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MV Isle of Islay is the first of four large new ferries ordered from a shipyard in Turkey. from BBC News https://ift.tt/14mZyKw

A cyclist who was killed during the Road World Championships was not found for 82 minutes after a crash, investigators find. from BBC News https://ift.tt/7qTce1S

A UK Foreign Office spokesman accused Russia of an "aggressive and co-ordinated campaign of harassment against British diplomats". from BBC News https://ift.tt/7sFMNJw

Those caught speeding on a stretch of road outside a rural school are being taught some lessons by the pupils. from BBC News https://ift.tt/1RSErC6

BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator Harry Benjamin rates how the drivers performed during the Japanese Grand Prix. from BBC News https://ift.tt/0HiL4rd

BBC Sport looks at how Alvaro Arbeloa has managed to get the best out of the Real Madrid squad since his appointment in January. from BBC News https://ift.tt/6ePCI03

Mary Rand, the first British woman to win athletics gold at the Olympics, was described as "Marilyn Monroe on spikes". from BBC News https://ift.tt/H51X20G

Demand for ultrasound has increased but too few people are being trained for the job, sonographers warn. from BBC News https://ift.tt/CliEOcU

Jordan Henderson says England players will support Ben White after the Arsenal defender was booed by fans at Wembley in Friday's 1-1 draw with Uruguay. from BBC News https://ift.tt/eF7CckX

The doctor who thinks that we are getting diagnosis wrong. from BBC News https://ift.tt/OBCsqm9

Everton forward Katja Snoeijs explains her journey to getting a diagnosis of endometriosis. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Wrqkvfb

Paul C Brunson pays an emotional tribute to his fellow TV relationship expert, who died on Tuesday. from BBC News https://ift.tt/tGw5y20

Coco Gauff becomes the youngest American to reach the women's singles semi-finals at the Miami Open since Serena Williams in 2004. from BBC News https://ift.tt/UTwDftN

The book "contained many jokes that were not appropriate for a programme", the show's producers say. from BBC News https://ift.tt/10cLwQD

PSG ask to postpone their Ligue 1 game against title rivals Lens which is sandwiched between the two legs of their Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool. from BBC News https://ift.tt/8iV4Q6U

England will face Canada in a rematch of the 2025 Women's World Cup final as part of a trio of fixtures in the WXV Global Series in September. from BBC News https://ift.tt/hNv10J5

Those who do not comply can be jailed for up to a year and fined up to HK$100,000 ($12,700; £9,600). from BBC News https://ift.tt/V9FKaiL

Steve Reed says there is "no specific assessment" Iran is capable of hitting the UK, after Israel claimed it now could. from BBC News https://ift.tt/56tPDG3

Beau Greaves' record run of 114 consecutive wins in the PDC Women's Series is ended by Fallon Sherrock. from BBC News https://ift.tt/j7YlIbx

Ronnie O'Sullivan beats China's Wu Yize in a deciding frame to reach the World Open final, as he hunts a record-extending 42nd ranking title. from BBC News https://ift.tt/1lnksgG

The 57-year-old had been attempting to cycle 300 miles in three days in Canada's Northwestern Territories. from BBC News https://ift.tt/JFpZ6iB

Everton midfielder James Garner and Brighton goalkeeper Jason Steele are named by Thomas Tuchel in an expanded 35-man England squad. from BBC News https://ift.tt/n4VCaSt

Caf executive committee member Augustin Senghor says the decision to strip Senegal of the 2025 Afcon title is "unacceptable, abject and we have to denounce it". from BBC News https://ift.tt/3jWZy09

Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel may have played his "last football game" with surgery required on his shoulder but he is eager to "fight" to regain fitness. from BBC News https://ift.tt/DoQ34e2

In only his second UFC fight, undefeated Briton Luke Riley will take on Michael Aswell Jr in the co-headline bout at O2 Arena on Saturday. from BBC News https://ift.tt/vBdeDKx

Head coach Alan Dickens leaves Newcastle Red Bulls as former Wales fly-half Stephen Jones takes over for the rest of the season. from BBC News https://ift.tt/vo2iymH

