Gambling: Premier League and other sporting bodies urged to cut pitchside betting adverts By Dan RoanBBC sports editor Last updated on 5 hours ago5 hours ago.From the section Premier League The Premier League and other sports governing bodies “should commit to cutting the volume” of gambling adverts on pitchside hoardings in stadiums, says an influential…
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1 hour ago About sharing Jehad, his wife and their four sons at home before the war After weeks of Israeli bombing, on 16 November Jehad El-Mashhrawi and his young family fled their home in northern Gaza. The BBC Arabic cameraman shares a vivid and shocking account of what he, his wife and children experienced…
8 hours ago About sharing By Merlyn Thomas BBC Verify At least 20,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been reported killed since Israel began bombing the territory in the wake of Hamas’s 7 October attacks. BBC Verify examines what Gaza’s death toll reveals about the conflict. On average, nearly 300 people have been killed each day…
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Drone footage shows lava and smoke spewing into the air weeks after waiting on the seismic activity.