4+ hour, 55+ min ago   (747+ words) Chess fans are aiming to get the game formally recognised as a sport in the UK after a surge in global popularity and among sporting stars. While over 100 countries and the International Olympic Committee officially classify chess as a sport,…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (327+ words) A 100-year-old county chess competition is marking its centenary with a special tournament to crown its greatest living player. The annual county championship organised by Shropshire Chess Association is open to all residents, who compete across seven rounds for the…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (477+ words) Ten year old Millie's favourite thing in the new playpark near her home is the wooden playhouse. But what she likes best in Drayton Park is she can now move around almost all the space in her motorised wheelchair. The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (613+ words) An all-female chess team faces having to replace one of its players with a male team member, under current league rules. The She Plays to Win Lionesses A team were crowned champions of the second division of the Four Nations…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (469+ words) A luthier said he has broken away from tradition to make violins out of disused oak tables. Andy Parish, from Doddington, Cambridgeshire, works as a project manager by day but in his spare time runs Heart of Oak Fiddles, which…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (483+ words) A teenager has described his shock after playing a game of chess with rock legend Robert Plant at a children's championship in Worcestershire. The frontman of Led Zeppelin, known for Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, and Dazed and Confused,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (712+ words) You can hear a pin drop as these contests take place - we are at the British Chess Championships, held at the University of Warwick this month. The sport, once thought to be the domain of intellectuals and "not cool" by…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1137+ words) More than 50,000 people are expected to attend one of Cornwall's biggest surf and music festivals of the year this month. Boardmasters will take place from 5 to 9 August at Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach in Newquay, complete with music, surfing, skating…...

1+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (562+ words) Games Workshop has revealed acclaimed horror director Mike Flanagan has been recruited to work on its upcoming Warhammer 40,000 adaptations. Flanagan, who is known for his work on Netflix series such as Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Hill House, is…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (21+ words) BBC Allsvenskan Scores & Fixtures - Position 2, 3: UEFA Conference League Qualifiers...