22 h. ago 'I went to Pope's funeral and it was like festival – but mood suddenly changed'

A news reporter has shared their experience of attending Pope Francis' funeral, revealing the morning felt like a festival in Vatican City, but the atmosphere quickly changed

Culture

24 h. ago Car kills and injures people attending street festival in Vancouver

Police in Canada say the driver of a car struck revelers at a street festival, killing and injuring an unknown number of people

Events

5 d. ago ‘He felt our pain’: Catholic church in Gaza grieves Pope Francis’s death

Pope made nightly phone calls to the Holy Family Catholic church from the start of the war in October 2023Latest updates after death of Pope FrancisThe first time he spoke to Pope Francis during the pontiff’s nightly calls to the Holy Family Catholic church in Gaza City, the congregant George Antone, 44, found himself at a loss for words.It was October 2023, a few weeks after Hamas ignited a devastating war in the Gaza Strip by attacking Israel. The Palestinian territory’s tiny Christian community had taken shelter in the strip’s three churches, but that didn’t mean they were safe. An Israeli airstrike had just hit the Greek Orthodox church, killing 18 people; soon, snipers and bombs would also kill civilians at the Holy Family. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago Moment brazen ticketless youths leap fence at Terminal V festival

Groups of ticketless youths leaped fences to gain entry to the techno music festival, while paying attendees forked out over £140 for a weekend ticket.

Politics

6 d. ago I’m delighted to see gen Z men flocking back to church – I just hope it’s for the right reasons | Jessica White

Community, self-worth, activism: these things have boosted attendances. But so has online radicalisation – and we can’t ignore thatFor decades, there has been a cultural narrative that the church is a declining institution, which has been backed up by data that shows fewer and fewer British people are attending services. You might expect churches to be busy over festivals like this past Easter weekend, or Christmas, but with otherwise sparse crowds and aging parishioners for the rest of the year.However, a recent survey entitled The Quiet Revival, commissioned by the Bible Society and conducted by YouGov, shows that church attendance in England and Wales has actually increased by 50% over the past six years, and that young people aged between 18 and 24 are the second largest demographic in attendance (behind those who are 65 and over). The trend is especially strong with young men, with 21% aged 18 to 24 saying they attend church at least once a month, compared with 12% of young wom...

Events

6 d. ago I’m delighted to see gen Z men in the UK flocking back to church – I just hope it’s for the right reasons | Jessica White

Community, self-worth, activism: these things have boosted attendances. But so has online radicalisation – and we can’t ignore thatFor decades, there has been a cultural narrative that the church is a declining institution, which has been backed up by data that shows fewer and fewer British people are attending services. You might expect churches to be busy over festivals like this past Easter weekend, or Christmas, but with otherwise sparse crowds and aging parishioners for the rest of the year.However, a recent survey entitled The Quiet Revival, commissioned by the Bible Society and conducted by YouGov, shows that church attendance in England and Wales has actually increased by 50% over the past six years, and that young people aged between 18 and 24 are the second largest demographic in attendance (behind those who are 65 and over). The trend is especially strong with young men, with 21% aged 18 to 24 saying they attend church at least once a month, compared with 12% of young wom...

Events

1 week ago Glastonbury Festival fans 'devastated' as huge band is missing from line

This year's Glastonbury Festival is just months away – but some attendees are already disappointed to learn that a huge band will not be performing at the event

Events

1 week ago Mum hacks her three children to death in brutal axe attack as neighbours hear 'really loud' screams

Valentina Mytko, 29, hacked her daughter, four, and sons, eight and seven months, as another child of hers, aged 7, watched, according to the country’s Investigative Committee

Events

1 week ago Attack by gunmen leaves at least 40 people dead in Nigeria, the country's president says

Nigeria’s president says that at least 40 people were killed when Muslim gunmen, believed to be herders, attacked a Christian farming community in the north-central part of the country, the latest in a spate of increasingly sectarian violence in the West African country

Events

2 w. ago Charli XCX turns heads in a white lace crop top as she joins Cara Delevingne and Amelia Dimoldenberg leading the British stars at Coachella

Charli XCX got into the festival spirit on Saturday as she lead the British stars attending Coachella in Palm Springs, California. 

Events

2 w. ago Brooklyn Beckham packs on the PDA with wife Nicola Peltz as they lock lips at Coachella after his family 'blanked them' on their wedding anniversary

Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz put on a loved up display as they attended Coachella festival in California on Friday, amid ongoing tensions with his family.

Society

2 w. ago Racing delayed at huge meeting after 'medical emergency' with ambulance required

An individual in attendance at the Scottish Grand National festival in Ayr has suffered a medical emergency, bringing a pause to proceedings on the festival's opening day

Politics

3 w. ago Revealed: The shocking cost of a glass of Prosecco at Aintree as Grand National racegoers are met with steep prices for alcohol

The Grand National Festival got underway on Thursday and many of those in attendance were left scratching their eyes after seeing the price of alcohol at Aintree.

Economics

3 w. ago Man with axe screams ISIS slogans as he attacks Christians attending festival parade

Three people, including a 17-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman, were injured when a man wielding an axe attacked a parade in Dohuk, Iraq, celebrating the new year

Events

3 w. ago ISIS axe rampage at Christian festival parade leaves three injured before attacker is overpowered

Witnesses of Wednesday's horror said an attacker, who has not been officially identified, ran towards the crowd shouting Islamic slogans before carrying out his stabbing spree.

Events

3 w. ago A man wielding an axe wounds 3 people at the Assyrian Christian new year's parade in Iraq

Witnesses and officials in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk say a man with an axe has attacked a new year's parade by Assyrian Christians, and three people have been wounded

Politics