BBC Sport

20 hours ago | bbc.com | Jonny Manning |Ollie Rawlinson

Boys collect 600 signatures to improve playgroundJonny Manning & Ollie RawlinsonBBC News, North East and CumbriaBBCFriends Ethan, 12, and Kaelan, 13, want new equipment installed at their local playgroundTwo boys who describe their local playground as "broken, boring and full of graffiti" are campaigning to have it improved. Twelve-year-old Ethan, and Kaelan, 13, have been knocking on doors and asking people to sign a petition calling for Flimby Playground in Cumbria to be upgraded.

23 hours ago | bbc.com | Merlyn Thomas |Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn |Kayleen Devlin

A month into Gaza's new aid system -gunfire and chaos are routineMerlyn Thomas, Kevin Nguyen & Kayleen DevlinBBCA month after the start of a controversial US- and Israeli-backed aid distribution system in Gaza, BBC Verify analysis of dozens of videos shows repeated incidents of gunfire near people travelling to collect aid, as well as other moments of chaos and panic. In several of the videos analysed, gunfire can be heard and there are a number showing dead or injured Palestinians.

1 day ago | bbc.com | George King

Mum's benign cancer death inspires Louise's LawGeorge KingReporting from10 Downing StreetGeorge King/BBCChloe Hickman, from Ipswich, wants it to be mandatory for all tumours diagnosed as benign to be checked againA woman calling for extra checks on benign tumours has delivered a 60,000-name petition to Number 10 on the anniversary of her mother's death.

1 day ago | bbc.com | Elaine McGee

Crowds at nun's grave leave family 'no privacy to grieve'BBCJason Campbell says people are walking on his father's plot at the City Cemetery in an effort to visit Sr Clare Crockett's final resting place Crowds at the grave of a nun, who has taken the first step towards sainthood, have left a family with "no privacy to grieve", a man has said.

1 day ago | bbc.com | Euan Duncan

Confidence in Guernsey economy growing - surveyEuan DuncanBBCBusiness leaders in Guernsey have growing confidence, a survey suggestsBusiness leaders in Guernsey have more confidence in the economy than six months ago, despite ongoing financial pressures, a survey by the island's Institute of Directors (IoD) suggests. More than two thirds (67%) of respondents said they expected their costs to increase over the next 12 months, consistent with the last survey.