Martyn Blake shot Kaba, who was unarmed, in 2022, saying he feared Kaba would use car to kill officers What we now know about the 13 seconds before Chris Kaba was shot A Metropolitan police firearms officer who shot an unarmed suspect in the head has been acquitted of murder. […]
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Fifteen other people treated in hospital after collision between services travelling in opposite directions to and from Shrewsbury A man died after two trains collided at low speed in Wales on Monday evening, police have said. A further 15 people were taken to hospital with injuries not believed to be […]
Loans will be repaid using interest generated by $300bn of frozen Russian assets held in the west Britain is to lend Ukraine an additional £2.26bn and allow Kyiv to spend the money on weapons to fight off the Russian invasion as part of a wider $50bn (£38.5bn) loan programme expected […]
Justin Welby says ancestor owned enslaved people in Jamaica and was paid compensation upon abolition Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has revealed that his ancestor owned enslaved people on a plantation in Jamaica and was compensated by the British government when slavery was abolished. Welby disclosed his ancestral links […]
Sahel hospital evacuated despite Israel saying it would not attack it although at least four people died in nearby strikes Middle East crisis: live updates Israel has accused Hezbollah of keeping hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker under a hospital in the southern suburbs […]
Hundreds evacuate after Israeli military says it will strike areas linked to Al-Qard Al-Hassan association, a US-sanctioned banking system See all our Middle East coverage Hundreds of Beirut residents fled their homes on Sunday night as blasts were heard across its southern suburbs after Israel’s military said it was preparing […]
Health secretary launches consultation on government’s move to transform NHS in England from ‘analogue to digital’ Wes Streeting is to unveil plans for portable medical records giving every NHS patient all their information stored digitally in one place on Monday, despite fears over breaching privacy and creating a target for […]
Pro-western leader Maia Sandu spoke as pivotal referendum on EU membership remained too close to call Moldova’s pro-western president, Maia Sandu, blamed an “unprecedented assault on our country’s freedom and democracy” by “foreign forces” on Sunday night, as a pivotal referendum on EU membership remained too close to call with […]
Study by Royal Society for Public Health shows current system could further exacerbate health inequalities Almost half of the UK workforce lack access to workplace health support including winter flu vaccinations and checks for cardiovascular diseases, a report has found. The analysis, by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), […]
Autumn price bump failed to emerge as buyers spoiled for choice, with properties on market at a 10-year high The number of homes being sold is up almost a third, year on year, so far this month, although the traditional autumn price bump has failed to emerge due to buyers […]