Great Britain's duet Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe win silver after their free routine in the artistic swimming. Follow the Olympics on BBC Sport. Available to UK users only.

Shortman & Thorpe win historic silver in artistic swimming

Marnus Labuschagne, one of Australia's star batsmen in the ODI World Cup 2023 final against India, has announced the retirement of his iconic bat. This was the same bat that Labuschagne used to score a patient 58 off 110 balls in the final. His innings, combined with Travis Head's aggressive approach, led Australia to a memorable win at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on November 19.

'Time to retire' - Marnus Labuschagne bids farewell to iconic bat that led Australia to World Cup triumph against India

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T20s will feature at the Olympics' next edition, which will be in Los Angeles in 2028

Ricky Ponting on cricket at the Olympics: 'Opens up completely different audiences to our game'

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

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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

As they were driving along the A358, Mr Bennett said his wife's contractions became "worse and worse". "I thought I would have one [contraction] per junction," said Mrs Bennett, jokingly. "I thought four or five minutes per junction, I can do that," she added. As her contractions grew closer, Mr...

Mr Bennett said: "She pulled out a baby, just right there and then as I was driving along."

A man who shared racially aggravated online social media posts linked to national civil unrest has been jailed. Lee Joseph Dunn, of Egremont, Cumbria, pleaded guilty to one offence of sending, by means of a public electronic communications network, a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.

Man jailed over racially aggravated posts

Christopher Filbrandt, 31, is accused of strangulation and rape.

Man, 31, denies rape in cathedral grounds

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Actor Richard Deacon found fame on classic TV sitcoms such as The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS, 1961-1966), on which he played Mel Cooley, and Leave it to Beaver (CBS, 1957-1963), in which which he portrayed neihbor Fred Rutherford. Both characters were married to women, while Fred had a son.

The Secret Gay Life of Actor Richard Deacon ('Dick Van Dyke Show'): 30 Years After His Tragic Death

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

Police say they have not arrested anyone yet in connection with the incident on Keighley Road.

'Substantial' cannabis farm discovered in town

As the 2024 Paris Olympics draws to a close, the BBC rounds up some of the most stunning photos captured from the Games – and reveals their similarities to historic works of art. The ancient Olympic Games were already a quarter of a millennium old when, in 530 BC,...

Seven of the Paris Olympics' most striking images – as artworks

A woman has been arrested after a man suffered a serious head injury in a Derbyshire village. Police were called by East Midlands Ambulance Service at about 00:30 BST on Sunday to say the man, who is in his 20s, had been found in Station Road, Hatton. The assault is...

Woman arrested after man found with serious head injuries

Father John Heneghan says Alice da Silva Aguair "had a glorious smile".

Parents of Southport victim 'surrounded by love'

Matt Richards returns to Droitwich, his hometown, after securing a gold and silver medal in Paris.

Hundreds give Olympian surprise homecoming welcome

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all commentary and quotes from Elizabeth Montgomery are from a direct interview the actress had with the author.]. Beloved actress Elizabeth Montgomery (who died from cancer in 1975) is best known for her magical role as Samantha Stephens, the witch-with-a-twitch, on the classic 1960s TV sitcom, Bewitched.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery shocked father Robert Montgomery with 'Lizzie Borden' Role

Harold Isaac in Port-au-Prince & Pascal Fletcher in Miami. Pressure is mounting on Kenyan police officers to deliver on their promise to help bring Haiti's rampant gangs under control, six weeks after setting foot in the Caribbean nation. When the first contingent of 200 elite Kenyan police officers flew into...

Kenyan police taunted as they square up to Haiti's gangs

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

A £70,000 treatment gone wrong left the 49-year-old with years of treatment and mobility issues.

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Invincibles thrash Spirit to close in on Lord's final

London Spirit 96 (92 balls): Pepper 27 (18); Zampa 4-17 Oval Invincibles 100-1 (63 balls): Cox 61* (30); Stone 1-16 Adam Zampa took 4-17 as defending...

Invincibles thrash Spirit to close in on Lord's final

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