Seetu Tewari BBC Hindi, Patna Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Getty Images Cases of rape and sexual assault often make headlines in India The death of a 10-year-old rape victim in the eastern Indian state of Bihar after an alleged delay in medical treatment has sparked outrage in the country. The girl died on Sunday...
Caroline Hawley Diplomatic correspondent Free Alaa Laila Soueif’s daughter, Sanaa, described the situation as “very scary” Laila Soueif’s body is becoming weaker and weaker. Doctors have warned her that – after eight months on hunger strike – she’s now at risk of sudden death. But the strength of her resolve has not diminished at all....
Stuart Whincup & Nathan Bevan BBC News, North East and Cumbria Supplied Jodey Whiting, from Stockton-on-Tees, was found dead in 2017 Having her benefits cut led to the death of a mother of nine, an inquest has found. Housebound Jodey Whiting, from Stockton-on-Tees, who had numerous physical and mental health issues, was found dead in...
The death toll after deadly floods hit the Nigerian town of Mokwa on Thursday has risen to more than 200, officials say. There are still 500 people missing in the town in north-central Niger State, as a search mission continues. The deputy chairman of Mokwa Local Government, Musa Kimboku, told the BBC that rescue efforts...
After nine weeks out, Toone was back with a bang. She scored six goals in her first five games back for United, including a stunning hat-trick against rivals Manchester City. “When I was back on the grass and around the girls I was like ‘I miss it’ and that’s when I knew I was ready...
A man has been charged with the murder of a 54-year-old woman in Plymouth. Mark Anthony Fitzgerald, 61, of Rendle Street, was charged with the murder of Lisa Paris, who was found dead on 18 March 2024, Devon and Cornwall Police said. Police said Ms Paris’s body was found at a property on Rendle Street...
George Thorpe BBC News, Devon Family handout/Devon and Cornwall Police Police said Karol Zalewski – also known as Lolek – died at the scene of the crash Family and friends of a motorcyclist who died in a crash have said their world will “never be the same”. Devon and Cornwall Police said Karol Zalewski –...
Bea Swallow BBC News, Bristol Getty Images The 46-year-old actor was found unresponsive at his home in Bristol Actor and reality TV star Paul Danan’s death was by misadventure, after he took a cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin, a coroner has ruled. The 46-year-old was pronounced dead at 17:20 GMT on 15 January...
Ewan Gawne & Laura O’Neill BBC News, Manchester GMP Rawal Rehman’s van struck the girl after he crashed into a tram A van driver who took at least 20 lines of cocaine before crashing into a tram, then hitting and killing a three-year-old girl with his vehicle, has been jailed. Louisa Palmisano, from Burnley –...
Reuters Family members of George Floyd gathered this weekend as friends and community members paid their respects at a memorial site for Floyd Americans across the country are remembering George Floyd five years after he was killed by police, with special gatherings in the city where he grew up and the one where he died....
Sweden’s foreign minister has spoken of grief among her colleagues after it emerged that a diplomat who was questioned this week on suspicion of spying has been found dead. The man, described as a high-ranking diplomat, was arrested by Sweden’s Säpo intelligence service on Sunday and released on Wednesday. He had denied wrongdoing, although prosecutors...
Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis has been given a two-year suspended sentence over a car incident in Australia which killed his wife, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins. Dennis pleaded guilty to one aggravated count of creating the likelihood of harm, after Hoskins was struck by the car he was driving during a fight outside the...
A second man has been arrested after a 60-year-old man died following an altercation on a cruise ship. James Messham, from West Sussex, was reported dead about two-and-a-half hours after MSC Virtuosa departed Southampton on 3 May. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said a 56-year-old man from Richmond, London, had been arrested on suspicion...
Helen Astle & Isaac Ashe BBC News, East Midlands Supplied Father-of-three Gurvinder Singh Johal was fatally stabbed inside a Derby city centre bank A customer killed inside a city centre bank has been named locally as restaurant owner Gurvinder Singh Johal. Mr Johal had been at Lloyds in St Peter’s Street, Derby, with the bank...
Olimpia Zagnat BBC News, East Midlands Steve Beech BBC News, Derby BBC A pedestrianised street in Derby is currently taped off A customer has been stabbed to death in a bank in a city centre. The man, who was a customer aged in his 30s, was assaulted inside the Lloyds bank in St Peter’s Street...