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Surrey police cow ramming investigated as criminal matter
A police decision to ram an escaped cow with a patrol car is being investigated as a criminal and internal misconduct matter. Surrey police was [more…]
Thousands of modern slavery victims in UK feared back with traffickers after seeking help
Thousands of victims of modern slavery are feared to have fallen back into the hands of their traffickers after seeking support, according to data shared [more…]
ME patient’s consultant tells inquest staff’s unfamiliarity with condition was ‘unfortunate’
A consultant who treated a woman with severe ME has told her inquest it was “very unfortunate” that hospital staff were not familiar with the [more…]
North Korea-backed cyber espionage campaign targets UK military
North Korean state-backed hackers have mounted a campaign to obtain secrets related to nuclear materials, military drones, submarines and shipbuilding in the UK and US, [more…]
Harm from problem gambling in Great Britain ‘may be eight times higher than thought’
The scale of harm caused by gambling in Great Britain could be eight times higher than thought, according to the largest ever survey of the [more…]
Firefighters try to save Jasper as fast-moving wildfire hits Canadian resort town
A fast-moving wildfire has destroyed parts of Jasper, the historic mountain town in the Canadian Rockies, with officials still waiting to learn the extent of [more…]
Death toll from Ethiopia landslides could reach 500, UN agency says
The death toll from landslides that hit south-western Ethiopia on Sunday and Monday has risen to 257 and could reach 500, the UN’s office for [more…]
‘Smoking gun’ evidence points to UAE involvement in Sudan civil war
Passports recovered from battlefields in Sudan suggest the United Arab Emirates is covertly putting boots on the ground in the country’s devastating civil war, according [more…]
At least 150 people missing after boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania
At least 15 people have died and more than 150 are missing after a boat full of people hoping to make it to Europe capsized [more…]
Africa to overtake Asia with highest number of hungry people by 2030, says UN
Africa will overtake Asia as the continent with the highest number of people experiencing hunger in the world by 2030, the UN has predicted. In [more…]