Nigel Farage has written to over 1,350 Conservative councillors encouraging them to defect from the Tories to Reform UK ahead of the local elections in May. Blasting the Conservative Party as a “busted flush”, Mr Farage encourages Conservative county councillors to jump sides or face losing their seat to his rapidly growing party juggernaut. In […]
Rishi Sunak insists he’s not resigning as an MP – but by-election rumours swirl | Politics | News
In the weeks leading up to his ill-fated snap election, Rishi Sunak had to plead with his deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden not to resign as an MP. Amid the chaos of Mr Sunak plunging the Tory machine into an election that sent many in his party’s headquarters into a state of panic, Mr Dowden […]
Woman arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after three die at Swanage care home | UK | News
A 60-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of “manslaughter” after three people died at a care home in Swanage, Dorset. Detective Chief Inspector Neil Third, of the Major Crime Investigation Team, said: “Our heartfelt thoughts and condolences are with the families and loved ones of those who tragically died and they are being supported […]
Chaos in Russia as British diplomats targeted in Moscow airport stunt | World | News
British diplomats in Moscow were hit by a Federal Security Service-staged stunt as the UK’s deputy ambassador Tom Dodd was targeted by a throng of “journalists” at a city airport. The Russian Foreign Ministry alleged the senior diplomat “snatched the badge” of one journalist and “pushed a girl with a microphone who was asking him […]
Trump’s former chief of staff says he’s a fascist. Harris says it reveals who Trump ‘really is’
Kamala Harris said Wednesday that recently reported comments Donald Trump made to his longest-serving chief of staff offer a window into who the former president “really is” and the kind of commander-in-chief he would be. In interviews with The New York Times and The Atlantic published Tuesday, John Kelly warned that the Republican nominee meets […]
Cholera cases explode after extreme rains fuelled by climate change in west and central Africa
In west and central Africa, recent heavy rains and flooding show climate change is another thumb on a scale already weighed down by war and disease. New research suggests extreme weather events in Sudan, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger last month — which killed more than a thousand people and displaced hundreds of thousands more […]
Gisèle Pelicot has ‘decided not to be ashamed’ in French mass-rape trial that may change law
WARNING: This article includes discussion of sexual assault and intimate partner violence. Gisèle Pelicot, the 72-year-old survivor of mass rape whose case has shocked the world, told a trial in southern France on Wednesday that in making her case public, she was determined to help other women and change society. Dominique Pelicot, her husband, has admitted to inviting dozens of strangers over nearly 10 […]
The gorgeous UK village being abandoned to the sea which could soon be uninhabitable | UK | News
The village of Fairbourne, where villagers don’t know how long their community will exist (Image: Getty) Fairbourne is a beautiful place. It sits on the coast of Barmouth Bay sandwiched between the sea and the mountains of Snowdonia. In most circumstances, it would be nothing short of perfect. But in Fairbourne’s case, the sea’s presence […]
Attack on Turkish aviation company leaves 3 dead, several wounded, interior minister says
A deadly attack was carried out at the Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters near Ankara on Wednesday, the government said, as broadcasters showed footage of several armed assailants entering the building amid reports of gunfire and a loud explosion. “A terrorist attack was carried out against the TUSAS facilities in Kahramankazan, Ankara. Unfortunately, we have martyrs and […]
Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican-born pitcher whose feats for Dodgers fueled ‘Fernandomania,’ dies at 63
Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born phenom for the Los Angeles Dodgers who inspired “Fernandomania” while winning the NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in 1981, has died. He was 63. The team said he died Tuesday night at a Los Angeles hospital, but did not provide the cause or other details. His death […]