Mohammed Abouagela Masud accused by US of having set timer for bomb that destroyed the Boeing 747, killing 270 people in 1988 A former Libyan intelligence operative accused of preparing the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 was taken into US custody after […]
West Midlands fire service said reports indicated the children were playing on the ice before falling through Four children have been taken to hospital in cardiac arrest after falling through the ice on a lake in Solihull, emergency services have said. West Midlands police said specialist teams are continuing an […]
Labour and former army head warn repeated use of armed forces may lead to burnout and soldiers quitting Plans for military staff to cover for striking workers are to be discussed at a Cobra meeting, amid warnings that over-stretched troops are being used repeatedly to bail out ministers unable to […]
Party criticises significant rise in use of temporary staff while places at medical school have been cut NHS trusts are paying as much as £5,200 a shift for agency doctors, figures uncovered by Labour have shown, with the party saying that low staffing levels resulted in a significant rise in […]
Suspect, 57, opens fire on a meeting of apartment block residents but police yet to comment on motive A man who opened fire on a meeting of apartment block residents in a coffee shop in northern Rome has killed three people, including a friend of the Italian prime minister, Giorgia […]
Industry body Make UK says ‘no sugar-coating poor outlook’ for next year and ‘possibly beyond’ Fears are growing over the state of the UK economy as it emerged that the manufacturing sector shrank by about 4% this year and is forecast to decline by a further 3.2% in 2023. Increasing […]
Sting of latest knockout defeat will linger after Gareth Southgate’s team went toe-to-toe with the world champions The scourge of missed penalties returned to haunt England last night as their World Cup dreams ended in familiar scenes of tears and shattered dreams. At the final whistle, as players slumped to […]
Royal College of Nursing and Unison call on health secretary to negotiate with them to avoid action at Christmas and new year Health unions made a dramatic offer on Saturday night to suspend a wave of planned strikes that threatens to cripple the NHS over Christmas and the new year […]
The Bank is likely to raise borrowing costs again this week – but how much longer can they keep going up? Bank of England officials are expected to take their foot off the accelerator when they meet this week to decide by how much the cost of borrowing should increase. […]
Dahaba Ali Hussen, who has lived in London for 19 years, stopped while trying to board Eurostar in Paris A black EU citizen with settled status was temporarily denied entry to the UK when she attempted to board a Eurostar train in Paris on Saturday. Dahaba Ali Hussen, a Dutch […]