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Mourners to gather for Alex Salmond memorial service
A memorial service is to take place on Saturday for the former First Minister Alex Salmond, who died suddenly last month. Mourners will gather at Edinburgh’s St Giles’ Cathedral, with the service being streamed live from 11:00. Salmond, 69, died of a heart attack while attending a conference in North Macedonia on 12 October. Saturday’s…
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'I couldn’t stop watching': Personal stories of how porn obsession takes over lives
BBC Shaun Flores shares his story in a new BBC iPlayer series Shaun Flores was 11 years old when he first started watching porn, after being introduced to it by a friend. “I was hooked almost immediately,” the now 30-year-old says. “It was just like, wow, what is this that people are doing where they…
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'I'm just slow – same every weekend'
Lewis Hamilton has said he is “definitely not fast any more” after another disappointing qualifying performance in his final season at Mercedes. Hamilton’s comments came after he qualified seventh for the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix. The seven-time champion, who is joining Ferrari next season, was 0.399 seconds slower than team-mate George Russell,…
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Chiefs hold off late Raiders rally to clinch play-off spot
The Kansas City Chiefs, the defending Super Bowl champions, came out on top in a dramatic finish to beat the Las Vegas Raiders 19-17 and become the first team to clinch an NFL play-off spot. Trailing by two points, with 15 seconds left and in field goal range, the Raiders lost possession after a mix-up…
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Financial watchdog defends progress after MPs' criticism
The boss of the UK’s financial watchdog has said criticism from MPs that it has failed to reform after years of scandal is “not fair”. Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, said it is “tackling financial crime… on a scale that has never been done before in the UK”. He was responding…
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Young girls with same cancer become best friends
BBC Best friends Lacie (left) and Betsy go to the same school but only met after they were diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia just three weeks apart Betsy, seven, and five-year-old Lacie have a very special friendship. Despite living less than a mile apart in Bridgend, and attending the same school, they did not meet…
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'Pixelated' mural tackles stigma of breastfeeding
BBC The mural was unveiled on Friday A group in Londonderry say they hope a new mural in the city centre will help tackle stigmas around breastfeeding. According to Public Health Agency figures, fewer mums in Derry and Strabane choose to breastfeed compared to the rest of Northern Ireland. The mural in Great James Street,…
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What more can big names do as Scotland chase Euros?
The post-match praise from Scotland’s last run out in Edinburgh could not have been any greater. From Martinez Losa admitting they showed the “best version of themselves”, to left-back Nicola Docherty adding “excellent” Scotland had their “belief and winning mentality back”, the confidence could not have been any higher. That carried into this camp. Throughout…
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Syrian rebels take control of majority of Aleppo, observers say
Rebel forces in Syria have taken control of “half” of the country’s second-largest city, Aleppo, according to the UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). SOHR said 277 people – including more than 20 civilians – have been killed since the offensive started on Wednesday. The offensive is the largest against the Syrian…
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India vs Prime Ministers XI: Play Delayed on Day 1 Of Warm-up Match Due to Rain
Canberra: India is set to face the Prime Minister’s XI of Australia at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, with the two-day warm-up match commencing on Saturday, November 30. The first day’s play was postponed due to continuous rain. India leads the five-match Test series against Australia 1-0 in the current Border-Gavaskar Trophy and is preparing…