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Andy Murray says he will take risks in order to play in Wimbledon one last time next week. The former men's world No 1 had surgery to remove a cyst on his spine last Saturday. After a training session today, he gave no guarantees he will play singles at Wimbledon but said he was "trying"."Whether there's enough time or not, I don't know, but I'm trying," Murray told reporters, somewhat downbeat […]

Girls have officially become full members of the St Paul's Cathedral choir for the first time.The children, named only as Lila, 11, and Lois, 10, took part in the final preparations ahead of Sunday's choral evensong service. It marks a historic step in the choir's 900-year history as girls officially become a full part of it.Both girls have been probationers in training with the choir since September 2023 and are […]

In a corner of Tenerife, a winding, narrow road takes you towards a small village called Masca. At points on the route, the view of the sea below and the mountains above is breathtaking.This place, with its handful of houses and cafes, nestled among ravines and rockfaces, is about a 40-minute drive from the parts of the island most British tourists know, but it might as well be a world […]

It's an icy cold December morning outside a Travelodge in Enfield, north London, when we first meet Nedret Batir.She's wearing a T-shirt, but seems oblivious to the temperature - only consumed with her obvious and immediate distress. Everything she owns, along with her two daughters' possessions, are packed up into suitcases in the corridor of the hotel.She has just been evicted from her room and is now officially homeless.There are […]

A dad-of-three who broke into a mortuary and defiled two bodies has been jailed.Damon Tingay "violated and defiled" bodies after he broke into the mortuary of the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby, in the early hours of the morning on 17 MarchGrimsby Crown Court heard Tingay rummaged through numerous fridges and disturbed the shrouds covering the dead before he performed sex acts on two male bodies.Tingay was in the […]

A total of 27 Just Stop Oil supporters have been arrested on suspicion of planning to disrupt airports this summer, the Metropolitan Police has said.The arrests were made in London, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Devon, Essex, Manchester, Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk and West Yorkshire. "Among those held were several high-profile members of Just Stop Oil who we believe to be key organisers," the force said.Four people were arrested on Tuesday after being identified […]

Celtic have paid tribute to former player Landry N'Guemo, who has died at the age of 38.The Cameroonian midfielder played one season on loan at the Glasgow club, making more than 43 appearances and finishing in second place in 2010 to Rangers in the Scottish Premier League - now known as the Scottish Premiership. Celtic released a statement saying they are "shocked and saddened" after he died in a road […]

British swimmer Archie Goodburn has revealed he has been diagnosed with incurable brain cancer.The 22-year-old became aware of three large tumours defined as oligodendrogliomas - a rare form of diffuse and progressive brain cancer - which are inoperable, after tests conducted following this year's Olympic trials.He has previously won bronze in the men's 50m breaststroke at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships and represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.In a […]

The SNP is closing the gap on Labour north of the border - but Scottish votes will still be a big help to Sir Keir Starmer at the ballot box, a Sky News poll suggests.An exclusive YouGov poll for Sky News puts Labour on 35% in Scotland and the SNP on 29%. The Scottish Nationalists are catching up with Anas Sarwar's party, but if results on 4 July reflect the […]