PA Media People are being offered the chance to surrender ninja swords at local police stations People who own ninja swords are being told to hand them in before the end of July. Devon and Cornwall Police said it was part of the national ninja sword surrender and compensation scheme, which will run from 1...
Shutterstock Norweigen school-leavers partying in red overalls is a sight often seen on Norway’s national day on 17 May After 13 years of school, Selma Jenvin-Steinsvag and her classmate Aksel were running to catch the Oslo metro in red overalls. “After that all our written exams will be done,” said Selma, 18. The sight of...
The ruling in this case was unanimous but the conservatives and the liberals wrote separate decisions reaching the same conclusion. The conservative decision was written by Justice Kavanaugh and the liberal one by Justice Sotomayor. Justice Gorsuch recused himself from this one because Democrats and environmental groups had complained a billionaire ally of his, Philip...
Ian Holland underlined his status as Division Two’s leading wicket-taker with figures of 5-35 to give Leicestershire the upper hand on the opening day of their County Championship clash with Middlesex. The 34-year-old medium-pacer took his wicket tally to 26 for the season, returning 3-9 during a relentlessly accurate opening eight-over salvo to reduce the...
Martin Andersson gave his former team-mates a reminder of his qualities with a career-best century to put Derbyshire firmly in control of the County Championship Division Two match against Middlesex at Derby. The ex-Middlesex all-rounder scored 107 and shared a county record sixth-wicket stand of 148 with Luis Reece, who made 60, to lift Derbyshire...
Nathan Heath BBC West Investigations BBC Anthony Rudd had power tools stolen in a fake banking app scam A man who lost £1,000 worth of tools after being scammed by a fake banking app has said it makes you “lose faith in humanity”. The apps mimic legitimate mobile banking platforms and allow fraudsters to fake...
St Helens winger Kyle Feldt faces up to three months out to undergo surgery on a hand injury. The Australian, who joined Saints from North Queensland Cowboys ahead of this season, has scored four tries in five appearances. Scans on his hand revealed that he had ruptured a ligament with head coach Paul Wellens deciding...
We speak with the acclaimed Russian American writer M. Gessen, who says Donald Trump has entered his second term prepared to enact his radical Project 2025 agenda, including a crackdown on LGBTQ rights and dissent. Gessen, who has spent decades writing about authoritarianism at home and abroad, argues that while he was something of an...