The 122nd edition of the British Columbia Amateur Golf Championship opens today (July 9) at Abbotsford’s Ledgeview Golf Course.

A practice round occurred yesterday (July 8) and the four-day competition will see competitors play 72-holes, with the field being cut to the top-70 after day two. Rounds go today, tomorrow (July 10), Thursday (July 11) and Friday (July 12).

The event sees 156 golfers from all across B.C. teeing off.

The 2023 champion was Vernon’s Cooper Humphreys and he is back to defend his crown in 2024. He shot a -14 (274) over the four-day event last year in Parksville. Delta golfers Jace Minni and John Morrow, who placed second and third respectively last year, are…

Posts are circulating on social media incorrectly claiming that an exemption to London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) for electric vehicles is to end next year.

A screenshot of a BBC article with the headline “End to discounts for zero-emission vehicles” in the London section of the BBC News site has been shared with a misleading caption that links this to ULEZ.

Posts with similar captions, which have been shared both on X (formerly Twitter) and on Facebook, say: “NET ZERO -Oh look. All those conned into believing an electric car would prevent them being charged to drive in London are about to be shafted. ULEZ exemption to end next year!”

But this is not what the BBC story, published on 1 July, says. It covers a change to the congestion charge that electric…

Cosm is to stage the first ticketed events at its 12K+ ‘shared reality’ venue, in Los Angeles.

The immersive sports tech specialist will team up with FOX Sports to show the CONMEBOL Copa América 2024 third-placed match on 13 July and final on 14 July at its 60,000 sq metre experiential venue in Hollywood Park.

The US women’s soccer team’s forthcoming matches with Mexico and Costa Rica will also be broadcast live, in partnership with TNT Sports, on the venue’s 27m-diameter LED dome.

The venue’s soft opening took place at the end of last month for mixed martial arts event UFC 303.

Jeb Terry, Cosm’s chief executive and president, said: “Cosm will showcase FOX’s industry leading soccer coverage like never before, accentuating their innovative approach to live sports and…

Good Morning Britain presenter Ed Balls recalled being left in tears as he spoke to former Pop Idol star Gareth Gates about his speech impediment.

Gates, now a qualified speech coach with the McGuire Programme, a stuttering treatment course, appeared on the ITV morning show on Tuesday to discuss his stammer.

During their conversation, the 39-year-old was played a clip from a year ago when presenter Balls, 57, was left emotional as he discussed his own challenges with a speech impediment.

The presenter shared in the clip from November 2023: “You inspired me. I thought, ‘If Gareth Gates can do this, I can too. And if he can be public, I can be public too. It was really hard, but I did it because you showed me how to do it.”

“Thank you for saying that, it means a lot,” the singer…