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The 19 year old will be laid to rest in Accrington, Lancashire The funeral for British teenager Jay Slater, who died while on holiday in Tenerife, will be held in Accrington, Lancashire on Saturday. Well-wishers who attend the service have been asked to wear something blue in his memory. Mr Slater’s loved ones have also asked that instead of flowers, people could donate to LBT Global, an overseas crisis support charity which helped his […]

It happened on Friday night at Boardmasters in Newquay A “small number” of people have been injured in a crowd surge at Boardmasters music festival in Newquay, Devon and Cornwall Police said. The force said in a statement: “We have been notified following a crowd surge at Boardmasters music festival in Newquay on Friday 9 August, which left a small number of attendees injured. “The injured parties are currently being treated on-site by medical […]

Israel's military has acknowledged the strike in Gaza City on Saturday morning Palestinian health authorities say an Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City on Saturday, killing more than 60 people. The Health Ministry’s Ambulance and Emergency service said the strike on the Tabeen school in central Gaza City also wounded 47 people. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming it hit a Hamas command centre within the school. It did not provide […]

The King has called for unity and praised the “community spirit” that countered the riots over the last week. Charles also offered his “heartfelt thanks” to the police for restoring order, as they continue to remain on high alert for further disorder amid the start of the new football season. Sir Keir Starmer had an audience with the King via a phone call on Friday evening, Buckingham Palace said. Chief Constable Gavin Stephens, […]

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Katarina Johnson-Thompson laid it all on the line to secure heptathlon silver at the Stade de France for her first Olympic medal. The Liverpudlian sat 121 points behind Belgian champion Nafissatou Thiam entering the final event, the 800 metres. She faced a nearly impossible task, needing to beat Thiam by more than eight seconds to surpass her main rival. Johnson-Thompson clocked a personal best 2:04.90, but it was not quite […]

Around a thousand people gathered in Belfast for a counter-protest against several hundred anti-immigration demonstrators on Friday evening. A heavy police presence and barriers were put in place to keep the two groups apart at Belfast City Hall, while Donegall Square North and Wellington Place were closed to traffic for several hours. The people at the anti-immigration protest were seen holding signs with slogans such as “Shankill Road says no […]

The British quartet of Dina Asher-Smith, Imani Lansiquot, Amy Hunt and Daryll Neita secured women’s 4×100 metres silver at the Stade de France. Team GB won bronze in the same event for the last two Olympics and were one of the favourites on Friday night. They looked like they might be on course to secure gold before a messy handover between Hunt and anchor Neita cost them time. The United […]

Russian officials have declared the situation in the Kursk region a “federal level” emergency, four days after hundreds of Ukrainian troops poured over the border in what appears to be Kyiv’s biggest attack on Russian soil since the war began. Meanwhile, a Russian plane-launched missile struck a Ukrainian shopping centre in the middle of the day, killing at least 12 people and wounding 44 others, authorities said. The shopping centre […]