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6 hours ago | aol.co.uk | Charles McDonald

Yahoo Sports NFL draft analyst Charles McDonald offers pick-by-pick analysis and grades of Round 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft. Here's how he rated teams in the 2024 and 2023 drafts if you're scoring at home. Grade: BThe Titans needed a quarterback and drafted the top one in the class. Ward is a quality quarterback prospect with good upside to grow into a franchise player, and the Titans have put together a good enough offensive line where he’ll have a real chance to reach his ceiling.

20 hours ago | aol.co.uk | Amy Gibbons

Nigel Farage has said Reform UK could work with the Tories to run local councils despite previously insisting he would not do deals “at any level”. The Reform leader said his party would “work with anybody” in local government, in an apparent U-turn on his previous comments ruling out “formal coalitions”. He also said he believed there were 21 Tory MPs who “ought to be in Reform”, potentially including Robert Jenrick, whom he described as a “Nigel Farage impersonator”.

22 hours ago | aol.co.uk | Lily Waddell

Race Across the World has a gruelling application process including a hard audition in London. Did you feel inspired to want to take part in RATW after seeing the show return on Wednesday? Look no further. Applications for the 2026 series are open here and they close on Sunday 6 July later this year. RATW is unlike any reality show and the people who are on it are "normal" every day people.

22 hours ago | aol.co.uk | Genevieve Holl-Allen

Prison officers will be given new powers to use pepper spray against teenage offenders in a crackdown on violence in youth custody. Young offenders’ institution staff will be trained to use PAVA, a synthetic pepper spray, against inmates in cases of serious violence towards prisoners and staff. Figures revealed the rate of assaults in public youth offender institutions is around 14 times higher than in adult prisons.

23 hours ago | aol.co.uk | Lily Waddell

Race Across the World 2025 is a triumph. There's a reason why the BBC show — which returned last night for its 2025 series — has broken viewing records with 3.2million viewers tuning in overnight. Immediately the BBC show transported viewers to the Great Wall of China, in Beijing, featuring its ancient battlements and watchtowers. Breathtaking footage captured how it snakes across the dramatic landscape with its towering pathways that cover 13,000 miles across northern China.