BBC Two children have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a tree fell in a park. Essex Police said they were called to Chalkwell Park in Southend-on-Sea shortly before 15:00 BST on Saturday. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please visit the source link below...
A sudden collapse of the Iranian regime looks like a real possibility. As far as I know, the Israelis have no plans to take out Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, but they are systematically dismantling the pillars of state power underneath him. The Ayatollahs are on the run, and the generation that put them into...
A man has been discharged from hospital after a vehicle fell from a multi-storey car park at London Luton Airport. Emergency services were called to Car Park One shortly before 11:00 BST on Sunday and one person was taken to hospital. The vehicle involved was believed to have fallen from the third storey. A spokesperson...
Hallett says he and the club’s existing shareholders – Argyle Green and the Holliday family – will match the level of funding they had planned with the new investor for this season, a level he says is twice the budget the club had when they won League One in 2023. Under Hallett’s ownership, Argyle have...
The number of vehicles manufactured in the UK fell sharply last month, as tariffs and the timing of Easter hit production. The 59,203 vehicles made was the lowest April output for more than 70 years, with the exception of 2020, when production effectively stopped during the Covid lockdown. The Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders...
Portugal’s governing right-of-centre Democratic Alliance has won snap parliamentary elections – the third in as many years – again falling short of a majority. Its leader LuÃs Montenegro promised supporters to “stimulate investment” and to “guarantee prosperity and social justice”. Socialist leader Pedro Nuno Santos announced his resignation after his party finished in second, and...
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has seen his wealth fall by £6.473bn – more than a quarter of his fortune – in the last year, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List, external. The 72-year-old’s wealth has declined from £23.519bn to £17.046bn in the past 12 months. He has slipped from fourth to...
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Reuters Germany’s conservative leader has unexpectedly fallen short of the numbers needed to form a majority in parliament to become chancellor. Friedrich Merz needed 316 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag but only secured 310, in a significant blow to the Christian Democrat leader, two and a half months after winning...
Getty Images The US dollar has seen big declines in recent months. Currencies rise and fall all the time but the recent drop in the dollar has been particularly dramatic. So why has the dollar been falling and why does it matter? What has happened to the dollar since Trump was elected? The dollar was...
I have written a lot of articles about the anti-natalism of the Left. You see it everywhere, and the movement started sometime back in the 1960s, with Paul Ehrlich, The Club of Rome’s zeal about “overpopulation,” forced abortions and sterilization in China and the third-world, usually funded through Western foreign aid, the push for abortion...
Faarea Masud BBC Business reporter Getty Images Falling petrol prices drove UK inflation down by more than expected in the year to March. Inflation was 2.6%, down from a rate of 2.8% in February, according to official data. But the fall may only be temporary as analysts say it’s expected to spike from April as...
Constitution Hill fell for the second time in succession as star mare Lossiemouth landed the Aintree Hurdle, the feature race on day one of the Grand National meeting. The Nicky Henderson-trained favourite suffered a shock departure in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham last month. It looked as though he was travelling well for Nico de...