One of the two charismatic criminals involved in the kidnapping that gave the world the term “Stockholm syndrome” has died aged 78, his family has said. Clark Oloffson – who rose to global notoriety in 1973 following a kidnapping and bank robbery in the Swedish capital – died following a lengthy illness, his family told...
Chi Chi Izundu and James Stewart BBC News Investigations BBC/Ben Lack/Getty Images “Ticket Queen” Maria Chenery-Woods and Peter Hunter made millions as touts When a judge dismissed an appeal by prolific ticket tout Peter Hunter and his husband and accomplice David Smith against their landmark conviction for fraud, he sounded an alarm. The evidence, he...
Getty Images Women played a key role in the protests leading up to the impeachment of South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol An Byunghui was in the middle of a video game on the night of 3 December when she learned that the South Korean president had declared martial law. She couldn’t quite believe...
Ilya Barabanov and Anastasia Lotareva BBC News Russian BBC Sergei and Tatyana Voronkov had long been disillusioned with modern Russia when they decided to move to Ukraine It was shortly after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 that Sergei and Tatyana Voronkov decided they would leave Russia. The couple, who had long been critical...
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...
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images More than half of first-time buyers received financial help from their family to make house purchases last year, according to estimates by estate agency Savills. An average of £55,572 was given in loans and gifts by the so-called bank of mum and dad to buyers, it said....
Kevin Jackson BBC Scotland News Reporting fromBergen, Norway The Scalloway Museum Some of the ‘Shetland Gang’ crew pictured at the pier in Scalloway in 1944 It sounds like it could be the plot of a spy novel, but the ‘Shetland Bus’ was a real undercover operation carried out to help the resistance in Nazi-occupied Norway...
Success in the form of silverware had proved elusive. Liverpool had achieved an impressive 97 points in 2018-2019 and, even though that would have won them the league title in most other seasons, they were pipped to the top-flight crown by a point by Manchester City. The Reds had also been beaten in the League...
America desperately needs a united front to restrain the wrecking ball of the Trump regime. While outraged opposition has been visible and vocal, it remains a far cry from developing a capacity to protect what’s left of democracy in the United States. With the administration in its fourth month, the magnitude of the damage underway...
Kabangu is 27 and his time in football has been a character test, from FC Eindhoven, to Willem II, to Union Saint-Gilloise and now to Hearts on loan, brought in when his name showed up well in the data of the club partner, Jamestown Analytics. Eight goals in 14 games. Not bad, but could be...
After two matches against Belgium in the Women’s Nations League, which Lionesses helped their case for Euro 2025 selection? Read full article at source...
BBC Martha, pictured with two of her three children, says her life has been transformed after she changed her job to work from home Martha was struggling to sleep, losing her hair, having palpitations, suffering tinnitus and was eventually hospitalised for deep vein thrombosis. She would come home from her job, as her daughter Amelie...
Getty Images Richard and Philip Burton, seen here with Richard’s then wife Elizabeth Taylor, remained close throughout their lives Richard Burton was a global icon – famed for his powerful, baritone voice and passionate yet tumultuous relationship with fellow megastar Elizabeth Taylor. But until now, few had ever heard of Philip Burton. Philip was Richard’s...
The Prince of Wales abandoned his car for a walking tour of Aberdeen with a homeless-friendly employer now working in the city. Prince William scrapped plans to be driven between events and opted for a 30-minute walk through the city led by Angus Stirling, who was once homeless. Mr Stirling now has a job as...
The Trump administration has asked local governments and nonprofit organizations that received federal grants to identify immigrants they have housed, suggesting in a letter that they may have violated human smuggling laws. The Department of Homeland Security has “significant concerns” that organizations and governments receiving Federal Emergency Management Agency grants “may be guilty of encouraging...