There were 48 goals scored in the opening weekend as the SWPL returned for the 2024/25 season. Reigning champions Celtic put nine past Dundee United on Saturday to get their new campaign under way, with strikes from Lucy Ashworth Clifford, Jenny Smith, Amy Gallacher as well as new signings Bruna Lourenco and Signe Carstens.

Goals galore in SWPL opening weekend

Aberdeen sign Finnish winger Topi Keskinen from HJK Helsinki on a four-year deal.

Aberdeen seal deal for Finnish winger Keskinen

Bosun Lawal has completed a permanent transfer to English Championship side Stoke City, with the 21-year-old signing a four-year deal. The Celtic academy graduate made just one first-team appearance for the Glasgow club and leaves in search of regular minutes. Lawal spent last season on loan with Fleetwood Town where he scored six goals in 46 appearances, as they were relegated from League One. 

Celtic academy graduate Lawal makes permanent switch to Stoke

Wales international Jordan James has completed his move from Birmingham to Rennes.

Wales midfielder James leaves Blues to join Rennes

For 149 years, a Lake District town has played host to a Christian convention that has grown from a small affair in a vicar's garden to a big annual gathering, drawing crowds from all over the world. Keswick Convention now takes place over three weeks in the summer and this...

'Wrong time' for Christian convention as trade hit

The Opt-Out scheme in Nottingham has already found a number of previously undiagnosed cases.

Hundreds tested for HIV and hepatitis in new scheme

A review of the front page stories from the daily and weekly newspapers in Wales.

Wales' papers: 'Rotten egg' smell leaving health 'at stake'

The families of Valdo Calocane's victims say the report "demonstrates gross, systematic failures".

Review of killer's care finds 'a series of errors'

Officers say she was approached by a man who then assaulted her a short time later.

Police appeal after woman assaulted in churchyard

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Kate Jackson began her acting career as a silent ghost on TV's classic 1960s gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows but remains alive and well years after two horrific battles with breast cancer. Jackson went on to small screen prime-time stardom on police/detective/crime drama/comedies like The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and more. This is her triumphant story.

'Charlie's Angels' Star Kate Jackson Has Courageously Battled and Conquered Cancer Several Times

Stones were thrown at a man in parkland in Belfast in an incident which police are treating as a racially-motivated hate crime. It is the latest in a series of racially-motivated incidents since the start of August. Police said the man was walking in the parkland off Manse Road in...

Stones thrown at man in racially-motivated attack

Greater Manchester Police say a boy has been taken to hospital for treatment.

Boy taken to hospital after stabbing in city centre

Police are appealing for witnesses after the 70-year-old was hit at about 15:30 BST on Saturday.

Man critically ill after being hit by motorbike

The baby's body may have been under the floorboards of a Victorian house for more than 100 years.

Search for relatives of baby hidden a century ago

Holly Newton was stabbed multiple times by a 16-year-old boy in a town centre in January 2023.

Teen killer 'probably' hid from girl before attack

A man and a woman are arrested after a 57-year-old fell to his death from a Salford apartment block.

Murder arrests after man falls to death from balcony

A 16-year-old girl, 17-year-old boy and three men have pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

Three men and two teenagers admit violent disorder

Zamira Hajiyeva agrees to give up properties after a six-year National Crime Agency investigation.

Jailed banker's wife forfeits golf course and £14m home

A shop security guard has described how he helped save an 11-year-old girl as she was being attacked by a knifeman in London's Leicester Square. In a statement, the Met Police said a 32-year-old man had been arrested and taken into custody after the girl and her 34-year-old mother were stabbed.

Girl, 11, and mum, 34, stabbed in central London

Early issues of new King Charles III banknotes raises close to a million for 10 UK charities.

Kings Charles banknotes go for 11 times face value

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'We want to be fighting for European spots' - O'Hora

Warren O'Hora says Hibs can build on their second-half showing against Celtic, with the Irish defender targeting European football next season.Hibs were beaten 2-0 by Brendan...

'We want to be fighting for European spots' - O'Hora

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