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In the latest episode of BBC Radio Leeds' Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast, Jonny Buchan, Adam Pope and Kaiser Chiefs' bassist Simon Rix reflect on new signing Manor Solomon and how he performed against Hull City.Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds

Did Solomon impress?

Uncapped Dundee goalkeeper Jon McCracken has been called up to the Scotland squad for the Nations League matches with Poland and Portugal.The 24-year-old has previously been capped by his country at under-17 level and replaces Kilmarnock's Robby McCrorie, who has a hip injury. Zander Clark and Angus Gunn are the other keepers available to Steve Clarke.McCracken has played seven times for his club this season, helping the Dark Blues remain unbeaten for the campaign so far.Scotland host Poland on Thursday and visit Portugal on Thursday.

McCracken replaces McCrorie in Scotland squad

Local favourite Kye Rowles endured an unhappy homecoming as Australia were stunned 1-0 by Bahrain in a World Cup qualifying upset.Hearts defender Rowles played the full 90 minutes on the Gold Coast, where he had grown up and played junior football.Tynecastle team-mate Cammy Devlin was an unused substitute in the defeat that saw the Socceroos reduced to 10 men in the closing stages when striker Kusini Yengi was shown a straight red for a high kick to the neck of Sayed Baqer.Former Dundee United defender Harry Souttar then netted an 89th-minute own goal to hand Bahrain a shock win.The defeat in the opening game of the third round of Asian qualifying leaves the Aussies playing catch-up in a group that also features Japan and Saudi Arabia, with the top two guaranteed a place at the 2026 World Cup.

Unhappy homecoming for Rowles as Socceroos stunned

The Guardian

The tributes following his death at 39 have spoken for themselves: a mark of the man as much as the player

Sol Bamba was a colossus on the pitch and a beacon of humanity in private | Dominic Booth

ESPN

Erik ten Hag has the full backing of Manchester United's new leadership team, according to chief executive Omar Berrada.

Man United CEO Omar Berrada: Erik ten Hag has our full backing

Bladed weapons, drugs and £2,500 in cash have been seized by police at a house in Northampton.

Five people arrested in morning drugs raid

The government confirms three more cases of bluetongue virus in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Three more cases of bluetongue disease confirmed

A jury finds Huw Orphan responsible for an attack that left Amy Burley with a broken back.

Police officer guilty of kicking wife down stairs

A man has been jailed for manslaughter after fatally punching a man outside a pub on New Year's Eve. David Butler, 53, punched Robert Chadney, who was on a night out at the Beauchamp Arms in Malvern, Worcestershire, on 31 December 2023. Mr Chadney, who was punched "to the side...

Man jailed after fatal punch outside pub

Five children are arrested on suspicion of murder after the 80-year-old man died in hospital.

Children held over fatal attack on dog walker, 80

A report reveals some hospital staff have been given body worn cameras.

Violence against hospital staff rises by a third

Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend. The 33-year-old Ugandan marathon runner, who competed in the recent Paris Olympics, had suffered extensive burns after Sunday's attack. The authorities in north-west Kenya, where Cheptegei lived and trained, said...

Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies days after being set alight by ex-boyfriend

Devon and Cornwall Police said a 19-year-old man was airlifted to hospital after a tractor overturned.

Teen seriously injured after tractor overturns

Hanzel Scott, who attacked two 16-year-olds in 2022, is found guilty of rape and sexual assault.

Man guilty of raping two teenage girls

Several stripped vehicles, registration plates and cash are found in the raid, police say.

Arrests after chop shop found on farm

Anu Okusanya's family say she had heart attacks after fleeing a gang that had previously attacked her.

Attack witness 'ran to her death rather than safety'

The BBC understands that three children found dead in Staines were not known to social services.

Children found dead not known to social services

A man who was stabbed to death during a fight in a street in South Yorkshire has been named by police. Emergency services were called to Burton Road in Monk Bretton, near Barnsley, on Sunday following reports of an altercation involving a group of men. South Yorkshire Police said Alan...

Fatal street stabbing victim named as five arrested

A boy accused of killing four people at his high school in Georgia was interviewed last year by police about anonymous online threats, the FBI has said. Colt Gray, 14, denied to police in May 2023 he was behind internet posts that contained images of guns, warning of a school shooting.

US school shooting suspect, 14, quizzed about threats last year

A man who had a stroke that "changed his life" is urging people to get their blood pressure checked.

Stroke survivor urges people to check blood pressure

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Veltman 'showed intelligence' with role in Rice red card

The fallout from Declan Rice getting sent off for Arsenal against Brighton has been going on longer than the queue for Oasis tickets.And just like the...

Veltman 'showed intelligence' with role in Rice red card

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