Category: News
Yorkshire has lowest ratio of bank branches to people in UK, says Which?
Yorkshire has the lowest ratio of bank branches to people of anywhere in the UK after a wave of closures that has left many places [more…]
Women dying ‘unnecessarily’ of heart disease, say experts
Thousands of women are dying from heart disease worldwide because of the misconception that it is a “man’s disease”, doctors and scientists say. Cardiovascular disease [more…]
Keir Starmer heads to US for summit at UN as aides seek meetings with Harris and Trump
Keir Starmer is heading to the US for his third trip in three months, with aides pressing for meetings with the presidential candidates Kamala Harris [more…]
Five held on suspicion of murder of missing Yeovil man
Five men have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the disappearance of a man who has been missing for a month. Michael [more…]
Former police leader allegedly made sexual remark about widow of PC Andrew Harper
The former leader of the Police Federation made a sexual remark about the widow of an officer killed while on duty shortly before meeting her, [more…]
Canada’s Tories target Trudeau as they seek seismic shift in political landscape
Canada’s Conservative party will make its first bid to unseat prime minister Justin Trudeau this week, the latest attempt in its decade-long aim of restoring [more…]
Firm disclosed phone data of shot Tanzanian politician, UK tribunal hears
Gunmen tried to assassinate a Tanzanian opposition politician after a telecoms company secretly passed his mobile phone data to the government, according to evidence heard [more…]
Fresh Egypt arms shipment to Somalia raises regional tensions
Egypt has sent a second arms shipment to Somalia’s federal government in the space of a month, drawing criticism from its longstanding rival Ethiopia, amid [more…]
As it meets against backdrop of Israel’s bombing of Lebanon, is UN too broken to be fixed?
As diplomats from nearly 200 member states gather in New York this week for the UN general assembly against the backdrop of a massive Israeli [more…]
Family call on UK to ensure British activist goes free from Egyptian jail
The family of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British activist and author imprisoned in Egypt, are calling on the UK government as well as the Egyptian [more…]
