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The front of Rawtenstall Cemetery surrounded by black railings and an ornate entrance

Four-year-old boy killed by falling gravestone

Paramedics tried to save the boy after he was hurt in Haslingden, Lancashire.

2 hrs ago
Lancashire
A trafficking victim with their hood up to hide their identity is speaking to a reporter in a car park

'They were strapped down, hidden and living on bread'

Police describe the moment they enter a lorry involved in trafficking people at an M25 services.

4 hrs ago
England
The entrance to a run down looking building on an industrial estate

Almost £30m spent on fire control centre that will never open

The Castle Donington site, for five fire services to operate from, has cost almost £30m to date.

4 hrs ago
Leicestershire

'Menopause made me forget my name'

Kirsty Dixon from York runs support groups for women going through the menopause.

1 hr ago
North Yorkshire

The best photos from Black Sabbath's farewell

The heavy metal pioneers perform their final gig on Saturday with an all-star line-up.

29 mins ago
Birmingham & Black Country
A trafficking victim with their hood up to hide their identity is speaking to a reporter in a car park

'They were strapped down, hidden and living on bread'

Police describe the moment they enter a lorry involved in trafficking people at an M25 services.

4 hrs ago
England
An old photograph of Mr Hill with a woman. Both are smiling at the camera. Mr Hill has short dark hair and is wearing a grey suit and a grey tie, while the woman is in a dark blouse.

DNA technology helps solve British man cold case

Researchers at Sheffield Hallam University help identify Michael Sidney Hill, who died 12 years ago.

4 hrs ago
England
Stuart Cox

Why I kick down Peak District stone stacks

Stuart Cox says he wants to raise awareness of the damage the stacks can do to the environment.

11 hrs ago
Derbyshire
The entrance to a run down looking building on an industrial estate

Almost £30m spent on fire control centre that will never open

The Castle Donington site, for five fire services to operate from, has cost almost £30m to date.

4 hrs ago
Leicestershire
Mark Phillip sits on a stone bench playing an acoustic guitar surrounded by a crowd of people, some recording on their phones. A little blonde-haired boy in a full replica Liverpool kit is being held by a woman behind him.

Diogo Jota's chant 'will be heard forever more'

Liverpool fans say their love for Diogo Jota will be made clear whenever his song is sung at Anfield.

4 hrs ago
Liverpool
A woman with short brown hair and a blue jacket standing in a blurred street

Reform's Pride flag focus pathetic, says Green MP

On Politics Midlands, Ellie Chowns and a Reform politician probe the fallout from a row in Warwickshire.

4 hrs ago
Coventry & Warwickshire
A bundle of plastic football figures on round green bases with large heads. They are England players wearing the white Euro 96 kit while Alan Shearer is in a grey strip and David Seaman in a red one

Big Heads bringing collectors together 30 years on

Though Corinthian stopped making football figures in 2011, collectors are still going strong.

4 hrs ago
England
A large group of men dressed as ancient Roman legionaries. They are dressed in silver-coloured armour, including helmets, over red tunics. They are carrying spears and red shields with a yellow design on them. On their feet are leather sandals, tied up around their ankles.

Coins worth Roman soldier's monthly wage found

The cache of silver denarii were disturbed by a plough and scattered across a field, says expert.

5 hrs ago
Norfolk
A hermit crab with big eyes and six legs in a shell.

Hairy claws make hermit crabs braver, study finds

Crabs with more sensory hairs are found to act more boldly, research suggests.

4 hrs ago
Devon

Stories to make you smile

Brandon Hulcoop, who wears a blue suit and holds a stick is seen with Fearne Cotton and HRH King Charles at Buckingham Palace

Entrepreneur honoured by King for braille business

Brandon Hulcoop's braille greetings cards were inspired by his own frustration when receiving cards.

4 hrs ago
Devon
Six schoolboys, in sports clothing, stood either side of a teacher - who is also in sportswear.

Schoolboys are 'heroes' after canoe trip rescue

The students from heard a call for help from a capsized canoeist while on a school trip.

4 hrs ago
England
A woman in blue football shirt stands on a grass roots football pitch. She has blonde hair tied in a braid. Her shirt displays the club badge of Stoke Town Football Club, a poppy and a clothing logo. Rusty goal posts and trees can be seen in the distance.

England inspire women footballers of the future

Stoke Town Ladies say there is a huge impact from the success of the national side in the amateur game.

4 hrs ago
Stoke & Staffordshire

Features & Analysis

A man wearing sunglasses on his head and smiling at the camera. He is wearing a shirt and standing on the beach. He looks happy

'I see you': The movement getting black men talking

Peter Reeves has founded NINE - a Nod is Not Enough - to get black men talking about trauma.

5 hrs ago
Essex
A woman with a white burn treatment mask over her face. Paul is clutching her with both of his arms around her. He is wearing a white shirt and has brown hair. He looks distressed

'The 7/7 bombings feel like yesterday'

Twenty years on, Paul Dadge, photographed assisting survivors, says he is still in touch with many.

