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Critics say the move, which will keep PC Harper’s killers in jail, leaves number of prison spaces ‘too close to the bone’PC Andrew Harper’s killers will remain behind bars after a critical intervention by Andy Burnham, but the move has led to warnings that overcrowded prisons will be left “one major event away from disaster”.Announcing a U-turn on the early release scheme after weeks of intense pr...
Robert Guanco, 41, a pastor at Jesus Living Water church in Eastbourne, described as having ‘touched many lives’A 41-year-old man who died after a large wooden sign fell at a Christian festival on Friday has been named as Robert Guanco, a pastor at a church in Eastbourne, East Sussex.A tribute from his church on Sunday described him as a respected pastor who was a “loving husband” and “a devoted a...
An estimated 237 people have been rescued but 17 are missing after accident off the coast of northern CyprusFatalities after ferry carrying nearly 270 capsizes off northern CyprusRepublican Turkish party MP Sami Ozuslu told the Guardian late on Sunday that the death toll had risen. “Sadly we are now hearing that there are nine or ten dead,” he said.The families of passengers were converging on hos...
‘Alt-right’ agitator and former Trump backer deported from US is said also to be too extreme for ReformAs he arrives back in the UK after being deported from the US by the Trump administration, the far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos may be wondering what lies ahead for him in his native country.The “alt-right” agitator, 41, made his name in the US by promoting Donald Trump and associating wit...
The ‘alt-right’ agitator and former Trump backer deported from US is said to be too extreme for GB News and ReformAs he arrives back in the UK after being deported from the US by the Trump administration, the far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos may be wondering what lies ahead for him in his native country.The “alt-right” agitator, 41, made his name in the US by promoting Donald Trump and asso...
An estimated 237 people have been rescued but 23 are missing after accident off the coast of northern CyprusFatalities after ferry carrying nearly 270 capsizes off northern CyprusRepublican Turkish party MP Sami Ozuslu told the Guardian late on Sunday that the death toll had risen. “Sadly we are now hearing that there are nine or ten dead,” he said.The families of passengers were converging on hos...
Trump’s threat comes after host described success record of candidates whom president had endorsed as ‘mixed’Donald Trump on Sunday said NBC’s Kristen Welker – host of Meet the Press – should face “rebuke or punishment” from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).Preceding Trump’s comments was a live shot by Welker in which she described the success record of political candidates whom presi...
Rajendra Dawadi ordered students to higher ground with moments to spare after receiving warnings from upstreamA headteacher in Nepal evacuated 900 children from a school moments before a deadly wall of water struck their town amid the devastating flash floods that have killed almost 800 people and left thousands missing.Rajendra Dawadi decided to halt classes and order children to higher ground af...
Total number of missing Britons between Tibet and Nepal at 48 as Beijing mobilises more than 2,100 rescue workers Nepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesFifteen British nationals are reported to be missing in China as the search continues for survivors of the devastating flooding in Nepal and Tibet.Nepali and Chinese authorities confirmed an updated death toll of at least 810 on Sunday. More than...
Relatives of those missing have been given PowerPoint slideshows of recovered bodies in effort to speed up identification of the deadThe bodies continue to wash up. But the morgues have already run out of room.Since the deadly floods coursed through the Himalayan valleys of Nepal and Tibet, the numbers of people killed have continued to rise. The bodies have surfaced in their hundreds and continue...
Precariousness of living in Devighat by the Trishuli River underlined as waters swell again and residents flee to higher groundNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesThe bodies continue to wash up. But the morgues have already run out of room.Since the deadly floods coursed through the Himalayan valleys of Nepal and Tibet, the numbers of people killed have continued to rise. The bodies have surfa...
Senior Tory says Khan has ‘lost passion for the job’ and Burnham is ‘very anti-London’ in interview with LBCJames Cleverly has vowed to run a “classically Conservative” campaign to become the mayor of London, insisting his victory in the capital would be a stepping stone for Kemi Badenoch to become prime minister.The senior Tory denied he had resigned from the shadow cabinet to run for mayor after...
Senior Tory says Khan has ‘lost passion for the job’ and Burnham is ‘very anti-London’ in interview with LBCJames Cleverly has vowed to run a “classically Conservative” campaign to become the mayor of London, insisting his victory in the capital would be a stepping stone for Kemi Badenoch to become prime minister.The senior Tory denied he had resigned from the shadow cabinet to run for mayor after...
Total of confirmed 797 dead and more than 3,000 missing amid threat of fresh inundationNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updates‘Their whole village has disappeared’: frantic hunt for survivors in Kathmandu hospitalRescuers in Nepal and Tibet have battled through leg-sucking mud amid the threat of fresh flooding to search for thousands of people still missing after a deadly wall of water swept thro...
