Ross County manager Don Cowie is likely to have an unchanged squad to choose from, with Max Sheaf (thigh) and Ricki Lamie (Achilles) remaining on the sidelines.Meshack Ubochioma could make his Dundee United debut after signing from Hungarian club Zalaegerszeg last week, as could Emmanuel Adegboyega, who signed on a season-long loan deal from Norwich City.Ryan Strain (hamstring) faces three months out but Ross Docherty could return to full training in seven to 10 days as he works his way back from a calf strain.

Ross County v Dundee Utd: Team news

St Mirren: Balcombe, Rooney, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor, Brown, Smyth, Boyd-Munce, Idowu, Mandron, Ayunga.Substitutes: Urminsky, Kelly, Tanser, Iacovitti, Scott, Olusanya, Adeniran, Kenny, Taylor, Mooney, Sutherland, Bwomono.Brann: Dyngeland, Pedersen, Knudsen, Kristiansen, Soltvedt, Kartum, Kornvig, Myhre, Blomberg, Castro, Finne.Substitutes: Borsheim, Johansen, Opsahl, Warming, Mathisen, Heggebo, Helland, Sande, Holten.

Line-ups from Paisley

MK Dons have been taken over by a Kuwait-based consortium, ending Pete Winkelman's 21-year spell as owner. Winkelman oversaw the club's renaming in 2004 and promotion up to the Championship before an eventual return to League Two. The consortium will be led by businessman and entrepreneur Fahad Al Ghanim who...

MK Dons sold to Kuwait-based consortium

West Bromwich Albion boss Carlos Corberan hopes the Baggies' pre-season "difficulties" could end up making them stronger.

Corberan wants Albion strength through adversity

Germany’s Darja Varfolomeev won Olympic gold in the Rhythmic Gymnastics individual all-around final.Varfolomeev topped the rotations in hoop (36.300), ball (36.500) and clubs (36.350) and came second in the ribbon (33.700) to score a total 142.850 points.Bulgaria’s Boryana Kaleyn won the silver with 140.600 points and Italy's 2023 World Championships silver medallist Sofia Raffaeli took the bronze medal with 136.300 points.Having made her senior debut in 2022, Varfolomeev earned her first world title in the clubs before becoming the youngest gymnast to achieve the feat of a clean sweep of four apparatus finals and the all-around title at the 2023 World Championships.

Germany’s Darja Varfolomeev wins Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics individual all-round gold

They came to east London in their hundreds, preaching a message of peace. Under grey skies, people chose to chant, clap and come together to stand up for those feeling fearful following events across the UK during the past week. Waltham Forest is a borough of sanctuary, meaning it welcomes...

'We're here to ensure no-one ever pushes us around'

A tribunal determines Dr Marc Whitehouse's fitness to practise to be impaired.

False prescriptions doctor's licence suspended

Julie Sweeney, 53, is charged with sending communications threatening death or serious harm.

Woman appears in court over Facebook hate post

A man is jailed for repeatedly biting a 19-year-old's face on a bus.

Teen left with scarring after man bit her on face

Cervical screening rates vary "dramatically" across north-east England and North Cumbria.

Cancer 'biggest killer of women' in North East

Bulgaria's Karlos Nasar set a world record as he claimed gold in the men's 89kg weightlifting on Friday.The 20-year-old improved his own clean and jerk record to 224kg, which contributed to a record total of 404kg.Colombia's Yeison Lopez took silver with 390kg while Italy's Antonino Pizzolato claimed a second straight bronze (384kg).Olivia Reeves won the women's 71kg title, with the 21-year-old American registering a total of 262kg.Colombia's Mari Sanchez was second with 257kg while Ecuador's Angie Palacios finished third (256kg).

Nasar wins 89kg gold with world record lift

This year's festival in Scarborough is no longer going ahead, organisers have announced.

Music festival cancelled due to low ticket sales

Family, friends and former colleagues gathered for the funeral of former BBC presenter Beccy Barr. Ms Barr, 46, from Lancaster, was diagnosed with incurable abdominal cancer last year and died last month. In 2019, she gave up her role presenting North West Tonight to retrain as a firefighter. Colleagues from...

Funeral held for BBC presenter turned firefighter Beccy Barr

A man murdered his partner in a "malevolent" attack after accusing her of having an affair with one of his sons. Colin Kennedy, 63, was jailed for life after being found guilty of the "frenzied" killing of Catherine Stewart at their home in North Lanarkshire. One of their daughters came...

Man jailed for murdering partner after affair claim

Derry City fail to capitalise on the chance to leapfrog Shelbourne to the top of the Premier Division as they draw 1-1 at home against Dundalk.

Derry held by Dundalk in crucial Brandywell clash

A trans woman says she has been forced to pay £4,000 a year for private hormone replacement therapy (HRT) because of obstacles she faced at her GP surgery. Raya, 25, from Bedfordshire, told the BBC she had difficulty changing her name on her medical notes and said her doctor "didn't have a clue" how to treat a transgender person.

Living as a woman is 'best decision' despite HRT bill

48 young people were killed at the Stardust nightclub in Artane on Valentine’s Day, 1981.

Families of Stardust victims to get compensation

The Standard

An 18-year-old man has admitted being part of a group who left a police community support officer (PCSO) fearing for his life as they violently rocked a police van during the rioting in Rotherham.Footage of the CCTV van being rocked from side to side, with its rooftop mast swinging alarmingly, was one of many dramatic images of Sunday’s violence outside a Holiday Inn Express housing more than 200 asylum seekers.A neighbour of Kenzie Roughley, of Barnsley Road, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, contacted police with video footage of him punching and kicking the vehicle, and his fingerprints were later found on the...

Man, 18, admits to helping rock police van during Rotherham disorder

A carbon fibre production factory planned for Grimsby could employ almost 400 people by 2030. The factory, proposed for brownfield land at Humber Gate, off Energy Park Way, has been proposed by LeMond Carbon UK Ltd. The business is an offshoot of the LeMond Carbon business, which is run by...

Carbon fibre factory 'could create 400 jobs'

A large amount of silver items were stolen in a break-in at Sherborne's medieval abbey. Dorset Police said thieves broke through a door of the church sometime between 21:00 BST on Tuesday and 01:00 on Wednesday. The force said "several items of high-value silver" were stolen. Sherborne Abbey posted on...

Silver stolen in abbey break-in

NewsBreak

Shrewsbury motivated to prove doubters wrong - Hurst

Shrewsbury Town boss Paul Hurst and skipper Carl Winchester say they will use the motivation of being written off as League One relegation favourites this...

Shrewsbury motivated to prove doubters wrong - Hurst

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