Columbus, OH

WEEKEND RESULTS: : The NoordVaal region saw some epic derbies this weekend. King Edward VII School recorded an impressive 47-21 win over Maritzburg College, Monument Hoerskool bowed the knee to Garsfontein 28-31 and Jeppe High School for Boys downed Parktown emphatically by 69-7. In the Eastern Cape region, Selborne College...

Garsies on top against Monnas

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Currie Cup Round Four encounter between the Blue Bulls and Western Province at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The home team is on a winning streak in this North-South derby and is favourites to add another ‘W’ to the record.

RECAP: Blue Bulls v Western Province

MATCH REPORT: The Bulls moved back to the top of the Currie Cup standings with a come-from-behind 50-34 win over a Western Province team full of trickery at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The visitors, exploiting the sloppiness of the Bulls, raced into a comfortable 27-10 half-time lead. However, the home...

Blunt-force Bulls too good for Province 'trickery'

VIDEO: Following an impressive 50-34 victory of Western Province in the fourth round of the Currie Cup at Loftus on Saturday, the Bulls surged to the top of the standings but their head coach Phiwe Nomlomo is not someone who is plagued by table standings and points. Rather, the skills...

VIDEO: Nomlomo not looking at standings

A woman who uses a wheelchair has criticised a Derby rollerskating business which said it would not buy an access ramp for customers and removed its disabled car parking space. Sarah Camley, 35, visited Rollersnakes in Mansfield Road with her fiance Andrew Sheehan but was unable to use the entrance...

Rollerskate shop apologises after wheelchair ramp row

The BBC racing commentator John Hunt said that every message of support "feels like a hug" after his wife and two of his daughters were killed in a crossbow attack, his colleague has said. Matt Chapman, an ITV commentator, said he was in regular contact with Mr Hunt, who said...

John Hunt says messages of support are 'like a hug'

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Biscuit the dog is now in a shelter, safe and sound. 
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Man caught on video abusing his dog banned from owning animals

LIVE BLOGGING: Join us as we bring you updates from the Sevens tournament at the Paris Olympics. After three drama-packed days of the men’s competition, we switch to the women at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Australia and New Zealand hope to send legendary players a golden goodbye. The...

Olympic Sevens, Women - Day One

The US Sun

COMMUTERS stopped in their tracks as they spotted a full-size London bus - which had been folded in half. The single decker, measuring six metres by 6.2 metres, appeared to have been folded upwards at a 90-degree angle with its rear end nearly six metres off the ground in Old Street, Shoreditch.

Commuters stop in their tracks as they spot full-size bus folded in half – with baffling sight halting traffic

Christopher and Janine Barton died in the collision which claimed a total of six lives, police say.

Bike couple in crash that killed six people named

A triathlete was left "devastated" after pulling out of a race on the anniversary of his dad's death. Louis Dunne, 21, was competing in the Outlaw Triathlon at the National Water Sports Centre at Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, on Sunday. However, he suffered a flare up of a knee injury which...

Triathlete 'devastated' as he pulls out of race

A 22-YEAR-OLD Brits feared she was going to “die alone” after she was thrown down a 13ft drop in a terrifying quad bike crash in Greece. Courtney Leanne Boylan is in intensive care with serious injuries in a hospital in Athens following the horror accident last Friday. She was on a quad bike with a […]

Brit, 22, thrown down 13ft drop in terrifying quad bike crash in Greece leaving her fearing she was going to ‘die alone’

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

The Independent

A major general who helped carry Prince Philip’s coffin has admitted disgraceful conduct after playing with a woman’s hair and kissing her without consent. James Roddis faced a charge of sexual assault but admitted the lesser charge of disgraceful conduct of an indecent kind at the Bulford Military Court Centre in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on Wednesday.His plea was accepted by the Service Prosecuting Authority and the alternative charge of sexual assault under Section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 was not put.The former officer did not attend court in person and instead appeared via video-link for the plea and trial...

Major General who carried Prince Philip’s coffin admits disgraceful conduct

"We built it all from scratch.”
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Widow runs full-size railway in her backyard to honor late husband

UPDATE: An Argentine woman who accused two French international players of raping and beating her after a match earlier this month, said she had “said ‘no’ to sexual relations”. In her first interview since the scandal erupted during a South American tour by the French national...

Woman accusing French players of rape speaks out

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Currie Cup Round Four encounter between the Lions and Sharks at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. The table-topping Lions have already beaten the winless Sharks three times this year. * To read our pre-match predictions, CLICK HERE!. * Our live blog...

RECAP: Lions v Sharks

A search for a boy who fell off the Cliffs of Moher has been called off after a body was found.

Body found in search for boy who fell from cliffs

A police officer has been filmed kicking and stamping on the head of a man lying on the ground at Manchester Airport. The uniformed male officer is seen holding a Taser over the man, who is lying face down, before striking him twice while other officers shout at onlookers to stay back in a video shared widely online.

Police filmed stamping on man's head at airport

Police are investigating a "sickening, heartless assault" on a horse, which was found dead and mutilated in a field. Nottinghamshire Police said Alfie, a 16-year-old traditional tri-coloured cob, was found at a property off Owday Lane, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Worksop, at about 10:30 BST on Thursday. Alfie was last seen fit and...

Horse killed and mutilated in 'cruel' attack

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VIDEO - Crutches and wheelchairs for Western Province

SPOTLIGHT: Western Province will be forced to make some front row changes in the coming weeks as they count the cost of their trip to Loftus...

VIDEO - Crutches and wheelchairs for Western Province

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