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Leeds United are closing in on a loan deal for Nice left-back Melvin Bard, with an option to sign the French defender permanently at the end of the season. The Yorkshire club are expected to pay an initial €1 million for the 25-year-old, with a further €5 million required should they decide to make the transfer permanent. Bard is due at Elland Road on Tuesday, 1 September, to undergo a medical. His arrival would give Daniel Farke greater cover on the left side of defence, where Gabriel Gudmundsson is currently the only senior option available to the Leeds manager. Bard…

A 68-year-old Melbourne father has died after allegedly being struck by his own Honda CR-V as he tried to stop it being stolen outside his home in Heidelberg West. Police allege the man had been inside his Blackwood Parade property for about a minute on the night of 1 August 2026 when a 51-year-old woman approached the running vehicle. Detectives say the man confronted her as she attempted to drive away, sparking a verbal altercation before she allegedly fled in the car and hit him. He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and underwent emergency surgery. He died on…

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has secured a legal victory after two residents seeking to remove her from office withdrew their recall petition in King County, Washington. Melinda Jacobson and Dale Osterud asked King County Superior Court to dismiss the action on Thursday, August 27, shortly before a hearing was due to examine whether the allegations met the legal threshold for a recall. Judge Patrick Oishi granted the request and dismissed the petition without prejudice, meaning the couple could attempt to file a fresh case. The court did not rule on the truth or legal sufficiency of the allegations against the…

With the summer transfer deadline approaching, BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team has answered the key questions facing Premier League, EFL and Scottish clubs as they finalise their squads for the 2026-27 season. The transfer window opened on Monday 15 June and will close for Premier League clubs at 11pm BST on Tuesday 1 September. The same deadline applies to the English Football League. Clubs must complete their deals and submit the required registration information before the deadline. However, teams that file a deal sheet before 11pm can be granted an additional two hours to finish the paperwork. What happens…

A 16-year-old girl has died in hospital after being found unresponsive at a home in Elanora Heights, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, in what police are investigating as a suspected choking incident during consensual sexual activity. ([7news.com.au](https://7news.com.au/news/boyfriend-friends-share-emotional-messages-to-teen-who-died-after-suspected-sexual-choking-act-c-22808016)) Emergency services were called to the property at about 5.45pm on Sunday 23 August following a welfare concern. NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the teenager at the scene before she was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition. NSW Police said they were informed that she died in hospital on Tuesday 25 August. Officers from the Northern Beaches Police Area Command are…

Luisa Zissman has revealed she paid her 16-year-old daughter Dixie £2,750 after promising her cash incentives for achieving strong GCSE grades. The former Apprentice star discussed the results on LuAnna: The Podcast, explaining that she had offered £1,500 for a grade nine, £1,000 for an eight, £500 for a seven and £250 for a six. Dixie achieved grades six and seven across her exams, earning the full £2,750 under the deal. Zissman said her daughter had also been one mark away from an eight, while two of her sixes were within two marks of a seven and had been sent…

Nottingham Forest defender Zach Abbott is undergoing a medical at Southampton as the clubs work towards a season-long loan move for the England Under-20 international. The proposed agreement is understood to include an option for Southampton to buy the 20-year-old next summer. Abbott’s move to the Saints would give him the opportunity to secure regular first-team football in the Championship. Southampton have been seeking defensive reinforcements after Taylor Harwood-Bellis moved closer to a transfer to Aston Villa. The club moved ahead of interest from several Championship rivals, including Millwall and Watford. Abbott has made 13 appearances for Forest’s first team,…

Nepal’s devastating flash floods have exposed the widening divide between countries bearing the brunt of climate change and governments still reluctant to accept responsibility for the crisis, after Australia’s prime minister declined to say whether the world shared blame for the disaster. Anthony Albanese was speaking in Palau on Tuesday, September 1, where he is attending the Pacific Islands Forum, when he was asked whether the international community had failed Nepal by not doing enough to curb global warming. “There will be time to examine the science and what has occurred here,” Mr Albanese said. “My thoughts are solely focused,…

A 75-year-old charity worker was chased through a Melbourne street by a man allegedly wielding a cricket bat after an attempted robbery at a Salvation Army store in Mentone. Footage shows the elderly man being pursued following the incident on Florence Street shortly after 6pm on Monday, August 31, Victoria Police said. Police allege a 30-year-old man had been stealing from a charity bin when he was confronted by the 75-year-old. The younger man is accused of taking a cricket bat from the bin and assaulting him. It is further alleged that the man threatened the victim and demanded his…

Rita Ora has shared a series of holiday photographs in which she models a tiny silver sequin bikini while enjoying a summer break in Ibiza. The singer posed on board a yacht in the shimmering two-piece, pairing the look with dark sunglasses, jewellery and a green headscarf. Further images showed her swimming and snorkelling in the Mediterranean. Ora also appeared in a strapless black bikini in one of the photographs, as she relaxed with friends during the sun-soaked getaway. Her husband, filmmaker Taika Waititi, was among those on the yacht, alongside model Lady Mary Charteris and her family. The photographs…