Experts explain what you should do if you are asked for your current salary during a job interview.

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The job interview question you don't have to answer

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Atlético Bucaramanga vs Junior in the Primera A

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Atlético Bucaramanga v Junior

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Aruba vs Anguilla in the Concacaf Nations League

Aruba v Anguilla

Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says he felt Israel were "trying to intimidate" his team amid allegations of spitting during Sunday's Nations League draw. 

Republic of Ireland and Israel clash at half-time

Israel 'tried to intimidate' Irish amid spitting row - Hallgrimsson 

Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson and Israel boss Ran Ben-Shimon address allegations of an incident that occurred at half-time during their sides' 1-1 Nations League draw in Serbia.

Hallgrimsson and Ben-Shimon address spitting allegations

Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson says he is "delighted" this most trying of international windows is over and hopes "no national team to go through what we have gone through over the last two weeks".

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No other team should go through this - Hallgrimsson

Craig Bellamy suggests the new four-match international window has counted against Wales after Sunday's Nations League defeat against Denmark.

Craig Bellamy throws his hands in the air during Wales' defeat to Denmark 

Bellamy bemoans new schedule after Denmark loss

Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson reflects on this international break, saying it is a "defining moment" for his squad.

Watch: Hallgrimsson reflects on 'tough' international window

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Bolivia vs Gambia in the Friendlies

Bolivia v Gambia

London City hit six past Spurs!

Watch Nations League highlights of Wales against Denmark at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Sorba Thomas of Wales is challenged by Rasmus Kristensen of Denmark

Nations League highlights: Wales 0-1 Denmark

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Argentinos Juniors vs Tigre in the Liga Profesional Argentina

Argentinos Juniors v Tigre

The BBC spoke to one of three residents at a care home who were sexually assaulted by a staff member.

Forced to call him 'Dad': Sexual abuse of disabled residents that shocked South Korea

Cristiano Ronaldo could still return for Portugal, according to boss Jorge Jesus.

Cristiano Ronaldo's final Portugal game was against Wales

Portugal boss says door open for Ronaldo return

Edendork and St Brigid's book their place in a first Tyrone SFC and Antrim SFC respectively as reigning All-Ireland senior club champions Dingle exit the Kerry SFC.

 Dingle players Conor Geaney, Paul Geaney and Dylan Geaney react 

History for Edendork and St Brigid's as Dingle exit

Rasmus Hojlund's penalty earns Denmark a 1-0 win over Wales in the Nations League.

Hojlund nets ice-cool penalty after Ward howler

Hojlund's nets ice-cool penalty after Ward howler

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Puerto Rico vs Cayman Islands in the Concacaf Nations League

Puerto Rico v Cayman Islands

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Trinidad and Tobago vs Curaçao in the Concacaf Nations League

Trinidad and Tobago v Curaçao

Shadow ministers will unveil a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

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Shadow chancellor to unveil Tory plans to cut taxes and regulations

A statement says all bombers deployed to RAF Fairford have been "re-deployed to their home stations" in the US.

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US removes all bombers from RAF Fairford base

Manchester City twice came from behind to beat Arsenal 4-2 at the Etihad Stadium and increase the pressure on Gunners manager Renee Slegers.




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Man City fight back to beat struggling Arsenal 

Casparij scores with her 'first touch of the game!'

Russo scores stunner against Man City

New world champion Evans reflects on 'incredible finish' to the WRC season.

'We just managed to hold on' - new WRC champ Evans

With neither candidate getting more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.

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Brazil election goes to run-off as right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round

World number two Luke Humphries ends a 16-month wait for a PDC major trophy with a stunning 6-4 victory over Gerwyn Price in the World Grand Prix final.

Luke Humphries celebrates beating Gerwyn Price to win the World Grand Prix

Humphries wins Grand Prix to end barren spell

Put yourself in the shoes of the new Scotland head coach Sebastien Pocognoli as he picks his XI to face Slovenia on Tuesday.

You are the Scotland boss - what would you do?

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Cúcuta Deportivo vs Deportivo Pereira in the Primera A

Cúcuta Deportivo v Deportivo Pereira

A dinghy was believed to be carrying 120 migrants, according to French media.

