Glasgow 2014: Welsh day two at Commonwealth Games
Coral Kennerley and Mike Bamsey progressed to the finals of the 10m air rifle competitions – Kennerley finished sixth in the women’s final while in the men’s final Bamsey finished seventh. Welsh swimmers had another busy day at Tollcross with Jarvis claiming his country’s first medal of the Games in the pool with a new […]
European Gymnastics: GB women win team silver in Bulgaria
Britain’s previous medal in the event came in 2010, external when the squad – which included the now-retired Beth Tweddle – finished second in Birmingham. Downie, who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is the only member of the 2010 line-up still in the GB team. “It’s a totally different team [to 2010] with totally […]
Michael Gove’s return and teenager drugs death
BBC Many of Scotland’s front pages focus on Michael Gove’s return to the Cabinet after Prime Minister Theresa May appointed him as environment secretary. The Herald says Mrs May is risking “Cabinet tensions” as Mr Gove makes his “shock” return to government. The Daily Telegraph’s take is that Mrs May made the appointment as a […]
‘Support’ for Prince Andrew and new Ofcom powers
PA Media Many of the papers, both tabloid and broadsheet, feature pictures of the Queen arriving for a church service at Balmoral yesterday alongside Prince Andrew. “Andrew allegations back in the spotlight” is the i’s view on what most papers reports as a show of unity, following the death in prison of Prince Andrew’s friend, […]
Max Whitlock & Daniel Keatings win European titles in Russia
GB’s Daniel Keatings made up for missing London 2012 through injury with victory on the pommel horse. Whitlock, 20, was part of the GB men’s side that won their first team medal in 100 years at London 2012 and, after winning silver in the all-around final on Friday, he completed his set of European honours […]
Liz Cheney faces vote to remove her from Republican leadership
‘Our election was not stolen and America has not failed.’ US Republicans are to vote on whether to oust one of their leaders, Liz Cheney, over her repeated criticism of former President Donald Trump. The Wyoming lawmaker, daughter of ex-US Vice-President Dick Cheney, is expected to lose her third-ranking post in the House of Representatives. […]
Should reality be virtual or augmented?
BBC Stream or download the latest Tech Tent podcast Listen to previous episodes on the BBC website Listen live every Friday at 15:00 BST on the BBC World Service What kind of reality do we want to live in – a virtual or augmented world? Two of the most powerful men in the technology world […]
Netball World Cup 2019: Tales from the netball changing room
England Netball created the biggest netball open day ever, external by hosting more than 200 netball sessions across the country the day after the World Cup finished. On the final day of the tournament, England Netball experienced a 1,000% increase in visits to the England Netball session finder compared to two weeks before the World […]
Who is Leslie Evans, permanent secretary to the Scottish government?
Scottish government The Scottish government’s permanent secretary, Leslie Evans, apologised for the failure to properly apply the procedures Scotland’s top civil servant Leslie Evans is to be quizzed by MSPs after the Scottish government accepted it had acted unlawfully while investigating sexual harassment claims against Alex Salmond. But who is Ms Evans? A career public […]
World Gymnastics 2011: Jordyn Wieber wins women’s all-around gold
“Five golds would be a dream come true,” said Wieber. Ninth is an excellent result for Whelan, who improved markedly on her 2010 displays on three of the four pieces of apparatus. She believes the top eight is well within her grasp at the Olympic Games, but must improve on bars (where she scored just […]