2 h. ago ‘What about our lives?’: emotions run high in frontline Ukrainian city over ceding land to Russia

Trump’s talk of ‘land swaps’ as a simple transaction belies grim reality of what it would mean for people in Zaporizhzhia The city of Zaporizhzhia, an industrial hub in south-east Ukraine, is as good a place as any to grasp the stakes of freezing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine along its current frontlines, or of implementing a “land swap for peace” deal as envisioned by Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.Since Russian troops began rolling into Ukraine in February 2022, Zaporizhzhia, with its broad avenues and Stalin-era apartment blocks, has been a 30-minute drive from the frontline. It has been under near-constant attack from missiles and drones. On Sunday, a Russian guided air bomb hit a bus station, wounding 24 people – just another day of suffering in a city that has known many of them. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Pregnant care home worker lost her unborn baby boy when she was 'thrown into the air' in hit

Renju Joseph, 31, was struck by a car driven at high speed by Ashir Shahid, 20, as she walked on a pedestrian crossing in the village of Bamber Bridge, near Preston, Lancashire.

Society

47 h. ago Air ambulance lands after boy hit by car on busy Greater Manchester road

Police were called out to the scene

Transport

65 h. ago Boy, 13, tragically dies after being 'thrown into river over £40 debt'

Abdou Ngom, 13, from Verduno, in the north of Italy is claimed to have been thrown into the Tanaro River by another teenager over a debt despite not knowing how to swim

Events

66 h. ago Wowcher knocks £98 air cooler down to £35 as Scotland to hit 28C

With another heatwave to hit the country, an air cooler has become a must-have for households.

Economics

5 d. ago Woman's brave final act to save unborn baby after footballer lover had her gunned down

Cherica Adams, 24, was driving when she was gunned down while eight-months-pregnant with an NFL footballer, who was sentenced for conspiracy to commit murder

Sport

8 d. ago ‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities

Report from senator Jon Ossoff’s office found 510 credible reports of human rights abuses since Trump’s inaugurationA new report has found hundreds of reported cases of human rights abuses in US immigration detention centers.The alleged abuses uncovered include deaths in custody, physical and sexual abuse of detainees, mistreatment of pregnant women and children, inadequate medical care, overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions, inadequate food and water, exposure to extreme temperatures, denial of access to attorneys, and child separation. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Gaza latest: Nurse killed after being hit by aid box dropped from air

A Palestinian nurse ‘couldn’t get out of the way in time’ as he was hit by air dropped aid

Events

3 w. ago 'I thought sister was joking when she named baby after fish – but she's serious'

A mum-to-be was left horrified by the name her sister has chosen for her unborn son - as she's decided to name the baby after a fish, and has even bought some personalised items

Politics

3 w. ago Two seriously injured as car crashes into barn roof in Germany

Vehicle veered off road in Bohmte, hit a boy on a trampoline then catapulted into the air, police sayPolice in northwestern Germany said on Sunday that several people were injured when a car veered off a road, hit a seven-year-old boy on a trampoline and crashed into a barn roof on its side.Police said that the car first collided with a parked vehicle in the town of Bohmte, broke through a hedge and drove into a garden where it hit the boy. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago BBC confirms cast as popular series returns after 20 years with original favourites

The BBC has confirmed the return of a hit kids' TV programme, 20 years after it was taken off air, with all of the original cast reprising their roles

Culture

3 w. ago He was a bin man for 23 years, then his son died and his pay was cut by £500 a month

Bin worker Adrian Hyde sadly lost his son to sepsis last year. Just five weeks later Adrian opened a shocking letter from his employer Birmingham City Council.

Economics

4 w. ago easyJet hit by ‘unexpected and significant costs’ from French air

Headline profit at Britain's biggest budget airline rose by £50m in April-June

Events

4 w. ago Air ambulance lands with major road closed after woman hit by van

There was a large cordon in place

Events