Former Manchester City and England youth player Courtney Meppen-Walter has received a 22-month driving ban after being more than twice the legal alcohol limit in Manchester last month. He told magistrates he was “embarrassed” at his latest driving offence after he was previously jailed for 16 months in 2013 for causing the deaths of Kulwant […]
Greece has appointed new heads of key emergency services following last month’s deadly wildfires near Athens. A statement from the prime minister’s office on Sunday said that the heads of the police force and fire brigade had been replaced by their deputies. It comes two days after the resignation of the civil protection minister. The […]
Tudor Simionov, 33, was working outside the event at a luxury property in London’s Park Lane when he was attacked at around 5.30am on 1 January. Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt said the Romanian man – who had only recently moved to the UK – suffered a stab wound to his chest when a […]
MOSCOW — The number of people killed in an apartment building in central Russia that partly collapsed after an explosion rose to 22 on Wednesday, as hope dwindled that 20 others still missing would be found alive. Rescue work at the site was interrupted for long periods because of fears that more walls would crumble, […]
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has described the increase as a “very serious concern”. He has brought back two patrol vessels from overseas as part of efforts to stem the number of attempted crossings. But how does the recent increase in attempts to reach the UK across the Channel compare with total asylum applications? And how […]
COPENHAGEN — At least six people were killed in an accident involving two trains in Denmark on Wednesday morning, shutting down the primary artery linking the country’s two main islands. The accident occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m., as a freight train and a Copenhagen-bound passenger train passed each other on the Storebaelt bridge. But it […]
The scheme, piloted by Iceland, rewards people with a voucher worth 10p for every deposit of a bottle bought at the shop. It was rolled out to stores in Wolverhampton, Mold, Fulham and Musselburgh – as well as Iceland’s head office, in Deeside. New figures show that 311,500 plastic bottles have been recycled so far. […]
RTÉ’s south-east correspondent Damien Tiernan has announced he is leaving the station after more than 20 years. He is set to finish up with the State broadcaster at the end of next week, after taking up one of the packages as part of the exit scheme which was announced in 2017. Speaking to the Irish […]
The sister of a boy who died in a mother and baby home wants to establish a permanent memorial to him and other babies buried in a pauper’s grave – but has been told that this is not possible. Beth Wallace’s brother Stephen was born in a mother and baby institution. He was between three […]
The wealthy aunt of Syria’s brutal dictator was secretly granted the right to live in the UK after she promised to invest millions in the country, the ‘Daily Telegraph’ has disclosed. Her two grown-up children – first cousins of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president – were also allowed to stay. The woman and her two […]