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The Ukrainian President appealed for permission to strike Russian targets with Western weapons Volodymyr Zelensky asked Sir Keir Starmer to “show your leadership” as he appealed for permission to strike Russian targets with Western weapons in a historic address to the UK Cabinet. The Ukrainian president urged the British Government to help with Kyiv’s “long-range capability” as […]
The 81 year old is being urged by many Democrats to consider stepping aside US President Joe Biden’s campaign is insisting anew that he is not stepping aside. Many Democrats at the highest levels want him to consider how stepping aside from the 2024 election to make way for a new nominee could be the […]
63 year old Graham Gomm was being held on remand for burglary offences at HMP Wormwood Scrubs A manhunt has been launched for a prisoner who has absconded from a hospital in London. The Metropolitan Police are looking for Graham Gomm, 63, who has been on remand for burglary offences at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. Gomm was taken […]
He’s accepted his party’s presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention Donald Trump accepted his party’s presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in a speech that described in detail the assassination attempt on him before laying out a sweeping populist agenda, particularly on immigration. The 78-year-old former president, known best for his bombast and aggressive rhetoric, […]
Major infrastructure including airlines, train companies, banks and media outlets have ground to a halt after their computer systems were knocked offline Businesses and institutions around the world have been been knocked offline after a major IT outage, believed to have been caused by a faulty update to widely used cybersecurity software. The outage is “causing disruption in […]
Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracey Brabin has condemned the “violent and thoughtless actions” in Harehills A police cordon remains in place around a burnt out vehicle on Friday after a night of violent disorder in a Leeds suburb. West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin condemned the “violent and thoughtless actions” in Harehills, east Leeds, adding that “such […]
Rafael Nadal recovered from 4-1 down in the second set to claim victory over British number two Cameron Norrie in the second round of the Swedish Open at Bastad. The 38-year-old, who opted to miss Wimbledon in order focus efforts on the Paris Olympics, had his serve broken by number-five seed Norrie who was looking […]
Five Just Stop Oil protesters, including one of its co-founders, have been jailed for several years for conspiring to organise protests that blocked the M25 motorway, in what are thought to be the longest sentences ever given for peaceful protest Roger Hallam, 58, Daniel Shaw, 38, Louise Lancaster, 58, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, 35, and […]
Andrew Malkinson, who was wrongly convicted of rape and jailed for 17 years, was “failed” by the Criminal Cases Review Commission and could have been exonerated almost a decade earlier, a review has found. The CCRC “obstructed my fight for justice and cost me an extra decade wrongly imprisoned”, Mr Malkinson said in light of […]
Formal talks are to be held in a bid to resolve the long running junior doctors dispute, it has been announced. The move follows a meeting on Thursday between new Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting and the BMA. Junior doctors in England have been embroiled in a long running row over pay which […]