Southport murder accused facing terror charge
The teenager accused of the stabbing murders of three young girls in Southport has been charged with producing the poison ricin and possessing a military study of an Al Qaeda…
Argentina hotel collapse kills one, say reports
One person is reportedly dead and a number of others believed trapped in debris after a hotel collapsed in Argentina. The 10-storey Dubrovnik hotel, in the coastal city of Villa…
Nigerian lawmaker apologises after viral taxi slapping film
Nigerian MP Alex Ikwechegh has apologised after a video went viral of him slapping and verbally abusing a taxi driver who had come to deliver food to his house. “I…
Dumfries and Galloway Council to drop school week change plan
Getty Images The proposals could have seen schools close early on a Friday A Scottish council looks set to drop plans to switch to a four-and-a-half day school week following…
McDonald’s boss apologises for E. coli outbreak as sales slide
Getty Images The boss of McDonald’s has apologised to customers hit by an E. coli outbreak in the US linked to the chain’s Quarter Pounders, a new setback for the…
Asylum seekers moved off Dorset barge
PA Media Campaigners helping the asylum seekers say they have seen them sent to places including Cardiff, Wolverhampton and Bristol Hundreds of asylum seekers onboard the Bibby Stockholm have been…
DUP MP Sammy Wilson admits secret meetings with Sinn Féin
Reuters Sammy Wilson says he has never been asked about the meetings and has “never involved (himself) in any denial” A Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP has said he attended…
American pilot cleared of kidnapping girl, 9, outside Harrods
An American pilot has been found not guilty of of kidnapping a nine-year-old girl outside Harrods in central London and sexually assaulting her. Robert Prussak approached the girl after she…
Staff working for Ford UK to strike for 24 hours
Getty Images Unite says the strike will cause “significant disruption” to Ford’s operations More than 1,000 employees at Ford are to strike for 24 hours in a dispute over pay…
Former Trump aide Steve Bannon released from prison
Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon has been released from prison after spending four-months behind bars. Bannon, 70, was released from a Danbury, Connecticut, correctional facility on Tuesday, Benjamin O’Cone,…