Month: August 2024

The Prime Minister will today pledge to 'reverse a decade of decline' in a keynote address in the Downing Street garden Sir Keir Starmer will compare his task as Prime Minister to the communities that rallied round to clean up in the wake of the summer’s riots. The Prime Minister will promise that his Government will do the “hard work” to “root out 14 years of rot” under the Conservatives. […]

All people have been “accounted for” after a fire engulfed a multi-storey building in Dagenham, east London, with “known” safety issues, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. More than 80 people were evacuated and two were taken to hospital after the fire broke out in the building that is used for residential and commercial purposes, the fire service said. The LFB said it was called to the blaze in […]

Around 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines are responding to a blaze in Blackwall, east London, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. Half of a flat and balcony on the 25th floor of the 45-storey tower block at New Providence Wharf, Biscayne Avenue, was alight, the LFB said in a statement on Monday afternoon. The LFB said it was first called to the blaze at 1.28pm and that crews […]

Prosecutors in Italy have placed under investigation the captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, Italian media have reported. James Cutfield, a 51-year old New Zealand national, is being investigated for possible manslaughter and culpable shipwreck over the incident off Porticello, newspapers said. Under Italian law, being under investigation does not imply being guilty and does not necessarily lead to criminal […]

A Pakistani judge has acquitted a man who was charged with spreading misinformation that helped spark widespread rioting in the UK earlier this month, officials said on Monday. The decision came less than a week after Farhan Asif was arrested in a raid on his home in Lahore, the capital of eastern Punjab province, and charged with cyberterrorism. After a hearing on Monday, the judge ordered the release of the […]

He managed the English national side from 2001 to 2006 Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76. A statement on his official website confirmed he had died on Monday morning, surrounded by his family. The Swede, who had been battling cancer, was the first foreign manager of the English national side, taking charge of 67 matches from 2001 to 2006. He led England to the […]

More than 100 people were evacuated and two taken to hospital as a fire engulfed a building in Dagenham, east London, with “known” safety issues. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said it is carrying out a “significant search and rescue operation” after being called to the blaze in Freshwater Road at 2.44am on Monday. Forty-five engines and around 225 firefighters are responding to the blaze that has engulfed the whole […]

A group of 20 experts will use AI to look at hundreds of thousands of scans to detect patterns Scientists and researchers are set to examine hundreds of thousands of brain scans to build a software tool they hope will be able to predict a person’s risk of dementia. A group of 20 experts will analyse data from CT and MRI scans using AI along with information contained in health […]

John Tinniswood was born in Liverpool on 26th August 1912 The world’s oldest living man has turned 112 at his care home in Southport, Merseyside. John Tinniswood was born in Liverpool on August 26 1912, the year the Titanic sank, and became the world’s oldest living man in April, saying the secret of his longevity is “just luck”. Asked how he feels to be turning 112, he told Guinness World Records (GWR): “In all […]