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A Merlin Mk4 helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Devon on Wednesday.

With falling prices, fluctuating availability and a lack of clarity, could the biggest World Cup ever see swathes of empty seats?

Mohau Nkota will return to Saudi Arabia for his second season with Al-Ettifaq following a successful knee surgery.

The initiative encourages residents, businesses, and communities to take ownership

The commission has launched the 2026 local government elections campaign in Polokwane.

The bail application of eight accused of insurance-related killings has been adjourned to Friday.

Demonstrators say the project backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law would harm a protected environment.

Budapest’s liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony had been charged with helping to organise the banned 2025 march.

BBC correspondent John Sudworth reports from the Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah support, Dahieh.

If confirmed by the Senate, Trump’s former personal lawyer would become the administration’s number one prosecutor.

The opposition has called for protests after the president’s term in office was extended by a year.

A fifth man was discharged and acquitted by the court due to insufficient evidence against him.

With a record 10 African sides in action at the 2026 World Cup, BBC Sport Africa picks out some of the players to watch from the continent.

The oil giant says the documents ignore the critical context of the complex operating environment at the time.

From next week individual investors can take a stake in Musk’s rockets-to-AI company.

The uMkhonto weSizwe party says it will contest all municipal wards in the 2026 local elections.

MK Party leaders brief media on national meeting outcomes and latest developments within the

Gavin Jacob is on his second day of testimony at the Madlanga Inquiry.

The latest transfer news.

A member of the RFU council has been stripped of perks of his position for seven months – including tickets to England games, free meals and travel expenses – after posting discriminatory criticism.

Gaston Sirino is set to leave Naturena at the end of June when his current deal expires after two years with Kaizer Chiefs.

FIFA has released the planned match colours for all 72 group-stage fixtures that will be played across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Despite Labour’s promises to increase recruitment, school census shows a fall of nearly 2,000 teachers since last year

The number of teachers working in England’s state schools has shrunk for the second year in a row, even as the government said it was meeting its promises to increase recruitment where needed.

The annual school workforce census shows there are 466,300 teachers in state schools...

Gugu Gumede reveals how her weight influenced the acting roles she received and how her career has changed after losing 53kg.

Zoe Mthiyane has accused Lebo M of ‘narcissistic abuse’ and love bombing, sparking a fierce public backlash from the Lion King legend.

Ipid said in a parliamentary response that almost 4 000 cases of police misconduct were reported in the past financial year.

IDAC re-enrolled the R24.9m Nulane Investment corruption case after SCA overturned its withdrawal. Matter postponed.

Democrats and a handful of Republicans backed a measure challenging Trump’s handling of the conflict with Iran.

When Lightstone took South Africa’s first Automated Valuation Model (AVM) live with Absa in 2006, most banks assumed that automated valuations would be useful for low-value, low-risk decisions, but never as a serious substitute for a human valuer walking the property.  Twenty years later, AVMs sit at the centre of mortgage origination, portfolio monitoring and capital management at...

You can tap the star-shaped, NFC-enabled wand at terminals to make contactless payments. It’s the first of several tap-to-pay hardware doodads coming from Cash App.

Could the parasite also impact human behaviour? Made in partnership with UKRI.

A young man from Darwen who lost his father realised he needed support so decided to start a walking group

As scientists edge closer to new treatments for hair loss, Victoria Derbyshire examines what such breakthroughs could mean for women.