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Staff at two leading Bangladeshi newspapers say they were left “gasping for air” as protesters, roused by the death of a prominent activist, set their offices alight. Sharif Osman Hadi, who had emerged as a key figure after last year’s anti-government protests that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was shot in Dhaka last week…

A stretch of the Isle of Man TT course has closed for tree felling with further works set to take place in the coming months. The A3 Ramsey to Castletown Road, between Ballig and Cronk Y Voddy crossroads is closed until 16:00 GMT. The Department of Infrastructure (DoI) said an inspection on Thursday found that…

A new two-day air show has been unveiled for 2026. Hampshire Air Festival is set to take place at Thruxton Aerodrome, near Andover, Hampshire, on 12 and 13 September. Promoters are promising biplanes, warbirds, fast jets, formation aerobatics and pyrotechnic aircraft, along with a light show, drone display and fireworks. It has being organised by…

More than 30,000 passengers are expected to pass through Guernsey’s harbour and airport over Christmas and New Year. Guernsey Ports said passenger numbers had already increased this week as hundreds of students returned to the island for the festive period. Nearly 6,000 passengers are expected to pass through the airport over the weekend and more…

Footballer Karen Carney’s teachers have remembered her as an “inspirational team player” who battled to play football with the boys. The former Lioness turned pundit from Solihull will dance for the Strictly Come Dancing crown on Saturday against fellow contestants George Clarke and Amber Davies. Anna Spencer and Angela Tucker taught Carney at St Ambrose…

The BBC has announced a shake-up of a key editorial committee following criticism of how the broadcaster handled concerns about the editing of a Donald Trump speech and other issues. An internal review, published on Friday, said BBC executives did not act “quickly or decisively enough following the discovery of the misleading edit of a…

There’s a new boy band on the scene, but there’s just one problem – they’ve never all performed together in person. Boy Throb have been campaigning to get one million followers on TikTok so fourth member Darshan Magdum can secure a US visa. He’s currently, in his words, “stuck in India”. They’ve been building up…

TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has signed a deal with investors to run its business in the US. But what does this mean for the over 170 million Americans (or so the social media platform claims) who use the app? The key may lie in how TikTok’s recommendation algorithm – the powerful system that curates the…

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City “must be prepared” to plan for his departure and eventual successor – but insists he is far from finished at the club. It is understood City have started the process of identifying candidates to replace the Spaniard amid uncertainty over whether he will remain at the club next season. Meanwhile,…

England may well have lost this Ashes anyway. They have barely done anything to suggest otherwise over the past month. But rather than English preparation decisions or selection meetings, was it a conversation in the Australia dressing room at tea on day two of the first Test that first set the course of this series?…