Athlete was twice the Commonwealth champion World’s Strongest Man title won in 1983 and 1985 Geoff Capes, who competed for Great Britain in the shot put at three Olympic Games, won two Commonwealth titles and twice won the World’s Strongest Man competition, has died aged 75. A family statement said: […]
National Audit Office report finds no signs of improvement in lives of pupils despite record spending The bill for special needs education in England has hit £10bn a year, with the number of children and young people entitled to government support in the form of education, health and care plans […]
WHO says ‘escalating violence’ in northern Gaza has led to postponement of vaccines to more than 100,000 children Follow all our Middle East coverage here Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 42 people on Wednesday as the military intensified a siege on northern parts of the Palestinian territory, forcing the World […]
VP says she’s focused on ‘the challenges, the dreams’ of Americans as opposed to Trump ‘who is focused on himself’ Kamala Harris said that she has no doubt that the US was ready for a female president, insisting that Americans care more about what candidates can do to help them, […]
Russian president ‘willing to gamble on food security’ by stepping up strikes on grain ships, says UK prime minister Keir Starmer has accused Vladimir Putin of disrupting food supplies to Gaza after British intelligence suggested Russia had stepped up its attacks on Ukrainian ports. Starmer said it was clear the […]
IDF says strikes in Beirut in early October also killed the head of the militant group’s intelligence branch Israel has confirmed the killing of the presumed next leader of Hezbollah in an airstrike on southern Beirut earlier in October. In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Israeli military said strikes […]
Defra body, created to overhaul system amid public fury, may force firms to be run for public good rather than shareholder returns New water regulator must create environmental enforcer that is feared | Nils Pratley Water companies in England could be banned from making a profit under plans for a […]
Exclusive: Campaigners say calls to redraw rules are cynical attempt to secure ‘effective immunity’ for officers Police chiefs have formally asked the government to make it harder to investigate and prosecute officers after the fatal shooting of Chris Kaba led to a Scotland Yard sergeant being acquitted of murder, the […]
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. […]
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 […]