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...
Bill Rice & Jonny Humphries BBC News, Manchester BBC Joe Thompson’s family have paid tribute to him after his death in April The family of former Rochdale footballer Joe Thompson have said they were “overwhelmed” by thousands of messages after his death from people whose lives he had touched. Thompson, 36, who had been diagnosed...
Daniel Sandford UK correspondent Julia Quenzler The jury in the retrial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been told his barristers have withdrawn from the case. Judge Mark Lucraft KC told the jurors that from now on Gordon was going to represent himself. Marten, 37, and Gordon, 50, deny manslaughter by gross negligence of...
A 57-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a 60-year-old man on a cruise ship in British waters. The death reportedly followed an altercation on MSC Virtuosa at 20:30 BST on Saturday, police said. The ship had left Southampton at 18:00 that evening on a two-night excursion to Bruges,...
Family photo A body believed to be that of Layton Carr, 14, was located inside the burned building The death of a teenage boy in an industrial building fire, which led to the arrest of 14 children, has left staff and pupils at his school “heartbroken”. A body, believed to be that of Layton Carr,...
Jason Arunn Murugesu BBC News, North East and Cumbria Family photo A body believed to be that of Layton Carr, 14, was found in a fire-hit industrial unit Fourteen children arrested over the death of a teenage boy following a fire at an industrial unit have been released on bail. The blaze broke out at...
A boy with an ultra-rare immune disease which can carry a “death sentence” is starting to live a normal life after taking part in a groundbreaking gene therapy trial. Eisa, from Reading, now enjoys playing football and can attend school – something his family never dreamed possible before the treatment. The four-year-old was born with...
Fourteen children have been arrested over the death of a 14-year-old boy in a fire at an industrial unit. The blaze broke out at Fairfield industrial park in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead on Friday evening. It was extinguished, but a body believed to be that of Layton Carr, who had been reported missing,...
I have often made a distinction between liberals and leftists, and will continue to do so. One of my most pleasant conversations at the CNN event in Washington was with a former Biden official (lower-level) who was your old-style liberal. He wasn’t angry. He didn’t hate conservatives–a rarity these days, I admit–and as far as...
Getty Images Adam Johnson died after the collision during a match on 28 October 2023 No criminal charges will be brought against a professional ice hockey player arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of Adam Johnson. The Nottingham Panthers player died in hospital after suffering a fatal neck injury from a skate during...
AFP Firefighters were still working to extinguish blazes at the port on Monday, two days after the blast Iran’s interior minister has said negligence was a factor in the massive explosion and fire at the country’s largest container port, as the death toll rose to at least 70. Eskandar Momeni said Saturday’s blast at Shahid...
Nigeria is known for international stars such as Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman and, further back, Jay-Jay Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu, who faced heart problems of his own. But some local players – in a sign of the atmosphere enveloping the country’s domestic football – turned down a chance to support their late friend. “I begged...
Philippa Roxby Health reporter Getty Images Crisps, croissants, doughnuts, muffins, sweets and hot dogs all count as ultra-processed food People who eat lots of ultra-processed foods (UPF) may be at greater risk of dying early, a study in eight countries including the UK and the US suggests. Processed meats, biscuits, fizzy drinks, ice cream and...