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At least nine people were killed and thousands more wounded The Foreign Office has urged “calm heads and de-escalation” after hundreds of pagers exploded simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria. At least nine people were killed and thousands wounded on Tuesday in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack. An FCDO spokesperson said: “We continue to monitor the situation in Lebanon closely and the UK is working with diplomatic […]

More than 10,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel since Labour won the general election. Home Office figures show 65 migrants made the journey in two boats on Monday, taking the provisional total for the year so far to 23,598. The latest crossings mean 10,024 arrivals have been recorded since Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister on July 4. The total for 2024 to date is […]

The Scottish Government has backed a deal which will see the city step in after the state of Victoria in Australia backed out Glasgow is set to host a scaled down version of the Commonwealth Games in 2026 after the Scottish Government backed the deal. The city last hosted the international sporting event in 2014 and has stepped in after the planned 2026 hosts backed out. The state of Victoria […]

Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson is to make her West End debut in a revival of a Greek tragedy. Elektra, an adaptation of a Sophocles play translated by poet Anne Carson, will be directed by Daniel Fish and staged at Theatre Royal Brighton in January before it moves to London’s Duke Of York’s Theatre for an 11 week-season. Larson said: “I couldn’t be more excited to perform in this Greek drama, […]

More strikes by junior doctors are not off the table in the future, a leading medic has said. It comes as junior doctors in England voted to accept a Government pay deal worth 22.3% on average over two years, bringing their long-running dispute to an end. The British Medical Association’s (BMA) junior doctors committee in England has accepted the Government’s pay offer, with 66% of junior doctors voting in favour […]

The daughter of a BBC commentator had been tied to a chair in an incident which saw her and her sister shot with a crossbow and their mother suffer multiple injuries in a stabbing, a court has heard. Kyle Clifford was remanded in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday afternoon following the incident in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on July 9. He has […]

He's been given a six-month suspended sentence Disgraced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been spared jail after admitting accessing indecent images of children as young as seven. The 63-year-old previously admitted three charges of “making” indecent photographs after he was sent 41 illegal images by convicted paedophile Alex Williams over WhatsApp. At Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, Edwards held his hands together and leaned forward throughout his sentencing hearing […]

Violence has “no part to play at all in politics”, Sir Keir Starmer has said after an apparent assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump. Mr Trump, the Republican Party nominee for the presidency in the coming November election, was playing golf at his club in West Palm Beach, Florida, when a man was discovered pointing an assault rifle into the course. The FBI is now investigating “what appears […]

Nearly four in five (78%) students say money worries are causing them significant stress. This has led to six in 10 (60%) students avoiding social activities with friends, and nearly half (46%) being so anxious they avoid checking their bank balance altogether, according to credit information service Experian. Nearly quarter (23%) of students are ignoring communications from their bank entirely. Nearly three-quarters (72%) of students have relied on credit cards […]