Glasgow Airport experiences major disruption due to snow while sporting events are cancelled.
BBC understands 32-year-old Maj Kevin McCool was on a motorcycle trip off base when he was attacked.
Victoria Atkins' performance, when pressure mounts on the NHS, is vital for her party's prospects.
The Casualty star and ex-EastEnders actor pulls out on medical grounds just hours before the quarter final.
People near the coast in parts of the island of Mindanao were told to evacuate to higher ground.
A new series of 24 Hours in Police Custody kicks off with a dramatic armed siege in Bedford.
The Strictly Come Dancing host tells listeners she wants to spend more time with her daughter.
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Online system designed to order precise evacuations inaccessible to those without power or network access• Israel-Hamas war – live updatesIsrael’s new grid system for targeted evacuation warnings in southern Gaza risks turning life in the territory into a “macabre game of Battleships”, aid workers have warned.When Israel resumed its offensive in Gaza after a week-long ceasefire deal collapsed, it immediately signalled plans to intensify attacks on the south of the territory, in areas where Palestinian civilians had previously been urged to take shelter. Continue reading...
Seismologists say tsunamis expected to hit Philippines and Japan in early hours of Sunday morningAn earthquake of magnitude 7.5 has struck Mindanao in the Philippines, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, at a depth of 63 km (39 miles), and tsunamis were expected to hit the Philippines and Japan shortly.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said tsunami waves could hit the Philippines by midnight local time (16.00 GMT) and may continue for hours. Continue reading...
Human rights groups record alarming rise in number of prisoners put to death by Tehran regime since 7 OctoberThe Iranian regime has executed more than 127 people, including women and children, since the Hamas attacks of 7 October, according to human rights groups.According to data collected by Iran Human Rights (IHR) and the Norway-based organisation Hengaw, which have been cross-referenced by the Observer, there has been an alarming rise in executions since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas. Continue reading...
Updates from the 5pm GMT start time in HamburgHave any thoughts? Share them with John via emailEngland in Germany conjures memories of Baden-Baden and Wags but….oh, Gareth Southgate seems to be wise to all that.Alun Pugh gets in touch: “I’m in Karlsruhe for the Bundesliga 2 game against Rostock tomorrow and looking forward to knowing who we are playing next summer after we’ve disposed of the trifling matter of the playoffs. No draw coverage is complete without the obligatory cliche “group of death”. Hope you will put this right soon.” Continue reading...
Martin Schulz, former leader of Germany’s ruling SPD, says the Brexit divide is harming efforts to solve international crises A leading figure in Germany’s ruling Social Democratic party (SPD) has called for far closer links between the UK and the European Union, amid rising concerns the Brexit divide is harming efforts to solve international crises, including mass migration.Martin Schulz, a former SPD leader and candidate to be chancellor of Germany, said it was vital that regular meetings, known in EU jargon as “structured dialogue”, be set up to bind the UK closer to the EU – and Germany – [...]
Email suggesting discharging hospital patients into residential care as Covid unfolded has prompted furious responseThe head of Britain’s health security agency is facing a growing backlash after it emerged she suggested that discharging Covid-infected hospital patients to care homes would be “clinically appropriate” to protect the NHS from collapse.Care home providers and the families of those who died after contracting Covid while in residential care said the revelations confirmed their suspicions at the time, adding that it disproved the claim of ministers to have thrown a “protective ring”[...]
Billionaire John Caudwell open to switching allegiance after criticism of UK government’s net zero policyA billionaire Tory donor has said Keir Starmer is more receptive to his ideas than Rishi Sunak.John Caudwell was the Conservative party’s biggest donor in the run-up to the 2019 general election, during which he gave £500,000 to Boris Johnson’s campaign. Continue reading...
Housing secretary, Michael Gove, ‘calls in’ planning rejection by Sadiq Khan, though firm behind sphere says it is no longer interestedThe London mayor’s decision to reject planning permission for a huge Las Vegas-style entertainment venue is to be reviewed by ministers.The housing secretary, Michael Gove, has opted to use his powers to “call in” Sadiq Khan’s rejection of the 21,000-capacity, 300ft-tall MSG sphere in Stratford, east London, to decide whether it should stand. Continue reading...
Actor, 50, sustains injury hours before the quarter-finals, leaving just four celebrities in competitionNigel Harman has withdrawn from Strictly Come Dancing after sustaining a rib injury just hours before the quarter-finals of the competition.The Casualty actor, 50, had been due to compete with a Charleston to Step In Time from Disney’s Mary Poppins with his partner, Katya Jones, on Saturday night. Continue reading...
Industry says with global headliners doing their own tours there are not enough stars to fill festival line-ups in UK and IrelandSet on the front meadow of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, minutes from the Guinness brewery, it is no surprise the first wave of tickets for Dublin’s Forbidden Fruit festival sold out within days.The line-up – a heady mix of veterans, newcomers and nostalgia acts – is one of many festivals currently being announced for next summer. “We’ve got Nelly Furtado, who hasn’t played in Ireland for 24 years, Bicep and Barry Can’t Swim, who’s from that generation of artists w[...]
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