Bryson DeChambeau wins his fourth LIV Golf title following a 'brutal' play-off victory over wildcard Richard T Lee from BBC News https://ift.tt/2oeumZD

Kimi Antonelli takes his first Formula 1 victory in leading team-mate George Russell to a Mercedes one-two in the Chinese Grand Prix. from BBC News https://ift.tt/j9JdimL

The ex-Oldham MP Phil Woolas battled brain cancer for more than a year, his family says. from BBC News https://ift.tt/xizNjH9

A year after starring in the Champions League against Real Madrid, Myles Lewis-Skelly is struggling for game time - what has happened? from BBC News https://ift.tt/GTdCpZj

The Iran women's national football team have become "heroes" and deserve to be free to live their lives, says former Iran men's head coach Afshin Ghotbi. from BBC News https://ift.tt/1Wi7xcB

Max Verstappen says he wishes F1 was "more fun" but is hopeful the sport is heading towards changes that will "improve everything". from BBC News https://ift.tt/R5hTuPG

Harry Redknapp's Jukebox Man joins 10 other horses in the field for Friday's Cheltenham Gold Cup. from BBC News https://ift.tt/2FbIaHZ

The Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo scores 83 points in a game, surpassing Kobe Bryant and second only to the great Wilt Chamberlain. from BBC News https://ift.tt/QXjc6tS

Mick North, whose daughter was shot dead in 1996, wants UK ministers to be more aware of firearms dangers. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Bx1Yhkw

Britain's Sky Brown becomes a skateboarding world champion for the second time after winning gold in a rain-disrupted park event in Brazil. from BBC News https://ift.tt/g3bKj7C

Jon Rahm produces a final round 64 to claim victory at the LIV Golf event in Hong Kong as he beats Thomas Detry - one of the players he helped leave the Middle East - to the title. from BBC News https://ift.tt/8Y17KNM

As corner kicks continue to cause chaos in the Premier League, BBC Sport take a closer at why they are becoming so hard to defend. from BBC News https://ift.tt/HFyZJKt

Para-alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina wins Russia's first medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics with downhill bronze. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Z2xyV67

"It's a Grand Slam or disappointment" for France, writes Tom English as fellow risk takers Scotland bid to keep their own title hopes alive at Murrayfield. from BBC News https://ift.tt/dtFSDPc

Wales aim to have the last laugh against Ireland in the Six Nations at the Aviva Stadium on Friday after being the subject of ridicule. from BBC News https://ift.tt/w7dhJSm

More than 50 of the mammals, a large species of dolphin, got into difficulty in Lewis in 2023. from BBC News https://ift.tt/hZ6DaTi

EFL clubs approve plans to expand the Championship play-offs from four to six teams for the 2026-27 season onwards. from BBC News https://ift.tt/wXuCIjY

England Under-20 star Lucas Friday on his anterior cruciate ligament recovery and learning off Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care. from BBC News https://ift.tt/7qGNuYf

Scarlets wing Ellis Mee is given a Wales recall in Friday's Six Nations game against Ireland, while there could be a new cap off the bench. from BBC News https://ift.tt/UfxHTnq

Four of the six - ranging in age from 20 to 42 - have been named after the drone strike in Kuwait. from BBC News https://ift.tt/kKLVE5Y

Who are the best centre-forwards of the 21st Century? We've had a go at trying to whittle down a pretty formidable list. from BBC News https://ift.tt/57dMxXi

The London arts centre is to get new lifts and will have step-free access throughout the venue. from BBC News https://ift.tt/tBkjOGV

Sarina Wiegman says England have been told there are no safety concerns over their World Cup qualifier in Turkey despite the conflict in the Middle East. from BBC News https://ift.tt/3bVJUOG

As we start meteorological spring, Simon King explores whether it is time to put away your winter coat. from BBC News https://ift.tt/NMJspGi

The day it becomes impossible for Spurs to finish above Arsenal in the Premier League, St Totteringham's Day is set to arrive earlier than ever. from BBC News https://ift.tt/GoaXnWE