7 d. ago Police Scotland orders policy review in wake of Supreme Court gender definition ruling

Police Scotland has issued an update in the wake of Wednesday’s ruling by the Supreme Court on the definition of a woman.

Events

9 d. ago Mum laughs as she leaves court after 'taking law into own hands' with 'brutal assault'

Hollie Weston, 26, told police officers she had punched her victim Alfie Broadfield-Mellor and "caused him to bleed" but added ominously, "it could have been worse"

Events

2 w. ago UK ‘becomes first state to sanction Georgia’s general prosecutor’

Giorgi Gabitashvili and three other high-ranking officials have been made subject to asset freezes and travel bans.

Events

2 w. ago Hugh Grant fumes over 'creepy' and 'insulting' incident with children at airport

Hugh Grant claims that his children were subjected to inappropriate questioning by Border Force officials as they returned to the UK after a trip abroad with him and their mother, adding that the whole family have the same surname

Society

2 w. ago Universities review trans policies after Sussex Uni's record £585,000 fine for failing to uphold free speech as feminist academic was 'hounded out' by activists

Universities are reviewing their transgender equality policies in the wake of a record fine handed to the University of Sussex after feminist Professor Kathleen Stock was hounded out of her job.

Events

3 w. ago Hungary to pull out of ‘political’ ICC as Netanyahu visits Budapest

Israeli PM, who is wanted by the court, hails Viktor Orbán’s ‘bold and principled’ decision to leave the ‘corrupt’ bodyHungary will leave the international criminal court because it has become “political”, the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, said as he welcomed his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanhayu - the subject of an ICC arrest warrant - to Budapest for an official visit.Standing beside Netanyahu at the start of the four-day visit, Orbàn said on Thursday that Hungary was convinced the “otherwise very important court” had “diminished into a political forum”. Netanyahu hailed “a bold and principled” decision. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Nicolas Cage's son Weston discovers fate after being accused of 'brutal assault' on mum

The son of Nicolas Cage and Christina Fulton has discovered his fate after being accused of violently attacking his mum outside of her apartment complex last year

Events

3 w. ago SafeSport knew of allegations against former cop before hiring him as investigator

People at the U.S. Center for SafeSport knew a former police officer was the subject of an internal investigation for sex crimes at his former job but hired him anyway

Economics

3 w. ago 'I was afraid to go to sleep in case I didn’t wake up': Police officer subjected to brutal assault speaks out

PC Nathan Attwell has bravely spoken out after he suffered horrific injuries after being brutally punched and kicked until he was unconscious by a drunken thug.

Events

3 w. ago ‘We are so grateful’: how play therapy can help children after disaster

In North Carolina, kids affected by Hurricane Helene are putting this method, often inaccessible, to the testOn a winter afternoon at the old Methodist church in Swannanoa, North Carolina, a group of young children gathered around a special sandbox. The sand was silky and lavender-scented. The toys inside were carefully chosen: small sections of wooden fence, fist-sized plastic houses, tea lights with battery-operated flames, matchbox-sized police cars and construction machines.In the wake of Hurricane Helene last autumn, these objects took on new meaning in the town of 5,000 miles (8,000km) east of Asheville. The storm downed thousands of trees and knocked out power and water for weeks. Driving water, wind and mudslides swept away people, buildings and fences. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Republican Party offices set on fire in protest after 48 'disappear' in immigration raids

The Republican Party in New Mexico said it was subjected to an alleged arson attack while graffiti about immigration officials was written on the side of the building

Events

4 w. ago What is behind Putin’s arrest of Russian billionaire Vadim Moshkovich

Rusagro has a head office in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine and is subject to frequent attacks

Politics