Crew rescued after fishing boat sinks in North Sea
Fishing News Odyssey got into difficulty on Tuesday morning All six crew have been rescued from their fishing boat which sank in the North Sea. Coastguards received a distress call…
How this US election could change state of the world
BBC When US President Joe Biden walked through Kyiv in February 2023 on a surprise visit to show solidarity with Volodymyr Zelensky, his Ukrainian counterpart, air sirens were wailing. “I…
Passengers allowed early boarding to some services
BBC London’s Tom Edwards takes on the Euston rush Rail passengers will be able to get to their platforms earlier at a central London station in an effort to reduce…
Britpop band Cast to support Oasis on tour
Indie rock band Cast have announced that they will be supporting Oasis on their upcoming tour. The Liverpool band, who were part of the Britpop explosion in the 1990s, are…
Ex-Tory MP Aaron Bell reprimanded for ‘drunken’ sexual misconduct
Former Conservative MP Aaron Bell has been reprimanded by Parliament’s behaviour watchdog for “brazen and drunken” sexual misconduct. Bell was found to have touched a woman “on her left thigh,…
TikTok founder becomes China’s richest man
The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China’s richest person. According to a rich list produced by the Hurun Research Institute,…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah announces Naim Qassem as new leader
Hezbollah has announced the group’s deputy secretary general will become its new head. Naim Qassem replaces long-term leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut…
Assisted dying could lead to coercion, warns Wes Streeting
Getty Images MPs are due to vote on a bill next month that could make the process legal in England and Wales The health secretary has said he is worried…
Austrialian ‘ferries fiasco’ ship to be mothballed in Edinburgh
TT-Line Spirit of Tasmania IV has to be moved from a Finnish shipyard because it could be damaged by pack ice A huge newly-constructed ship is to be mothballed in…
Boy fell ill after Sergei Skripal helped him feed ducks
A boy fell ill after coming into contact with Sergei Skripal the day he and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with Novichock, it has been revealed. The Dawn Sturgess Inquiry…