The department of disease control said tests on a traveller had confirmed he was infected with the Clade 1b strain of mpox Thailand has confirmed Asia’s first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the country from Africa. The department of […]
Former England footballer removed from presenting lineup after workplace conduct complaints Jermaine Jenas, a presenter on The One Show and who appears on Match of the Day, has been sacked by the BBC after complaints about his workplace conduct. The former footballer, 41, said he was seeking legal advice after […]
Marinovka airbase becomes latest target of Kyiv’s ambitious long-range drone campaign Ukraine has carried out a night-time drone attack on a Kremlin military airfield near the city of Volgograd and announced the capture of another village in Russia’s Kursk region, as Russian forces pressed on with their advance in the […]
TV personality fires up delegates with surprise Democratic convention speech; Tim Walz due to give keynote speech introducing himself to America When is Tim Walz speaking tonight Kamala Harris’s campaign raised four times as much money last month than Donald Trump’s campaign, Reuters is reporting, citing federal disclosures filed late […]
Identities not disclosed but UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter were among those onboard Divers scouring the wreck of the luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday have found the bodies of five of the six missing passengers. The UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, […]
Exclusive: Agency says foreign gangs not safe from prosecution in UK and plans new recording label to track extent of the crime ‘It looks so real’: amid rise in financial sextortion, Childline is helping teenagers fight back How west Africa’s online fraudsters moved into sextortion The National Crime Agency has […]
Woodland Trust’s competition comes as charity campaigns for more robust legal protection for precious trees An oak tree shaped like an elephant and the oak with the widest girth in the UK have been shortlisted for the annual Tree of the Year competition. The Woodland Trust runs the annual competition […]
Charity says rise ‘hugely concerning’ and calls for change in law in England and Northern Ireland in line with rest of UK Concerns raised to the NSPCC helpline about children being physically punished have more than tripled in a year, the charity has said. Helpline staff heard about children being […]
Former first lady derides former president’s much criticized Black jobs comments in DNC speech Trump calls his supporters ‘basement dwellers’, says ex-aide Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former lawyer, has turned up at the Democratic national convention, for reasons unknown. Cohen fell out with Trump years ago, and was a witness […]
Chancellor insists she still has large black hole to fill despite stronger-than-expected growth in first half of 2024 Rachel Reeves is planning to raise taxes, cut spending and get tough on benefits in October’s budget amid Treasury alarm that the pickup in the economy has failed to improve the poor […]