[ad_1] He collected Olympic silver in Munich in 1972 and won World Championship gold the following year. Wilkie added three more Commonwealth medals for Scotland, including two golds, in 1974. In 1975, he completed a 100m and 200m breaststroke double at world level and was voted British Sports Personality of the Year. Wilkie’s crowning moment...
[ad_1] 6 minutes ago Angus Cochrane ,BBC Scotland News Getty Images First Minister John Swinney outlined his government’s plans in a speech to the Scottish Parliament First Minister John Swinney has declared the eradication of child poverty as his “single most important objective”. The SNP leader also pledged to grow the economy, tackle the climate...
[ad_1] 34 minutes ago Lisa Young,BBC News, Cornwall BBC Jim Henderson was described as having the “heart of a warrior, the soul of a humanitarian” The funeral of an aid worker killed in an air strike in Gaza has taken place in Cornwall. Jim Henderson, 33, was among seven aid workers who died in the...
[ad_1] A 66-year-old man has been charged with the murder and kidnapping of a teenage girl. Steve Wright has been charged over the death of 17-year-old Victoria Hall, which happened more than 24 years ago. Ms Hall was last seen alive in the early hours of Sunday 19 September 1999, in High Road, Trimley St...
[ad_1] BBC Liam Stimpson, 24, is standing trial accused of raping a homeless woman in Cardiff Warning: Contains distressing content A homeless woman begged her attacker to stop as she was stripped naked, beaten and raped twice in a city centre, a court has heard. A jury at Cardiff Crown Court was told the 40-year-old...
[ad_1] Former Leeds Rhino player Kevin Sinfield has announced his fifth challenge to raise money for a motor neurone disease charity. He will cover 50km (31 miles) every day for a week in honour of former teammate Rob Burrow, who has had the condition since 2019, and for MND Association. The theme is “Running Home...
[ad_1] A nursery worker who strapped a nine-month-old baby face down to a beanbag and left her there for 90 minutes has been jailed for 14 years for the child’s manslaughter. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can...
[ad_1] Atkins admitted going with Pereira after the murder to sell Mr Shotton’s phone at a Cash Creators shop. He then cut up Mr Shotton’s body with a saw in a makeshift tent in the garden before burning the victim’s head in a fire, the court heard. Pereira cleaned their house with bleach to remove...
[ad_1] It will be 10 years after the Grenfell Tower fire before potential criminal prosecutions can begin. The Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service said no charges would be announced until late 2026 at the earliest because of the increasing “scale and complexity” of the inquiry. Nineteen companies or organisations are currently under investigation, along...
[ad_1] BBC Bill and Anne pictured at their joint 80th birthday party Bill and Anne Black were 13 when they first set eyes on each other at high school. But life took them in separate directions until they finally got together and walked down the aisle 64 years later. Their inspiring love story features in...