24 h. ago Huge £2.5m crisis in European holiday hotspot as hotels told to take action

Following its second-driest winter in a decade, a popular EU country has unveiled bold plans to try and tackle its low fresh water reserves ahead of the peak summer season

Economics

3 d. ago Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold review – engrossing retelling of ‘the crime of the century’

This account of Dr Crippen’s notorious Edwardian-era killing shifts the focus to the women at the centre of the sordid taleOn the evening of 31 January 1910, two couples dined together at a house in Hilldrop Crescent, on the borders of Holloway, London. The hosts, Dr Crippen and his wife, Belle Elmore, had been entertaining their friends, Clara and Paul Martinetti, until the small hours. After some difficulty fetching a cab, the visitors headed home around 1.30am. It was the last time they, or anyone else, would see Elmore alive. When her colleagues at the Music Hall Ladies’ Guild made inquiries about their friend – she was treasurer of the organisation – Crippen told them she had gone off to America to deal with a family crisis. Some weeks later they were informed she had died of double pneumonia in Los Angeles.Thus was sparked an international murder case, one of the most notorious in Britain, later called “the crime of the century”. But Hallie Rubenhold’s engrossing account begin...

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4 d. ago Rabbi Matondo told brutal Rangers reality as Hannover 96 loan draws German media criticism

The Welsh winger has struggled to set the heather on fire in 2. Bundesliga and is poised to return to Ibrox in the summer

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6 d. ago The Five author Hallie Rubenhold: ‘I really hate true crime’

The award-winning writer turned the Jack the Ripper case on its head. Now she is giving Dr Crippen the same treatment – and questioning how we tell stories about murderous menIt was called “the crime of the century” and “the north London cellar murder”, and more than 100 years after it happened, the name of the murderer is still widely known. Dr Crippen has been the subject of multiple books, movies and TV shows and had a waxwork made of him at Madame Tussauds. But the story of his crimes, writes Hallie Rubenhold in Story of a Murder, remains one “predominantly about women but told almost exclusively by men”. As such, Crippen’s victim is long forgotten. Her name was Belle Elmore, and in Rubenhold’s book she is brought back to life.Rubenhold and I are in a cafe in Muswell Hill, north London, a 10 minute walk from where Elmore is buried, and where the 53-year-old author lives with her barrister husband, Frank. Writing Story of a Murder was nerve-racking, says Rubenhold, partly because...

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7 d. ago Scots baby's rare chronic condition dismissed by doctors as 'nappy rash'

Jade Aitken's world was turned upside down when she was told baby Louie needed urgent critical care for what was first suspected by doctors as nappy rash.

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8 d. ago 'Professional thief' swiped bag from senior Tory Sir David Davis during £15k crime spree at London's busiest train stations, court told

Abderrahim Mamma, 28, allegedly stole Sir David's bag at King's Cross Station on November 4 last year.

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8 d. ago The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone

Trump’s administration is dismantling disability rights and education. History has shown this can be a warning sign for all civil libertiesTwelve days before Donald Trump took office, Charlie Kirk, media personality and rightwing activist, complained on his eponymous show about the presence of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters at emergency press briefings for the Los Angeles fires. Another rightwing activist, Christopher Rufo, took his cue on X, calling interpreters “wild human gesticulators” who turned briefings into a “farce”. The rightwing theorist and Origins of Woke author Richard Hanania, quote-tweeting Rufo, declared ASL interpretation an “absurdity”.Around this time, Elon Musk was skulking around the platform, campaigning to bring back the R-word. Use of the slur tripled on X after his post. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Disgusting Kasper Schmeichel tirade leaves Celtic keeper's teammate raging – 'It's degrading and I'm SICK of it'

Vile comments about Schmeichel emerged in the Danish press and his teammates aren't happy

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9 d. ago 'I was crying for help and got told for pressing emergency hospital alarm, hours later my husband was dying'

Star and Garter landlord Andy Martin waited hours before 'crucial' treatment was given, an inquest has been told

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9 d. ago 'I was crying for help and got told off for pressing emergency hospital alarm, hours later my husband was dying'

Star and Garter landlord Andy Martin waited hours before 'crucial' treatment was given, an inquest has been told

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1 week ago Gérard Depardieu tells court he grabbed sexual assault accuser by hips to avoid slipping

Actor denies assault and says any crude comments he made on film set were due to his bad moodThe French actor Gérard Depardieu has admitted in court that he grabbed the hips of a woman who has accused him of sexual assault, but said it was to avoid slipping and was not a sexual attack.“I grabbed her hips,” the actor, 76, told his trial for sexual assault at the Paris criminal court on Tuesday. The head judge noted that this was a change from his testimony during police interrogation when he had denied that any physical contact had taken place with the 54-year-old set decorator. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Stuart Hogg told to 'move on' as ex Scotland captain 'complying' with domestic abuse order

The supervision order imposed on former Scotland captain Stuart Hogg has been reviewed in court

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1 week ago German blacklisted and unable to get job after London criminal steals ID

Rami Battikh, 24, got caught up in five-year nightmare after stolen ID card was used in string of crimesA young German citizen has told how his life has been destroyed after a London criminal used his ID to rack up a string of convictions that now appear on the German database against his name.The phantom record has left the 24-year-old in despair, effectively blacklisted and unable to get a job for the past four years in his native Bonn, stymying a budding career and the start of his adult life. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Cristiano Ronaldo sent harsh World Cup truth as Man Utd icon told 'you've had your time'

Cristiano Ronaldo has been told that 'football doesn't need him' at the 2026 World Cup, after the 40-year-old made his 217th appearance for Portugal on Thursday night

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2 w. ago Emergency Alarm Hits Leon Edwards' UFC London Press Conference – Watch His Hilarious Reaction

Emergency Alarm Hits Leon Edwards' UFC London Press Conference – Watch His Hilarious Reaction  The Times of India

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2 w. ago Aubrey Plaza's estranged husband Jeff Baena sent her text hours before he died

Although Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena were reportedly separated when he passed away at just 47, Hollywood actress Aubrey became concerned about the filmmaker's welfare

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3 w. ago Real Housewife of Cheshire 'told staff to hide when inspectors called' at her crisis

Staff at a crisis-hit care home for teen girls have claimed they were told to hide by Real Housewives of Cheshire star and owner Ampika Pickston as inspectors visited the premises.

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3 w. ago Death of Constance Marten’s baby was ‘no crime’ but a tragic accident, jury told

The wealthy aristocrat and her partner deny gross negligence manslaughter of their newborn daughter Victoria, whose body was found in a rubbish-filled bag-for-life

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3 w. ago Mark Carney to be next Canada PM after winning Liberal leadership race

Former central banker will be only second prime minister in Canadian history without a seat in parliamentMark Carney, the former central banker who oversaw the response to financial crises in North America and the UK, will become the next prime minister of Canada after winning the race to lead the country’s federal Liberal party.“America is not Canada. And Canada never, ever, will be part of America in any way, shape or form,” Carney told supporters, laying bare the existential crisis that has outraged Canadians, riven the longstanding relationship with the US, and promises to be the overarching theme in his tenure as prime minister. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Betsy Arakawa's tragic final hours with confused husband Gene Hackman unable to help her

Classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died a week before her screen icon husband Gene Hackman, whose advanced Alzheimer's meant he wouldn't have been able to help her as she lay on the floor of their bathroom, and may not have realised she'd passed away

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