Cricket Canada says it is “actively monitoring” the situation after captain Nicholas Kirton was arrested in the Caribbean. Local reports say the 26-year-old was detained at Barbados Airport on Sunday on potential drugs charges. “We are actively monitoring the situation and closely following developments as they unfold,” Cricket Canada said in a statement. “We take...
A charity which supports the South Western Ambulance Service has received £142,000 towards its work to increase the survival rate of people who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. The South Western Ambulance Charity received the funding from NHS Charities Together to improve access to defibrillators, provide training and support first responders. The funding will go towards...
BBC A 54-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people – including a four-year-old girl – died in a house fire at a converted railway station, Northamptonshire Police has said. Emergency services were called to the Grade II-listed property in Rushton, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, at about 22:30 GMT on Friday. This...
Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal has been discharged from hospital following his cardiac arrest during a domestic match. Tamim, 36, was rushed to hospital after complaining of severe chest pains while playing in a Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match on Monday. The doctors now say he will return home and “hope he will be...
A Turkish student attending Tufts University was arrested by US immigration officials in Massachusetts and is being held in detention in Louisiana. Rumeysa Ozturk was detained on Tuesday outside Boston, as she was walking to an Iftar meal to celebrate Ramadan. Video shows masked, plain-clothes officers handcuffing and leading her to an unmarked car. Tufts...
Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal has thanked doctors for their “amazing” care after he posted on social media for the first time since he suffered a cardiac arrest. The 36-year-old required medical attention during a domestic T20 game in Dhaka and is currently recovering in hospital. Tamim, Bangladesh’s record run-scorer in one-day internationals, complained of...
Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal is “under close observation” in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest during a domestic T20 game in Dhaka. The 36-year-old opener, who represented Bangladesh 391 times between 2007 and 2023, was playing for Mohammedan Sporting Club on Monday. Tamim, Bangladesh’s record run-scorer in one-day internationals, complained of chest pains after...
For several months, state investigators in Texas staked out clinics, interviewed witnesses and dove through dumpsters to look for evidence. Why, you may ask, did the government pour time and money into an extensive surveillance operation based on an anonymous tip? To arrest a midwife for providing reproductive health care. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton...
Part of the Series Human Rights and Global Wrongs Activists in the Philippines say the stunning arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for a crime against humanity marks a major step toward accountability for the thousands of Filipinos targeted and killed under the pretext of...
Despite failing to add to his tally of four majors last year, Rory McIlroy plays the prominent role in the third season of Netflix’s Full Swing docu-series which has just dropped on the streaming service. This is golf’s inside the ropes answer to the hit Formula 1 series Drive to Survive. Initially McIlroy was reluctant...