6 h. ago ‘Women give birth on the ground’: Congolese forced to return home find devastation

Residents of Sake – given 72 hours by M23 rebels to leave camps in Goma – find a ghost town with homes in ruins and no way to make a livingCongolese people forced to return to their home town from displacement camps when the M23 rebel group advanced on the city of Goma earlier this year have described scenes of devastation, with hundreds of homes destroyed by fighting and no opportunity to work or access aid.As M23 entered Goma, a regional humanitarian hub that hosted hundreds of thousands of people displaced by previous rounds of fighting in the region, more than 100,000 people left camps around the city to return to their homes. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago '£10bn funding black hole' at heart of SNP plan to decarbonise council homes revealed

EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations warns costs of replacing gas boilers with clean heat sources are 'vastly underestimated'.

Economics

16 h. ago What is Marine Le Pen guilty of in National Rally embezzlement case?

The far-right leader has been banned from running for office for five years after an EU parliament fake jobs scamAfter a nine-week trial, the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was this week found guilty of the embezzlement of European parliamentary funds through a fake jobs scam of an unprecedented scale and duration. She was banned from running for office for five years with immediate effect, which could prevent her making a fourth bid for the French presidency in 2027.She has said she will appeal against the verdict and sentence, which also included a four-year prison term – with two years suspended and two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet – and €100,000 (£84,000) fine. Continue reading...

Politics

20 h. ago This gorgeous Italian region will pay you €100,000 to move there – so what’s the catch?

This area in northern Italy is the latest destination trying to repopulate rural towns

Politics

24 h. ago Punter from St Helens wins £95k with 'bet of a lifetime' placed with 18 seconds to spare

One audacious gambler raked in close to £100,000 from several bets worth just £20 - and a couple of changes made with just 18 seconds to spare made them a mint

Economics

25 h. ago Town hall rich list: Nearly 100 council employees earn more than prime minister in London

Westminster City Council tops a ‘Town Hall Rich List’ revealed on the same day as council tax goes up across the country

Politics

34 h. ago Revealed: The number of council hall fat cats earning more than £100,000 as report reveals a record surge in six

Despite hitting families with inflation-busting tax hikes, and more kicking in today, at least 262 local authority chiefs were handed more than £200,000 in pay, pensions, pay-offs and bonuses.

Economics

38 h. ago Marine Le Pen attacks ban on French presidency run as a ‘political decision’

Far-right leader, who was found guilty of embezzlement of European funds, says conviction is a ‘denial of democracy’The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has railed against a Paris court’s “political decision” to bar her from competing for the presidency in 2027, attacking the move to ban her from running for public office as “a denial of democracy”.In a day of high political drama, Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement of European parliament funds on a vast scale, a conviction for which she was also handed a four-year prison sentence, with two of those years suspended and two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet. She was also ordered to pay a €100,000 (£84,000) fine. Continue reading...

Politics

48 h. ago RAF trooper deafened by the job sues the MoD for £100,000 after his hearing problems saw friends and family accuse him of snubbing them

Alastair Bidwell, 55, served for 12 years in the RAF Regiment. which defends air bases.The Gulf war veteran from Wales says his hearing is so bad, family members think he is ignoring them,

Society

55 h. ago Tourists on Spanish island warned as strict 16,000 cap is introduced

Sun-worshipping Brits heading over to one of the most popular Spanish-owned islands have been warned over a new strict clampdown revealed by the council today (Friday, March 28)

Events

67 h. ago Bloom or bust? Superbloom spectacle eludes California after dry winter

Riot of native wildflowers that enthralled visitors in the past several years have failed to sprout due to too little rainIt’s one of the best known rites of spring in California: extraordinary displays known as “superblooms” that coat the hillsides in an abundance of color. Some years the blooms are massive enough to draw tourists from around the world to revel in the fields, such as in 2023 when more than 100,000 people showed up on a weekend to gawk at the poppies in Lake Elsinore, a small city about an hour outside Los Angeles.But this year, not so much. Thanks to a brutally dry winter, the hills around the usual southern California superbloom hotspots have been conspicuously bare. Callista Turner, a state park ranger, could count the number of blooms on two hands as she surveyed the 8 miles of rolling hills at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in the final week of March, which is typically when superbloom season peaks. “We’re still waiting to see what kind of season ...

Politics

68 h. ago Britain's second home ghost towns FIGHT BACK: Locals told to secretly REPORT rich neighbours greedily buying up houses as seaside villages wage war on out

EXCLUSIVE: From April 1, more than 150 councils across the country will increase the tax on second homes to 100 per cent - meaning bills could rise as much as £10,000 for the year.

Society

69 h. ago Surgeon, 43, is accused of filming and abusing female patients including one as young as 14, as 'police find 100,000 photographs and videos'

Hanno H., 43, from Bramsche, Lower-Saxony in northwest Germany, allegedly filmed and groped women on 190 occasions, according to the indictment seen by German daily Bild.

Culture

69 h. ago 'Cops seized my £100k Audi but tattoos and Turkey teeth don't make a drug dealer'

Zac Cooper, 27, was pulled over by traffic cops from GMP's Operation Wolverine on February 22 and his £100,000 Audi RS7 was seized amid concerns about its insurance

Economics

2 d. ago 'Police seized my £100,000 supercar because I have tattoos, Turkey teeth and an Audi'

Zac Cooper, from Gorton, Manchester, says his Audi was wrongly taken away by the police. He believes he was misjudged because of his appearance and has been left out of pocket

Economics

3 d. ago 'Greater Manchester Police thought I was a drug dealer because I have tattoos, Turkey teeth and a £100,000 Audi'

Zac Cooper, 27, has told how traffic cops swooped when he pulled into his local supermarket and seized his pride and joy

Economics

4 d. ago Justin Welby says 'I got it wrong' over child abuse: Former Archbishop of Canterbury says scale of abuse claims in Church of England was 'absolutely overwhelming'

The ex-archbishop has defended his record after a report revealed he did not adequately follow up on reports on Smyth, a barrister who was prolifically involved in the Church of England.

Events

4 d. ago Newcastle trophy parade bus route and confirmed timings today as Carabao Cup win celebrated

More than 100,000 people are expected to line the streets

Transport

4 d. ago Italian authorities are paying people 100,000 euros to move to a beautiful mountain region

Italians are being given the chance to relocate to the picturesque and peaceful Trentino region in the north of the country - and they could be paid a huge sum to do so.

Culture

4 d. ago New figures reveal Perth and Kinross Council is owed £36.8m in unpaid council tax

Perth and Kinross Council is owed more than £36.8million in unpaid council tax according to new figures, which come weeks after councillors voted to hike council tax by 9.5-per cent.

Economics