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Protesters gather as migrants brought ashore on south coast

Slegers apologies to Arsenal fans

A man in his 40s has been arrested and is being held for questioning, police say.

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Murder investigation after woman's body found

Melinda Ban says she has been forced to move her son, who has asthma, into the living room.

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I just need my home back, says desperate mum living in 'rotten' flat

Dad discovers he has cancer after he was accidentally kicked in the testicles.

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I only found out I had cancer after my four-year-old kicked me in the testicles

The NFL kicked off this season's series of London games on Sunday but the build-up was overshadowed by anger from long-term fans over ticket prices.

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'Money-grab' or celebration? NFL kicks off London series

It is only five matches into the WSL season but Arsenal are already 10 points behind leaders Manchester City and manager Renee Slegers is coming under increasing scrutiny.

Arsenal manager Renee Slegers holds out her hands at full-time after the 4-2 defeat by Manchester City on Sunday.

Arsenal 10 points off WSL leaders - is Slegers' job at risk? 

Bournemouth's Alex Scott at the centre of a transfer tussle, Arsenal show interest in Juventus winger Kenan Yildiz, Real Betis rebuff speculation linking Troy Parrott with a move away, plus more.

Bournemouth's England midfielder Alex Scott leads the BBC Sport football gossip column

Real Madrid join race for Scott - Monday's gossip

Cliftonville lift the Women's Premiership title after defeating Glentoran 4-1 at Solitude.

Cliftonville lift Premiership title after Glens win

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Bahamas vs US Virgin Islands in the Concacaf Nations League

Bahamas v US Virgin Islands

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Talleres de Córdoba vs Belgrano in the Liga Profesional Argentina

Talleres de Córdoba v Belgrano

The father of two is awaiting confirmation that he has broken a half marathon record.

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Record half marathon hopes for dad living with MS

Celtic beat Rangers in the final of the revived Tennent's Sixes, but how did the weekend go at Braehead Arena?

Celtic celebrate their Tennent's Sixes victory

How did legends cope with Tennent's Sixes revival?

Glenn Irwin is taken to hospital because of fears over a "possible spinal fracture" after a crash in the British Superbike round at Donington Park.

Irwin assessed over 'possible spinal fracture'

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Putellas' brilliant double for London City!

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Guyana vs Dominica in the Concacaf Nations League

Guyana v Dominica

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Turks and Caicos Islands v British Virgin Islands

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Deportivo Pasto v Fortaleza

Relive all the action as Luke Humphries beats Gerwyn Price to win World Grand Prix.

World Grand Prix: Brilliant Humphries fights back to beat Price - as it happened

Abbie Larkin smiles after scoring a goal 

Larkin's 'screamer' draws Palace level

Alexia Putellas and Kadidiatou Diani both scored twice as London City Lionesses put six goals past Tottenham to end Spurs' unbeaten start to the Women's Super League.




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London City hit Tottenham for six to end unbeaten run

Aston Villa's winless run in the Women's Super League extends to five matches as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Crystal Palace at Villa Park.




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Aston Villa held to home draw by Crystal Palace

Kiko Seike scores twice as Brighton beat Charlton 5-1 to secure their first Women's Super League win of the season.

Brighton put five past Charlton in first win of the season 

Ruby Mace scores twice as Everton beat Birmingham City at Goodison Park for their third Women's Super League win of the season.

Mace scores twice as Everton beat Birmingham

Lessons will be "totally or partly suspended" in some high schools after clashes between riot police and student protesters, France's education minister says.

French CRS riot police stand in position amid clashes during a protest by high school students outside the Lycee Deodat-de-Severac high school as part of nationwide protests by high school students to demand the hiring of substitute teachers, increased resources and better learning conditions, in Toulouse as more than 400 schools remain closed following days of student protests that have escalated into violence in some places, France, October 2, 2026. 

France to close up to 500 schools on Monday over student protests

Chelsea win their fourth successive Women's Super League match with a comfortable victory over West Ham at the Chigwell Construction Stadium.

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Chelsea ease past West Ham with 3-0 victory

Harry Benjamin and Andrew Benson smile in studio 

'What on earth happened?' - Bahrain GP hit by delays

Germany's mixed start under new boss Jurgen Klopp continues with a goalless Nations League draw in Greece.

