41 m. ago Nursing unions call for UK to back prosecutions for war crimes against health workers

Calls come as report shows number of health workers killed in conflicts has risen five-fold in less than a decadeWar crimes targeting health workers, patients and facilities should be prioritised for international criminal prosecution, senior nursing and medical leaders have urged.The number of health workers killed annually in conflicts has jumped five-fold in less than a decade, and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and British Medical Association (BMA) have called for action from the UK government to fully back international criminal court (ICC) prosecutions of perpetrators. Continue reading...

Events

74 m. ago London travel news LIVE: Major Islington road shut by police after knife fight

Essex Road is shut in both directions following the incident around midnight

Events

79 m. ago Charges dropped against woman who unfurled flag from Epping council building

Sarah White said her treatment had been ‘unjust’.

Politics

79 m. ago Wizz Air flight returning from Egypt peace summit makes emergency landing after passengers report 'explosion' in cargo hold and dropping 21,000ft in eight minutes

A Wizz Air flight returning from the Middle East peace summit has been forced to make an emergency landing following passenger reports of an explosion in the cargo hold. 

Transport

97 m. ago What is anticyclonic gloom and why is it making the weather so dull?

Anticyclonic gloom is common in the UK during the autumn months - bringing drizzle and gloomy, grey skies

Politics

1 hour ago Australian racing driver 'raped one of Michael Schumacher's nurses in bedroom at F1 legend's family home' after cocktail party at sprawling estate, prosecutors claim

The driver, a close friend of Schumacher's son Mick, is said to have sexually assaulted the nurse in her 30s in an upstairs bedroom at the family home in Gland, Switzerland in 2019.

Society

1 hour ago No10 and CPS 'at war' over China spying case as prosecutors deny blocking release of evidence about Beijing 'threat' that caused collapse

Prosecutors last night denied suggestions that they blocked the release of a witness statement made by a senior security official for the trial of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry.

Events

2 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Major Islington road shut by police after incident

A key road connecting Islington Green to Dalston remains closed at this time

Events

3 h. ago Britain has lost control of its borders, home secretary admits

Shabana Mahmood says public trust in state will be weakened unless politicians ‘bring order’ to immigration

Society

3 h. ago 7 plane passengers fall ill after 'fumes' fill cabin as pilots 'taste something unusual'

An American Airlines flight was forced to turn back to Los Angeles International Airport after seven passengers were left feeling sick from fumes inside the cabin

Politics

3 h. ago Exclusive: Tube drivers set for £80,000 salary as TfL offers enhanced three

Revised pay offer ensures London Underground staff wages will rise faster than cost of living

Economics

3 h. ago Long games, less action: how much is the ball in play in the Premier League?

The average Premier League game lasts 100 minutes and 36 seconds, but the ball is only in play for 54.7% of thatBy Opta AnalystThe start of every football match brings a little flutter in the stomach. Will the stars perform? Will the referee have a good game by giving your players every decision? And will the football gods shine down on your team? A more pertinent question to ask this season, though, is how much football will we actually see?We wrote about ball-in-play time a few seasons ago, revealing that fans were not seeing as much football as in previous years. We’re not saying our data nosiness led to referees adding more stoppage time, but there was a notable rise in ball-in-play time over the next two campaigns. It went up from 54 minutes and 49 seconds in 2022-23 to 58 minutes and 11 seconds in 2023-24. It’s still early in the 2025-26 season, but the pendulum may be swinging back the other way. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago A moment that changed me: I nearly died when I was hit by a car – then started to relish life’s little luxuries

For years, I kept a stash of ‘nice things’, waiting for the right occasion to use them. The accident taught me to live now, rather than in the futureI used to have a drawer where the “nice things” lived: posh candles and fancy bubble bath; two flagons of Greek extra virgin olive oil; that Aesop handwash, to bring out for visitors. A bottle of fizz gathered dust on the kitchen side and, in the bathroom, an expensive moisturiser remained unopened. Life’s little luxuries, I believed, weren’t for enjoying now, but were to be saved for some unspecified “special” time in the future.Then I was hit by a car. It happened in May last year, while I was walking down a quiet street soon after lunchtime in Bermuda, where I’d been sent on an assignment for work. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Russia makes more precise drones and is using them to attack Ukraine’s vital rail network

Russia is intensifying drone strikes on Ukraine’s rail network, a critical lifeline for commercial freight, passenger traffic and military logistics

Events

6 h. ago At least 20 people dead as passenger bus catches fire in northern India

Authorities in northern India say a suspected short circuit sparked fire on passenger bus

Events

7 h. ago Donald Trump issues harrowing threat to Hamas amid Gaza ceasefire deal

President Donald Trump has warned Hamas that the US is prepared to bring about their disarmament "quickly and perhaps violently" after the terror group "failed to fulfil their side of the deal".

Events

9 h. ago Critical evidence that collapsed the China spy trial will be kept secret

Requests to release a key witness statement by the deputy national security adviser have been rejected after the Crown Prosecution Service said it would be 'inappropriate' outside of a courtroom.

Politics

11 h. ago Starmer to face Commons grilling over China spy case as No 10 at odds with CPS

No 10 claimed the Crown Prosecution Service blocked it from publishing evidence vital to the case, something the prosecutors’ office denies.

Politics

12 h. ago Suspect in killing of elderly NYC couple also tried to drain their bank accounts, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say the New York City man charged with killing an elderly couple and then setting their house on fire during a horrific home invasion last month had also attempted to drain their bank accounts before using their credit cards to go on a shopping spree in Manhattan

Events

12 h. ago Top lawyers for Bush, Clinton and Obama join together to blast Trump’s political prosecutions: ‘No American is safe’

The attorneys labeled the pattern of revenge prosecutions an ‘epidemic of injustice’

Politics