Thursday, 2 May 2024

Europe

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Boris defends using private jet for 84 mile journey

Boris Johnson has defended using planes to get around the UK during the election campaign under mounting criticism from climate campaigners. Yesterday the prime minister took a 30 minute flight from Doncaster to Teesside to avoid going by road in a journey that would have taken around two hours. But Mr Johnson argued the flight’s […]

Royal U-turn: Why Charles and Camilla ‘flew in face’ of centuries-old precedent

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles will attend the commissioning ceremony of the prince’s namesake  aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales in Portsmouth today. Charles and Camilla have recently been noted to be taking on more and more publicly visible roles together in support of the Queen, such as this October’s State Opening of Parliament. The […]

Six people killed in Czech hospital shooting

A gunman shot dead six people on Tuesday at a hospital waiting room in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava in an unexplained attack, authorities said. It was the worst shooting in the Czech Republic since a man shot eight people dead at a restaurant in Uhersky Brod in 2015. Police said they received calls […]

Six killed in Czech hospital shooting, suspected found dead

Suspect shoots self after carrying out gun rampage in hospital waiting room, which also critically injured two. An attacker shot and killed at least six people and seriously injured two at a hospital in the northeast Czech city of Ostrava on Tuesday. The alleged gunman killed himself with a shot to the head, police said, […]

Why I won't be voting this year

I’ve been spoiling my ballot for over 20 years. This year will be no different. Growing up, politics was important to my family. I was raised in Sutton-in-Ashfield, the daughter of a Nottinghamshire striking miner and a trade union officer for the Knitwear, Hosiery and Apparel Workers Union. Dad was down the pit and Mum […]

Gunman on run after deadly Czech hospital shooting

At least six people have been killed in a shooting at a teaching hospital in the Czech Republic, the local governor has said. The suspected gunman was still at large, police said on Twitter. Officers were called to the hospital in the north-eastern city of Ostrava at 07:19 (06:19 GMT) on Tuesday, they said. According […]