Nathan Cofnas allowed to resume Ghent University work, as US ambassador claims credit for lifting of suspensionProf Jason Arday’s accuser Nathan Cofnas has been barred from teaching on Ghent University campus for three months but has been allowed to continue his research position.Earlier this month Cofnas, an American academic, was suspended from his postdoctoral research position at the Belgian i...
Authorities say 237 people rescued and search under way for those who remain unaccounted forNorthern Cyprus ferry disaster – latest updatesAt least eight people have died and 18 people are missing after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus, local authorities said.The territory’s prime minister, Ünal Üstel, told the state-run TRT...
Authorities say 237 people rescued and search under way for those who remain unaccounted forNorthern Cyprus ferry disaster – latest updatesAt least eight people have died and 17 people are missing after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus, local authorities said.The territory’s prime minister, Ünal Üstel, told the state-run TRT...
Authorities say 237 people rescued and search under way for those who remain unaccounted forNorthern Cyprus ferry disaster – latest updatesAt least eight people have died and 22 people are missing after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus, local authorities said.The territory’s prime minister, Ünal Üstel, told the state-run TRT...
Authorities say 237 people rescued and search under way for those who remain unaccounted forNorthern Cyprus ferry disaster – latest updatesAt least seven people have died and 23 people are missing after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus, local authorities said.The territory’s prime minister, Ünal Üstel, told the state-run TRT...
Deal that will reportedly see US take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil has provoked outrage in her countryVenezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has defended her government’s highly controversial energy deal with Donald Trump, insisting the South American country will maintain ownership and sovereignty over its massive oil reserves.Rodríguez, who assumed power in January after Tr...
Deal that will reportedly see US take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil has provoked outrage in her countryVenezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has defended her government’s highly controversial energy deal with Donald Trump, insisting the South American country will maintain ownership and sovereignty over its massive oil reserves.Rodríguez, who assumed power in January after Tr...
Corporate regulator finds insurers settling most claims with cash rather than by managing repairs or rebuilding, warning of ‘unfair outcomes’ for homeownersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHome insurers are overwhelmingly paying cash to settle claims, leaving Australians to foot blowouts in repair costs for their cyclone-damaged homes.The corporate regulator is calling fo...
Manhunt under way after Italian dies from her injuries in the town of Aarau in the early hours of Sunday A manhunt is under way in Switzerland after a 22-year-old woman was killed and five people were injured, some seriously, in a shooting at a rave in the northern town of Aarau, local police have said.In the attack in the early hours of Sunday at a techno party at a covered horse racetrack , a...
Smartglasses with cameras can benefit the vision impaired but companies might pit ‘accessibility benefits against safety and privacy’, eSafety saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s online safety regulator has urged smartglasses companies to automatically blur people’s faces filmed on the devices, and make it...
Well-funded no camp prevails, winning 52.8% of votes and gaining plaudits from Eurosceptic figures across EuropeAnalysis: Definitely no or maybe yes – what tipped the Icelandic referendumVoters in Iceland have rejected a government proposal to reopen accession talks with the EU after a closely fought referendum campaign that divided the country against a backdrop of global volatility.After a...
Meanwhile, Trump posts video of himself kicking over a Lake Ontario sign and replacing it with Lake America signDonald Trump and Canada continued a verbal duel on Saturday over the US government’s administrative renaming of Lake Ontario, with the country erecting a giant sign saying “Lake Ontario. Now and Always” – and the American president posting a video of him tearing down an avatar of that si...
New company reportedly quickly fell behind with promised repayments to administratorA recruitment executive who was allowed to buy back the assets of his bust company in instalments, despite it accumulating almost £3m of debt, has placed his new business into liquidation after falling behind with promised payments to the administrator.The news is the latest event to raise questions about the pract...
An estimated 237 people have been rescued after accident off the coast of northern CyprusFatalities after ferry carrying nearly 270 capsizes off northern CyprusIn a post to Facebook, the mayor of the coastal town of Kyrenia, Murat Senkul, described the situation as “very serious” and confirmed that 270 passengers and crew were aboard when the ship sank off the coast of Diana beach. He said the fer...
Well-funded no camp prevails, winning 52.8% of votes and gaining plaudits from Eurosceptic figures across EuropeAnalysis: Definitely no or maybe yes: what tipped the Icelandic referendumVoters in Iceland have rejected the government’s proposal to hold accession talks with the European Union after a closely fought campaign that has divided the country.After a long and anxious night for those...
Rosenheim police detain 27-year-old German man after woman, 31, killed outside train station early on SundayA man has been detained in Germany on suspicion of the fatal stabbing of a 31-year-old British woman in Rosenheim early on Sunday morning, local authorities said.According to Rosenheim police, the woman, who was attacked at the city’s train station, was taken to a nearby hospital where she d...
