8 h. ago National League match abandoned after horror collision involving player on loan from Premier League club

A National League clash between Eastleigh and Scunthorpe was abandoned in stoppage time after a sickening clash of heads left two players needing urgent medical attention.

Sport

36 h. ago UK 'outraged' at Israel restricting aid as it works to evacuate children from Gaza for treatment

British officials are working to evacuate critically sick and injured children from Gaza for treatment in U.K. hospitals

Politics

45 h. ago Labubu dolls: Moray Council seizes more than 100 fake Labubu toys deemed 'unsafe' for children

The fake soft toys were found to pose a chocking and suffocation risk to children

Politics

65 h. ago Medics demand urgent help for alleged Palestine activist on prison hunger strike

Teuta Hoxha is awaiting trial accused of breaking into Israel-based defence firm Elbit Systems UK.

Events

6 d. ago Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?

A restaurant in the English county of Cheshire has launched a water menu, as have a number of US establishments. Is it really possible, though, to tell one terroir from another?For diners at a fancy restaurant in Cheshire, there is now a new twist to the usual routine. First comes La Popote’s menu, created by the owners, the chef Joe Rawlins and Gaëlle Radigon, who live upstairs with their children. Next comes the wine list, which includes more than 100 bottles. And then, in what is very much a first for Cheshire, a water list.Rawlins, 32, presents the new menu as I get comfy in the dining room in a converted redbrick barn in Marton, a village halfway between Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent. A choice of seven waters ranges from a £5 bottle of Crag, which comes from the nearby Peak District, to Vidago, a mineral-rich water from a Portuguese spa town, which will cost you £19. Continue reading...

Economics

6 d. ago Israel's military calls Gaza City evacuation ‘inevitable’ as Washington hosts talks on post

Israeli and American officials are preparing to meet in Washington to discuss postwar Gaza

Events

7 d. ago Botswana’s president declares health emergency over supply shortages

Duma Boko announces urgent funding package for medicines to be distributed with military oversightBotswana’s president has declared a public health emergency due to shortages of essential medicines and equipment, as a downturn in the global diamond market and US aid cuts take a toll on the country’s finances.The announcement came after the Ministry of Health suspended non-urgent surgeries on 4 August, stating that the country was short of medicines to treat hypertension, diabetes, cancer, asthma and eye conditions, as well as supplies including bandages and sutures and those for sexual and reproductive health. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago UK vows to help 30 more students leave Gaza to take up university places

Evacuation problematic and dependent on Israel’s approval amid claims more scholarship students still in darkMinisters have approved plans to help a further 30 students leave Gaza to take up places at UK universities next month but their evacuation remains uncertain and dependent on Israel’s approval.It takes the total to 39, after a government commitment last week to work to secure the evacuation from Gaza of nine Chevening scholars with places at some of the UK’s leading universities. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Spain hotel where 'salmonella' ravaged 100 guests issues 'deeply regretful' update

More than 100 guests, including several children, fell ill at a Spanish hotel in a suspected Salmonella poisoning, with dozens of those being taken to hospital for treatment

Politics

8 d. ago More than 100 tourists including children fall sick with 'salmonella' with some hospitalised after buffet lunch at four

The youngsters were among 20 people said to have been taken to hospital following the health issue at the four-star Izan Cavanna Hotel in the popular resort of La Manga near Murcia.

Society

8 d. ago St Andrews University: Scottish university calls for Home Office intervention to evacuate its students from Gaza

Two students have been offered places to study in Scotland - but currently cannot take up the places as they are trapped in a war zone.

Society

1 week ago Mystery of the fate of Lost Colony finally solved after 435 years

In 1587, more than 100 men, women and children attempted to set up a new life on North Carolina's Roanoke Island before they seemingly vanished, leaving behind a one-word clue to their whereabouts.

Politics

1 week ago Gaza City student prepares to say goodbye to her home as Israel issues evacuation order

Thousands of Palestinians, including 21-year-old student Sara Awad, are fleeing Gaza City after the Israeli military launched a new ground invasion on Thursday (August 21).

Politics

1 week ago DAN HODGES: This is the appalling real reason Labour are evacuating 300 children from Gaza to be treated by the NHS. Do not fall for their cynical games

In a few weeks' time, sick children will be evacuated from Gaza and brought to the UK for NHS treatment, reportedly organised jointly by Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.

Sport

1 week ago Moment brazen shoplifters stuff £100 of kids' clothes into rucksack from independent children's boutique

More than £100 worth of items were stolen from the independent children's boutique while one of the stores owners watched the thieves live on CCTV.

Economics

1 week ago An Italian funeral for a Palestinian woman evacuated from Gaza becomes a call to 'make noise'

A funeral has been held in Italy for a young Palestinian woman who died there after being evacuated from Gaza

Politics

1 week ago Urgent warning over common pain medicine after it triggered hallucinations and patient was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia

Doctors have sounded the alarm over a common daily pain drug amid fears it could trigger hallucinations in some patients.

Events

2 w. ago First of four children’s homes to open as part of £3.4m investment

Some children have had to be placed in homes over 100 miles away to get the provision they need

Economics

2 w. ago Sick Gazan children arrive in London for urgent medical care 'within weeks'

A Downing Street spokesperson said that exact numbers will ‘depend on clinical need and various factors’

Politics

2 w. ago Malnourished Palestinian woman, 20, evacuated from Gaza dies in Italian hospital as calls grow to take action against 'famine unfolding in front of our eyes'

The woman, named by Italian media as Marah Abu Zuhri, was described by doctors as being 'in a profound state of organic wasting,' when she arrived in the city on Wednesday night.

Events