4 hrs ago
Stoke & Staffordshire
A black and white photograph of a man in a suit and hat standing behind barbed wire. He is holding the wire with both hands. In the background, there is a building with multiple windows and an arched doorway.

What happened in Bad Wurzach in World War Two?

The 80th anniversary of the liberation of the internment is being marked by Channel Islanders.

4 hrs ago
Jersey
A white-haired man in yellow water proof clothing is sitting on a boat and throwing a lobster back into the sea. He is not far from the shore.

Photographer shoots a decade of town's fishing

An exhibition of some of Pete Robinson's 10,000 photos of North Shields fishermen is to be held.

4 hrs ago
Tyne
A sign featuring the Bradford 2025 logo

Bradford City of Culture year hits half-way mark - with more to come

Organisers say there is still more to come, including live music and the Turner Prize exhibition.

4 hrs ago
Bradford

Watch/Listen

A fan stands in front of flowers and balloons laid on grass near Anfield stadium

'Outpouring of grief' as Liverpool fans pay tribute to Jota

Grieving football fans tell the BBC what the Liverpool player meant to them.

2 days ago
Liverpool
The bottlenose dolphin was filmed splashing a family in Portland Marina

Dolphin seen playfully splashing family on boat

A bottlenose dolphin is spotted splashing and swimming around a boat at Portland Marina in Dorset.

2 days ago
Dorset
A man in a white shirt has his arm around a woman, who is crying.

Tower block demolition leaves residents 'in limbo'

A final decision has been made to demolish Durham Court in Hebburn, leaving people angry.

2 days ago
Tyne
Ellis Bishop can be see pulling a wheelie bin through Nottigham

Thieves haul stolen clothes across city in bins

A second man has been sentenced over the break-in at Foot Locker on 13 May.

3 days ago
Nottinghamshire

Sport

Rain
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Rain delays start with England facing defeat against India

Follow live text, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary and in-play video clips as England face India in the second Test at Edgbaston.

Sarina Wiegman rubs her head

England playing catch-up - what went wrong against France?

It did not go to plan in England's Euro 2025 opener as they fell to defeat by France - so where did it all go wrong?

11 hrs ago
UEFA Women's Euro
George Ford lifts a trophy as ticker tape falls around him and his team-mates

Ford inspires England to fine win in Argentina

Clinical England produce a second-half masterclass to see off Argentina 35-12 in the first Test in La Plata.

12 hrs ago
Sonay Kartal applauds the crowd after her third-round Wimbledon victory

Wimbledon's smallest player Kartal set for her biggest stage

Britain's Sonay Kartal is the shortest player left in the women's draw at Wimbledon but she makes up for it with power and speed around the court.

14 hrs ago
Tennis

Latest updates

1 hr ago
A bolt of lightning fracturing and illuminating an otherwise dark sky above a line of trees.

Yellow thunderstorm warning for East of England

The Met Office says heavy rain could make driving conditions difficult.

1 hr ago
England
4 hrs ago
Alasdair MacConachie, who has a bald head and white hair at the sides and is wearing a black pin striped blazer, white shirt and colourful tie, sits with his hands crossed over one another at a desk. A landline phone is to his left and a plant to his right.

Bandstand to be renamed in honour of businessman

Alasdair MacConachie, known as Mr Darlington, is immortalised on the bandstand in South Park.

4 hrs ago
England
4 hrs ago
A man playing Padel on a court. He is wearing a black T-shirt and shorts with the words Breast Cancer UK written on the back.

Cousin's cancer drives padel player's efforts

Ben Coeulle, 23, is taking part in a series of events to raise money for Breast Cancer UK.

4 hrs ago
England
4 hrs ago
A dog with its tongue out walks along a country lane between fields of crops.

Your photos: A week of heatwave weather

Take a look at some of the West Midlands' best photos shared by you, from the past seven days.

4 hrs ago
England
4 hrs ago
A bundle of plastic football figures on round green bases with large heads. They are England players wearing the white Euro 96 kit while Alan Shearer is in a grey strip and David Seaman in a red one

Big Heads bringing collectors together 30 years on

Though Corinthian stopped making football figures in 2011, collectors are still going strong.

4 hrs ago
England
4 hrs ago
There is only one object in this picture - a blue dragonfly in mid flight, it's wings look like they are static such is the speed of the camerawork used to capture it.

Big Picture: This week's images from the south

The best images sent to us from Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

4 hrs ago
England
4 hrs ago
A black gibbon in a large grassy enclosure. It has shiny black fur and a grey muzzle. Both its brown eyes are pointing to the centre of its face.

Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

The death of a beloved ape at a primate rescue centre was among our most read stories in the south.

4 hrs ago
England
4 hrs ago
A picture of a comma butterfly, which is orange, brown and yellow, sat on berries in a bush.

Butterfly numbers 'boosted by trees and hedgerows'

Butterflies are in "serious trouble" but trees can help their numbers recover, the study finds.

4 hrs ago
England
4 hrs ago
Six schoolboys, in sports clothing, stood either side of a teacher - who is also in sportswear.

Schoolboys are 'heroes' after canoe trip rescue

The students from heard a call for help from a capsized canoeist while on a school trip.

4 hrs ago
England
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