Month: December 2024

Honours have gone to a host of Team GB athletes Actor Stephen Fry, former England manager Gareth Southgate and London mayor Sadiq Khan have been knighted in the New Year Honours. Honours have gone to a host of Team GB athletes, including runner Keely Hodgkinson, who was named the 2024 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and mountain biker Tom Pidcock, after the Paris Olympics. There are also honours for […]

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the five million-dollar (£3.99 million) award that the Manhattan jury granted to E Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse. The magazine columnist had given evidence at a […]

There are Met Office yellow weather warnings for most of Scotland on Monday and Tuesday Edinburgh’s Hogmanay street party and fireworks display has been cancelled due to bad weather. The events were cancelled by organisers UniqueAssembly amid Met Office yellow weather warnings for most of Scotland on Monday and Tuesday, and an amber warning for northern Scotland. Organisers apologised to tourists who had travelled internationally for the events, with the […]

Five people have been charged in Argentina in connection with the death of One Direction musician Liam Payne. The singer died aged 31 in October after falling from the third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires. The hotel’s manager, a receptionist and a friend of Payne have been charged with manslaughter, Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office said on Monday, in a statement which referred to the defendants […]

Ferries and trains have been disrupted as snow, rain and wind warnings are in force and are expected to cause further travel issues on New Year’s Eve. Almost every part of the country is covered by at least one of the multiple weather warnings that have been issued by the Met Office between Monday and Wednesday. Scotland is being hit first by “fairly persistent rain” and snow, with 50-70mm of rainfall […]

Gatwick Airport has said operations are “returning to normal” after four days of fog-related flight restrictions. More than 20 flights planned for the West Sussex airport on Monday were cancelled in advance. Flights at the UK’s second busiest airport were disrupted between Friday and early on Monday morning because of fog. Later on Monday, a Gatwick spokesperson said: “Temporary air traffic restrictions in place over the weekend due to fog have been […]

An 18-year-old man sentenced to one year in a Dubai jail for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl has handed himself in to begin his sentence, a campaign group has said. Marcus Fakana, of Tottenham, north London, “now hopes for a pardon” from Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Detained in Dubai said. In a message from Mr Fakana shared by the group, he thanked those […]

The King and the Prime Minister have paid tribute to Jimmy Carter following the former US president’s death on Sunday aged 100. In a message to the American people, the King expressed “great sadness” at the news of Mr Carter’s death, describing him as “a committed public servant” who “devoted his life to promoting peace and human rights”. He added: “His dedication and humility served as an inspiration to many, and I […]

Smokers have been urged to kick the habit in the new year after new analysis shows how much of their lives are lost by each cigarette smoked. Men lose 17 minutes of life with every cigarette they smoke while a woman’s life is cut short by 22 minutes with each cigarette, experts have estimated. This is more than previous estimates, which suggest that each cigarette shortens a smoker’s life by […]