News – World and UK

Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart is calling for restrictions to be imposed on new drivers Young drivers are responsible for more than a third of dangerous driving endorsements, new research has found. Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart, which conducted the analysis of DVLA data, called for restrictions to be imposed on new drivers through graduated driving licensing (GDL). It found that between January 1 and June 1 some 1,128 new dangerous driving endorsements known […]

The eight year old was taken to hospital but died from his injuries An eight-year-old boy has died after falling from the window of a house in Nottingham, police said. Nottinghamshire Police said it was called at 7.15pm on Wednesday to Costock Avenue in Sherwood by East Midlands Ambulance Service. Paramedics had gone to the scene after a child was reported to have fallen from the window of a house. The child, […]

The 'work-to-rule' action could see opening hours cut, and services reduced Pharmacists are to be balloted over potential “work-to-rule” action amid a row over funding. Action could see pharmacies opening for shorter hours or potentially providing fewer services. Pharmacy leaders said the ability to provide safe care was being put at risk by a decline in funding. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), which represents community pharmacies, has called for a £1.3 billion funding increase in England. […]

Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the UK Government of sending “mixed messages” over its support for Israel and “undermining” the country’s right to self-defence. Israel’s prime minister criticised the new Labour administration for suspending around 30 arms exports to Israel amid concerns they could be used in violations of international humanitarian law in the Gaza conflict. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has also dropped the previous Conservative government’s plan to challenge […]

The UK is enjoying “summer’s last hurrah” before heavy rainfall is expected to drench the country over the weekend, the Met Office has said. On Wednesday, temperatures hit 25.5C in Inverness, which is 14C above average for this time of year, according to the forecaster. Warm and bright conditions are expected to continue into Thursday after a cloudy morning – with highs of 26C in London, the weather service added. […]

The public vastly overestimates how much asylum seekers account for in UK immigration, leading to “skewed perceptions” that make the debate on migration “unbalanced”, according to new research. A survey found that, on average, respondents thought those seeking asylum represent 37% of total immigration when actually they accounted for only around 7% in the year ending in June 2024. More than one in five (22%) thought asylum makes up more […]

Lawyers for some of the men accused of raping an unconscious French woman who had been drugged by her husband asked her on Wednesday about her habits, personality and sex life, even questioning whether she was truly unconscious during the encounters. Gisele Pelicot’s testimony came a day after her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, testified that for nearly 10 years, he drugged her and invited dozens of men to rape her as […]

Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case. A new indictment charged the jailed ex-movie mogul with committing a criminal sex act, accusing him of forcing oral sex on a woman at some point between April 29 2006 and May 6 of that year. No details about the accuser involved in the new […]

Emma Raducanu wants to play as many matches as she can over the closing weeks of the season after admitting making mistakes in her scheduling over the summer. The 21-year-old is playing in just her third tournament since a fourth-round loss at Wimbledon in Korea this week, where she battled to victory over American Peyton Stearns in the first round on Tuesday. Raducanu chose to miss the Olympics to focus […]