Month: August 2024

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 bodies in an overnight operation in southern Gaza, without saying when or how the six […]

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 punish slack away marking in the 57th-minute to earn Steve Cooper a point in his […]

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 injured and taken to hospital, where their conditions have been described as life-threatening. A 22-year-old […]

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 or three years, but unusually in 2018 there were two blue moons, only two months […]

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 Kamala Harris, who will formally accept the Democratic nomination this week. Activists are ready to […]

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 least 20 police officers were injured in a spate of violent incidents in early August […]

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 to data provided by forces to the commissioner. Dame Rachel de Souza said her report […]

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 two are American, Italian news website la Reppublica stated. The superyacht, named Bayesian, capsized at […]

Emergency plans to avoid prison overcrowding have been activated in the North of England as more rioters are sentenced. Operation Early Dawn, a long-standing plan which allows defendants to be held in police cells and not summoned to magistrates’ court until a space in prison is available, was activated on Monday morning, the Ministry of Justice said. The measure will be put in place in the North East and Yorkshire; […]