News – World and UK

Communities in England and Wales are starting a “massive clean-up” after torrential rain and widespread flooding from Storm Bert over the weekend. Residents in affected areas have said they do not believe the chaos will by cleared by Christmas, as the Environment Secretary said the UK’s flood defences were in the “worst condition on record”. Hundreds of homes were left under water, roads were turned into rivers and winds of […]

The eight-year-old girl injured in a double shooting in west London was in a car with her parents and two-year-old sibling when a gunman opened fire, police have revealed. Her 34-year-old father has been left with potentially life-changing injuries and the girl was undergoing surgery on Monday but is in a stable condition, the Metropolitan Police said. The pair were hurt in Southern Row, Ladbroke Grove, west London, just after […]

Mohamed Salah has said he is yet to receive a new contract offer from Liverpool and feels “more out than in” as he nears the end of his existing deal. Mohamed Salah has said he is yet to receive a new contract offer from Liverpool and feels “more out than in” as he nears the end of his existing deal. The 32-year-old again showed his importance to the Reds as […]

Bestselling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford, who wrote A Woman Of Substance, has died at the age of 91, it has been announced. The author died peacefully at her home on Sunday November 24 following a short illness, “and was surrounded by loved ones to the very end”, a spokeswoman said. She wrote a total of 40 novels during her career, with her most recent, The Wonder of It All, published […]

NatWest is making a “scamvent” calendar available in selected branches to highlight the common purchases at risk of being fraudulent. The calendar will be available in limited numbers from the end of November and is part of a campaign to warn people of the dangers of purchase scams. It contains chocolates while also highlighting common scams over Christmas. Bogus adverts for phones, tickets and gift cards are among the scams […]

Smoking could cause almost 300,000 cancer cases in the UK over the next five years, according to new analysis. The “magnitude of damage” caused by cigarettes and tobacco “cannot be ignored”, Cancer Research UK said. The charity estimates there were nearly 160 cancer cases attributed to smoking diagnosed in the UK every day in 2023. Its latest analysis comes ahead of the second reading of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill […]

Countries have agreed on a deal to inject at least 300 billion dollars a year into the fight against climate change, aimed at helping poor nations cope with the ravages of global warming at United Nations climate talks. Countries have agreed on a deal to inject at least 300 billion dollars a year into the fight against climate change, aimed at helping poor nations cope with the ravages of global […]

The state should “never offer death as a service”, the Justice Secretary has said, in a strongly worded intervention over the assisted dying Bill ahead of a historic Commons vote next week. The state should “never offer death as a service”, the Justice Secretary has said, in a strongly worded intervention over the assisted dying Bill ahead of a historic Commons vote next week. In a letter to constituents, Shabana […]

Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in Bayern Munich’s 3-0 win over Augsburg to break Erling Haaland’s Bundesliga record for the fastest player to 50 Bundesliga goals. The England captain’s seventh treble since moving to Germany – taking him to 14 league goals for the season – not only extended Bayern’s lead at the top to eight points but saw him smash Haaland’s previous mark. Kane brought up his half-century in […]