A woman gave birth to a baby girl on board a train travelling from Galway to Dublin this evening. Fellow passengers, including off-duty doctor Alan Devine, a nurse and ambulance crew came to the woman’s aid after she went into labour on the 15:05 service from Galway to Heuston Station. Dr Alan Devine, who is […]
A UK ticket-holder has scooped Tuesday’s £123m (€138m) EuroMillions jackpot, the third-biggest UK Lottery win ever. Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said: “One very lucky ticket-holder has scooped tonight’s entire £123m EuroMillions jackpot, catapulting them right up into third place of the biggest-ever National Lottery wins in the UK.” Meanwhile, there […]
A lucky player has scooped the third biggest lottery win ever in the UK. They matched all seven numbers to win £123 million on the EuroMillions in today’s draw. Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said: ‘One very lucky ticket-holder has scooped tonight’s entire £123 million EuroMillions jackpot, catapulting them right up […]
DUBLIN (REUTERS) – Ireland’s prime minister warned British lawmakers on Tuesday (June 11) against making “a terrible political miscalculation” of thinking their rejection of the Brexit divorce deal negotiated with the European Union means they will get a better one. Several candidates vying to replace Prime Minister Theresa May have pledged to renegotiate the withdrawal […]
A stately home is asking people to return parts of a whale skeleton so it can be restored. Over the years the whale – kept at Burton Constable Hall, East Yorkshire – has lost 11 of its 44 vertebrae and much of its left flipper. It is believed that people took the bones as souvenirs. […]
The UK will produce net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 under a commitment to be announced by Theresa May. It is understood that the outgoing prime minister will announce a legally binding agreement to end the UK’s contribution to climate change in just over 30 years time. This would mean any emissions produced by […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson, the favourite to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, was criticised on Tuesday by rivals who said the former foreign minister was avoiding public scrutiny in the contest. After three years of political deadlock over Brexit, the ruling Conservative Party is picking a new leader from 10 candidates and hopes […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he would support German Chancellor Angela Merkel if she were to seek to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission. The German leader has said she will retire from politics when her fourth term runs out in 2021. But some in the bloc hope she will reconsider, […]
On Friday, Theresa May stepped down as Conservative Party leader after failing to get her Brexit deal through the House of Commons. There are ten Tory MPS vying to replace her, with the winner expected to be announced in late July. Almost all of the leadership candidates have stated they would try and renegotiate Mrs […]
A government scheme that recruits children to act as spies in serious crime investigations lacks “adequate safeguards” and breaches human rights laws, a charity has warned. Lawyers for Just For Kids Law told a High Court judge that youngsters could be used in the “most grave and dangerous of contexts”. The charity is bringing a […]