Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is likely to survive a suspected poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok, according to the hospital treating him. There have now been at least six known cases of serious Novichok poisoning in the past two years. But only one victim tragically died from it. Why is that? Is theContinue Reading
The UK left the EU on January 31 this year. Yet, the trading relationship between the two parties will not change until January 1 2021, when the transition period agreed by both sides expires. And with negotiators heading into their eighth round of talks to decide what the future relationship betweenContinue Reading
Emily Hunt, 41, woke up at the Town Hall Hotel in East London with no previous memory of the night before next to stranger Christopher Killick in May 2015. Killick, who struck a bizarre pose for photographers outside court today and thanked them for waiting for him, later admitted to police heContinue Reading
The partner of an asylum seeking mother found dead with her starving 16-month-old son has told how it was a ‘miracle’ the baby survived. Mercy Baguma, 34, was found dead with her baby Adriel beside her after her partner Eric Nnanna, 30, had gone to the flat but got no responseContinue Reading
A young woman passionately kissed her own father live on breakfast radio on Friday. The shocking moment happened on Australia’s Kyle and Jackie O Show as part of a challenge called ‘Boyfriend or Daddy’. The segment involves a woman coming into the studio with a male companion, then hosts Kyle Sandilands andContinue Reading
A 27-year-old mother allegedly poisoned five of her six children in Germany on Thursday before trying to take her own life by throwing herself in front of a train. Named locally as Christiane K., the mother remains in a serious condition after she hurled herself onto the tracks at DusseldorfContinue Reading
The recent use of an algorithm to calculate the graduating grades of secondary school students in England provoked so much public anger at its perceived unfairness that it’s widely become known as the “A-levels fiasco”. As a result of the outrage – and the looming threat of legal action – theContinue Reading
It is often said that weak beer was drunk in preference to dirty water in European towns during the middle ages. This fact is probably overstated, but the idea that beer was nutritionally important in the medieval period seems more likely. Weaker, so-called “small beers” would have been low in alcoholContinue Reading
The rumour that Tony Abbott, the controversial former prime minister of Australia, is being lined up as a trade envoy for the UK was a summer news story few saw coming. Appearing before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Abbott confirmed that he has had some discussions with members ofContinue Reading
Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 39, have signed multiyear deal with Netflix Duke and Duchess of Sussex founded yet-to-be-named production company Netflix will pay them to make documentaries, docu-series, feature films, scripted shows and children’s programming Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced they have signed a deal with Netflix. The Duke andContinue Reading
The actor, 28, portrayed Finn, the franchise’s first black Stormtrooper, in The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker He told in an interview with British GQ how he thinks Disney marketed his character as being ‘much more important’ than he actually was Boyega claimed Disney, which distributesContinue Reading
