Nikos Papanikolaou & Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News REUTERS/Konstantinos Anagnostou Firefighters from Athens and Thessaloniki were deployed to the island on Monday A state of emergency has been declared on the Greek island of Chios where five separate wildfires are burning and being fanned by strong winds. Residents in 17 communities have been evacuated and an...
Sony Pictures 28 Years Later sees Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) teach son Spike (Alfie Williams) how to fight ‘the infected’ on the abandoned British mainland When 28 Days Later hit screens in 2002, it unleashed a new tangible sense of everyday terror, as Cillian Murphy stumbled around London’s chillingly deserted streets and landmarks, emptied by a...
Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent Getty Images “It’s all depressing to be honest”. Those are the words of one Labour MP, hitherto proudly supportive of the government, as they returned to Parliament on Tuesday morning. The anger among Labour MPs in the aftermath of the party’s local elections drubbing was striking in its breadth and...
For a start, the Gunners need to be better at defending set-pieces. While they were far from at their best against Bournemouth they were in control of the game, as the visitors did not manage a shot on target for the first hour. But their first such attempt resulted in an equaliser as Dean Huijsen...
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai PTI Himanshi (left) bid an emotional farewell to her husband, naval officer Vinay Narwal, who was killed An Indian naval officer on honeymoon, a tourist guide who was sole breadwinner for his family, and a businessman holidaying with his wife and children were among the victims of the horrific attack...
Getty Images/Ben Montgomery Writer William Mager spoke to the BBC about how “deaf rage” and 70s thrillers inspired his new series Reunion “Every day, as a deaf person, you’re reminded of your deafness,” says William Mager, writer of new BBC thriller Reunion. These reminders can range from having to face medical appointments with no available...
Family handout Paying tribute his family said Paul Bowles was “intelligent and quick-witted” A man who died after he was hit by a van in an alleged road rage incident was “kind and loving”, his family has said. Paul Bowles, 50, died at the scene following a reported argument between two drivers in Broadway, Chadderton...
Charlotte Andrews & Briony Leyland BBC News Reporting fromWinchester Crown Court Dorset Police Nasen Saadi had a “deeply-suppressed rage towards society and women”, the judge said A criminology student who had a “grievance against women” has been jailed for attacking two friends in a frenzied stabbing on a beach in Bournemouth. Nasen Saadi, 21, must...
The US’s airstrikes on Yemen have reportedly killed dozens of civilians, with the US twice bombing a cancer hospital. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has flamed Democrats for misplaced priorities as they rage over the Trump administration’s leak of sensitive information on the U.S.’s bombing of Yemen earlier this month — but not over the strikes...