Rangers midfielder Greg Docherty is confident they will be ready for their first Europa League encounter on Tuesday. The Ibrox side’s trip to Gibraltar to face St Joseph’s was brought forward by two days because of a fixture clash in the British overseas territory. Manager Steven Gerrard was forced to...
Gabriel Jesus was sent off as 10-man Brazil lifted the Copa America for the ninth time with a 3-1 victory over Peru. The Manchester City striker was dismissed for two bookable offences either side of half-time, having earlier set up Everton’s opener and then scored the second himself after Paolo...
El Khadra are yet to concede a goal at the tournament. Riyad Mahrez scored a wonderful goal as Algeria underlined their status as one of the favourites for the Africa Cup of Nations with a 3-0 win over Guinea which booked their place in the quarter-finals. The Manchester City winger’s...
The 29-year-old was airlifted to hospital after plunging 10ft down the rock face at Winspit near Swanage, Dorset, yesterday afternoon.
Pensioner Ronald Webb was in his 40s when he molested a Swindon teenager in the bathroom of his Winnifred Street home in 1986.
Jodrell Bank in Cheshire has been named a Unesco World Heritage site. The Cheshire observatory, which is owned by the University of Manchester, has been at the forefront of astronomical research for decades. The coveted listing recognises Jodrell Bank’s role in transforming our understanding of the universe and it will also “make...
The US state of Alaska’s largest city and two other state locations reached record high temperatures on Independence Day. The National Weather Service says Anchorage on Thursday afternoon reached 90F (32.22C). Meteorologist Bob Clay says the previous record for Anchorage was 85F (29.44C) on June 14 1969. Kenai and King...
Migrants on a rescue boat that docked in the Italian island of Lampedusa against an explicit ban have disembarked after the vessel was impounded. Humanitarian group Mediterranea Saving Humans said in a tweet that over 40 migrants on board were “finally allowed to disembark to receive assistance”. It confirmed that...
Five people have been hospitalised after the opening bull run of this year’s San Fermin festival in Pamplona, including two Americans and a Spaniard who were gored by bulls. Officials in the northern Spanish city said a 46-year-old man from San Francisco, California, had been gored in the neck in...