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Klopp's mixed start continues as Germany held

Joshua Zirkzee scores the winning goal as the Netherlands beat Serbia to move top of their Nations League group as Virgil van Dijk wins his 100th cap.

Zirkzee gives Netherlands win as Van Dijk joins 100 club

Erling Haaland sparks injury concerns as he limps off in Norway's 2-1 Nations League defeat by Portugal.

Haaland injury worry as Norway lose in Portugal

A man in his nineties and a woman in her seventies have died following the collision near Scaling.

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Elderly man and woman killed in rural crash

Cardiff Devils complete a successful opening weekend of the Elite League season with a narrow 2-1 win over Glasgow Clan at the Vindico Arena.

Devils' Panu Mieho battles with Glasgow Clan's Rylan Schwartz

Devils beat Clan for second successive league win

More than 40 firefighters are attending and sections of some streets have been cordoned off.

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Nine fire engines called to Glasgow city centre bar fire

Title race not in the conversation - Slegers

Police in Baltimore have said the young girl was not a target of the shooting but was caught in the crossfire.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley

Girl, 12, fatally shot in US during 'dispute over parking space'

Two-goal Lauren Hemp says Manchester City showed passion and character in their 4-2 win over Arsenal in the WSL.

'We fought for every ball' - Hemp on Man City's thrilling win

Wales suffer a third defeat of their Nations League campaign as Rasmus Hojlund's second-half penalty gives Denmark a deserved 1-0 victory in Cardiff.

Rasmus Hojlund celebrates his winner against Wales 

Hojlund penalty condemns Wales to Denmark defeat

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Morocco vs Ghana in the Friendlies

Morocco v Ghana

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Egypt v South Africa

Troy Parrott's latest international goal is not enough to lift the Republic of Ireland to victory as they are held to a draw by Israel in Sunday's Uefa Nations League game in Serbia.

Republic of Ireland and Israel players clash at full-time

Republic of Ireland denied by Israel in draw

Scotland's Michael Stewart has a choice to make after securing his best finish at a DP World Tour event.

Stewart's dilemma after fourth at Alfred Dunhill Links

The City of Wolverhampton Council cracks down on private hire vehicles that breach safety standards.

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Why some Wolverhampton-licensed taxis were taken off the road

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Huracán vs Aldosivi in the Liga Profesional Argentina

Huracán v Aldosivi

The Chequered Flag Podcast's Sam Bird and Andrew Benson discuss Max Verstappen's impressive Bahrain Grand Prix victory, which secured his first win of the season.




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Mercedes better 'watch out - Verstappen 'imperious' in Bahrain GP win

The actor added another award to his cabinet after winning two lead acting Emmys last month.

Matthew Rhys takes Best Actor at Bafta Cymru for performance in Netflix thriller

'We looked scared' - Ho unhappy with Spurs performance

Danielle van de Donk in post-match interview

'We could have scored more' - van de Donk after Spurs rout

Coventry City Council says such a development would cause congestion and installation would cost too much.


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Campaign for traffic lights at bridge thrown out

London City Lionesses' Danielle van de Donk and Alexia Putellas react to their team's 6-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur in the Women's Super League.

Danielle van de Donk and Alexia Putellas in post-match interview

'It all clicked today' - Van de Donk and Putellas thrilled with 6-1 win against Spurs

Gladys Kiptoo shaved five minutes off the previous best female time for the course.

A female runner holds her hands in the air as she crosses the finish line of the marathon. Supporters can be seen cheering in the background. 

Runner smashes female record for Jersey Marathon

The city has been alive with celebrations after Trinity brought home the Super League trophy.

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Rugby league fans in Wakefield for bus parade

'We need to be accountable' - Hills after Brighton defeat 

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton liken the effects of a software bug that affected multiple cars before the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia to a "Lego race".

Hamilton bemused after glitch turns F1 into 'Lego race'

A 70-year-old man appears in court after suspected explosive substances and firearms are found.

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Man in court after 'explosive substances' found

The Beacon Fen Energy Park was approved by the government in August. 

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4 October 2026