Raducanu shot to worldwide fame when she won the US Open as an 18-year-old in 2021. She has previously been the victim of a stalker, with another man given a five-year restraining order in 2022 after he walked 23 miles to her home. The Englishwoman has often had a greater security detail with her at...
Pro-crime Democrats are propelling New York toward anarchy and financial ruin. The seven candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for Gotham’s mayor unanimously oppose increasing penalties for farebeaters. That includes frontrunners Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani. Their refusal to crack down on farebeaters — all by itself...
The public are being urged to be mindful of wildfires in the hot weather. Devon and Somerset Fire Service said people could prevent the risk of a wildfire by not having campfires or barbecues in the countryside and to discard cigarettes carefully. It said it wanted to keep the public and countryside safe from the...
This comes a day after Trump floated the possibility of deeper US involvement in the intensifying war. Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Warning against “another endless conflict” in the Middle East, Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine on Monday introduced...
More than 1.4 million Muslims have begun this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in the Saudi holy city of Mecca, a year after 1,300 people died, mostly due to the extreme heat. Saudi authorities say they have stepped up safety precautions for the annual event. They have planted thousands of trees and installed hundreds of cooling units...
The Supreme Court has upheld the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor, unanimously dismissing an appeal against Dartmoor National Park Authority made by Dartmoor landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall. The Darwalls had sought to overturn a Court of Appeal ruling handed down in July 2023 which restored the right to wild camp following a...
Fatalities are rare in motorbike racing, but unfortunately not unheard of. British Superbikes rider Chrissy Rouse died after a crash at Donington Park in 2022. Superbikes can reach speeds of up to 200mph, and the bikes used in Supersport regularly clock well in excess of 100mph. Former rider and MLav Racing owner Michael Laverty told...
Jane Douglas BBC News, South West BBC Ernesettle Community School has been running a pilot project for five years A programme helping educate pupils at a Plymouth school about child sexual abuse is “helping to stop the silence” on the issue, according to children’s charity the NSPCC. Ernesettle Community School is the first in the...
Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The UK government has brought in a temporary ban on holidaymakers bringing in cheese and meat products from the EU in a bid to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. Travellers have not been allowed to bring back items such as cured meat and cheese, including in...
Palace, Forest and Villa will all believe they have the firepower to prevent City from winning the cup for the second time in three years. City’s last trophyless season came at the end of the first year of Guardiola’s tenure in 2016-17. And in Forest they face a club six points above them in the...
Rugby union should consider banning head coaches from matches if their players are repeatedly involved in head-on-head tackles, says former England women’s boss Simon Middleton. In the Women’s Six Nations opening round, France centre Gabrielle Vernier was sent off for a head-on-head hit in their win over Ireland, followed by Wales’ Georgia Evans receiving a...
The head of the Prevent counter-terrorism scheme, Michael Stewart, has left his role. It follows a damning review in February that found the scheme “prematurely” closed its case on Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. Rudakubana was referred to Prevent three...