The study by the journal BMJ Open found that children were more vulnerable between 4pm and 6pm and that stabbings involving young victims are more likely to occur close to home and school. The research team used data from 1,824 people under the age of 25 who had been treated for a stab wound at […]
Six Ryanair cabin crew members pictured sleeping on the floor of a Spanish airport office last month have been sacked, the airline says. The image, which Ryanair said was staged, was widely shared online. A Portuguese union that represents airline crews criticised the airline. The staff were dismissed for gross misconduct, a Ryanair spokesman said. […]
ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has kept the case of Jamal Khashoggi alive through a steady drip of leaks, forcing the Saudis to admit that the columnist and dissident was killed more than a month ago in their consulate in Istanbul. But for Mr. Erdogan, the case has always been broader than […]
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned all hospital workers – including consultants, nurses and back-up staff – that they must work “at full whack” over the Christmas holidays. Mr Varadkar also specifically warned hospital consultant doctors and nurses, especially those in hospital emergency departments, they must not take leave in the first fortnight of the new […]
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an alleged assault on a train last week. A teenager was stabbed in the chest in the incident and was treated in hospital for his injuries, which were not life-threatening. Another man aged in his late teens was arrested at the scene and subsequently released without charge. Gardaí are […]
KENNETH O’Brien’s heartbroken family have said his murder was a “living nightmare” and the way his body was treated by his killer Paul Wells was “barbaric.” As Wells was sentenced to life imprisonment today, Mr O’Brien’s father Gerry O’Brien said the worst part of what happened was “being told our son was a torso in […]
The billionaire philanthropist was speaking at the three-day Reinvented Toilet Expo in Beijing on Tuesday. The toilet, which is the brainchild of research projects funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is ready for sale after years of development. Mr Gates’ foundation has committed roughly $200m (£153m) to the project. The organisation expects to […]
Five men were arrested on Monday after handing themselves in at a police station over the “offensive” video, which showed a group putting the model building on a bonfire. Three police officers carried evidence bags into a terraced property in London as the men remained in custody for questioning. The five men range in ages […]
Berlin police came upon a grisly sight near one of the city’s forested areas – as a thrifty pensioner decided to butcher his own meat. Officers received an emergency call about a suspicious vehicle in the Reinickendorf area on Sunday night. In the nearby forest, they found an 80-year-old man who told officers he could […]
MARSEILLE, France (REUTERS) – The bodies of two men and one woman have been found in the rubble of two buildings that collapsed in the city of Marseille on Monday, the local fire brigade said, while searches continued for other people who might be buried. Earlier on Tuesday (Nov 6), Marseille public prosecutor Xavier Tarabeux […]