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National News
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The King will sit down with survivors of the fatal Southport knife attack and their families during a visit to Merseyside. Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, were killed in the attack which was followed by rioting in Southport and across the country. The disorder included looting with hotels housing […]
The search for British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter has resumed after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of Sicily. They are among six tourists missing after the yacht, named Bayesian, was battered during intense storms off the coast of Palermo in the early hours of Monday. Four of […]
The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it has recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’s October 7 attack that started the war in Gaza, as US and Arab mediators tried to advance an agreement to halt the fighting and release scores of other militant-held captives. The military said its forces recovered the […]
Jamie Vardy rolled back the years to terrorise Tottenham again and earn Leicester a 1-1 draw in their Premier League opener. Spurs were ahead at half-time thanks to Pedro Porro’s 29th-minute header after a one-sided first 45 at King Power Stadium. It was a different story after the break though with veteran Vardy able to […]
A man has been arrested after a woman died and two others were seriously hurt in a triple stabbing in Manchester. The 43-year-old woman died at the scene after being found with stab wounds at a property in Barnard Road, Gorton, at about 11.20pm on Sunday. A 17-year-old girl and a 64-year-old man were also […]
A blue supermoon will light up the sky on Monday, in a rare event that is expected to be one of the biggest and brightest moons of the year. A blue moon is not named after the colour, but for the timing of full moons during the year. Blue moons usually occur about every two […]
Crowds of activists began gathering in Chicago for protests outside the Democratic National Convention on Monday, hoping to call attention to issues such as economic injustice, reproductive rights and the war in Gaza. Protesters say their plans have not changed since President Joe Biden left the race and the party quickly rallied behind vice president […]
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has personally thanked police officers who were injured during recent disorder, for their service. During a visit to Belfast on Monday, the Prime Minister also met representatives from minority ethnic communities who had been targeted in violence in which a number of businesses were destroyed and a mosque attacked. At […]
The number of child strip searches by police forces across England and Wales appears to be falling but safeguarding failures remain a problem, according to a report from the Children’s Commissioner. There were 3,368 strip searches of children carried out by 44 police forces – including British Transport Police – between January 2018 and June 2023, according […]
British technology tycoon Mike Lynch is among six tourists missing after a luxury yacht sank in bad weather off the coast of Sicily, sources said. A body, believed to be that of the vessel’s chef, has been found and 15 people were rescued, according to local media. Four of the missing passengers are British and […]