[ad_1] A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed in what police have called an "awful incident".Keiron Charles, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene in Erconwald Street, Shepherd's Bush, west London, at about 13:10 BST on Saturday.Another boy, aged 16, was taken to hospital with stab wounds and was arrested on suspicion of murder after his injuries were assessed as non-life-changing.A third
[ad_1] A teenager found dead after going swimming in a lake in south-east London has been named as Izaiah Smith.The body of the 15-year-old was found in Beckenham Place Park in Beckenham at about 22:40 BST on Friday following searches by specialist dive teams. The Metropolitan Police previously said his death was being treated as "unexpected" but was not believed to be suspicious. The victim's family has been informed and
[ad_1] James DelaneyBBC Scotland NewsGetty ImagesJamie Greene quit the Scottish Conservatives to join the Lib Dems over the party's lurch to the rightAn MSP who resigned from the Scottish Conservatives this week says there is "growing disquiet" among former colleagues over the party's move to the right.Jamie Greene told the BBC he had grown "deeply uncomfortable" over how the party had described issues affecting LGBT people as a "dangerous ideology".Greene,
[ad_1] BBCAbout 200 people took part in the solo puzzle competition on SaturdayFrom idyllic rural scenes to bespoke pet designs, jigsaw puzzles are a perfect way to while away a lazy day – but for more than 200 people in Bradford this weekend, it was all about speed.The UK's first federation-approved puzzling championships took place on Saturday, with competitors from across the globe battling to complete 500-piece puzzles as quickly
[ad_1] Simon ArmstrongBBC News, North East & CumbriaBBCA cordon has been put in place with officers carrying out house-to-house inquiriesA man has died in a shooting in County Durham.Emergency services attended a home in Elm Street, Stanley, at about 17:20 BST on Saturday following reports of a disturbance.A man aged in his 50s was declared dead at the scene despite the efforts of paramedics to save him.Durham Police described it
[ad_1] Esme MooreEsme Moore, pictured here in Cappadocia, Turkey, says the journey has been a "rollercoaster"A woman who has cycled from Somerset to Singapore, says she "cannot believe it" and the time has "absolutely flown by".Esme Moore has spent a year on the road and pedalled about 15,534 miles (25,000 km), since cycling out of her parents driveway in Shipham in March 2024.She has raised more than £10,000 for the
[ad_1] Broadway Boy is to return home after suffering a heavy fall in the Grand National.The horse, trained in Gloucestershire by Nigel Twiston-Davies, was leading the Aintree showpiece when he came down heavily at Valentine's Brook on the second circuit."Thank you for all the lovely messages, more importantly thanks to all the vets at @AintreeRaces," said Nigel's son and assistant trainer Willy Twiston-Davies on X."Broadway Boy is getting loaded on
[ad_1] Galloway Mountain RescueThe blaze took hold on Friday night and spread north over the course of SaturdayPeople and properties have been evacuated as a wildfire has spread over a large area of forest in Galloway.Emergency services were initially called to Glen Trool at about 23:50 on Friday, with crews remaining on the scene into Sunday.Helicopters were deployed to help battle back the flames while police warned the blaze could
[ad_1] Jonathan GeddesBBC Scotland NewsMaryhill Burgh HallsJessie Stephen was a trade union activist and suffragette campaigner from her teens Few people would have looked twice at the teenage maid stopping by a Glasgow post box in 1912.That was exactly what Jessie Stephen was counting on - because she was dropping bottles of acid over the mail as part of a suffragette campaign for women's rights. It was one of many
[ad_1] Steven McKenzieBBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporterGetty ImagesBonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite army was defeated at Culloden in 1746Archaeologists suggest artefacts connected to the 279-year-old Battle of Culloden could be unearthed during construction of up to 400 new homes in Inverness.Developer Springfield Properties has secured outline planning permission to build on farmland near Culloden House, which was Bonnie Prince Charlie's battlefield headquarters.Members of the prince's Jacobite army marched from nearby
