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His wife had previously revealed the 55 year old took his own life Former England cricketer Graham Thorpe died after being struck by a train at a railway station in Surrey, the opening of an inquest into his death has heard. The 55-year-old took his own life, his wife Amanda Thorpe revealed previously. The former batter died on the morning of August 4 having suffered “traumatic injuries” during the incident at Esher railway station, Surrey Coroner’s […]

A man has been charged with attempted murder after an 11-year-old girl was stabbed in Leicester Square. Ioan Pintaru, 32, of no fixed address, has also been charged with possession of a bladed article and was remanded in custody to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday morning. Police were called to reports of a stabbing at the central London tourist spot at 11.34am on Monday. The girl’s 34-year-old mother […]

Donald Trump has criticised the European Union and his Democratic opponents during a delayed, two-hour conversation with Elon Musk on X. The interview, due to start at 1am on Tuesday, was put back by more than 40 minutes by technical problems with X owner Mr Musk blaming a cyber attack on the platform. He made no mention of his disagreement with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over Britain’s riots and […]

The families of the victims of Valdo Calocane have said services caring for him in the lead-up to the attacks “have blood on their hands”, after it emerged a mental health trust “minimised or omitted” key details of the serious risk he posed to others. The final part of a Care Quality Commission (CQC) review into the care of Calocane by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) found risk assessments […]

Almost half of GP practices in England are taking some form of collective action, a poll suggests. The snapshot of practices by the publication Pulse, which included responses from 283 GP partners, found 46% were taking action while a further 20% said they will be doing so in the future. Some 7% of practices ruled out taking any action. Family doctors in England voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action […]

Hundreds of thousands of rural homes and businesses with poor internet connections are to receive a broadband boost through the latest round of government investment in internet infrastructure, ministers have said. Around 312,000 premises in rural areas across Britain will get access to gigabit-capable broadband thanks to an £800 million investment to modernise internet infrastructure as part of the Government’s ongoing Project Gigabit. The scheme aims to make the lightning-fast […]

A public inquiry is to be held to examine the events which led to Valdo Calocane stabbing three people to death in Nottingham in June last year, the families of his victims have said. Calocane stabbed 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar as they returned from a night out in the early hours of June 13 last year, before killing 65-year-old Ian Coates. A statement from their families revealed […]

The FBI said it is investigating allegations that sensitive documents from the Trump campaign were stolen in a cyber intrusion days after the campaign declared it had been hacked by Iran. The FBI released a brief statement saying: “We can confirm the FBI is investigating this matter.” The campaign provided no specific evidence of Iran’s involvement, but the claim came shortly after Microsoft issued a report detailing foreign agents’ attempts […]

Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of Russia’s neighbouring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin. General Oleksandr Syrskyi made the statement in a video posted on Monday to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel. In the video, he briefed the president on the […]