Taylor Swift calls The Life Of A Showgirl album a ‘self-portrait’ Taylor Swift has unveiled her highly anticipated 12th studio album, The Life Of A Showgirl, telling fans the record is a “self-portrait”. The album, expected to top charts around the world, dropped at 5am in the UK, with many Swifties likely setting early alarms
Terrorist who killed two at synagogue was Syrian granted UK citizenship in 2006 The terrorist who killed two Jewish men outside a synagogue on the holiest day of the religion’s calendar was a British citizen of Syrian descent, police have said. Three people have been arrested on suspicion of planning a terror attack in connection
Four injured after car driven at people and man stabbed outside synagogue Four people have been injured after a car was driven at members of the public and a man was stabbed outside a synagogue. Greater Manchester Police said it was called to an incident in Middleton Road, Crumpsall, on Thursday where a man –
Faberge egg estimated to sell for more than £20 million at auction A Faberge egg commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 is estimated to sell for more than £20 million at auction. The Winter Egg, which was commissioned by the emperor as an Easter gift for his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, is described
Tories vow to scrap UK’s landmark climate legislation The Conservatives have announced plans to replace the UK’s world-leading climate legislation with a strategy for “cheap and reliable” energy. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act, brought in by the last Labour government in 2008, which committed the UK to cut
Family of couple detained in Iran call on ministers to ‘secure urgent release’ The family of a British couple detained in Iran is calling on the Foreign Office to “secure their urgent release”, saying the couple’s “physical health is really starting to suffer”. Lindsay and Craig Foreman were taken into custody in January during a
University hails £475,000 fund into ‘groundbreaking’ eczema technology Heriot-Watt University has said its “groundbreaking technology” that could “revolutionise how eczema is diagnosed and treated” has received more than £475,000 to move into clinical research. The university in Edinburgh said the vibroacoustic sensor could end “years of suffering for millions of patients across the UK”. The
Children seeking A&E care are being let down Children are being “let down at the front door of our hospitals”, a top doctor has warned, as leading medics set out how children’s A&E services can improve. Experts from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) said that up to two in five (40%)
Phillipson says there is ‘real urgency’ to scrapping two-child benefit cap Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said there is “real urgency” to scrapping the two-child benefit cap amid speculation it could be lifted in the upcoming budget. The two-child limit was brought in by the Conservatives and restricts child tax credit and universal credit (UC)
Conservationist and chimpanzee expert Dame Jane Goodall dies aged 91 Dame Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died aged 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced the primatologist’s death in an Instagram post. According to the Washington DC-based institute, Dame Jane died of natural causes while in California on