficulty in the water near a South Wales beach. South Wales Police said they were called to Ogmore-by-Sea, Vale of Glamorgan, at 10:30 GMT on Sunday and that the man died as a result of the incident. The force said next of kin and the coroner have been…
