At least eight people have been killed and 400 injured in nationwide protests in Kenya against President William Ruto’s government, doctors and rights groups have said. Police clashed with protesters, who marched in their thousands – some chanting “Ruto must go” and waving branches as a symbol of peaceful opposition to his rule. The government...
An investigation by the Guardian found that UK college students have been caught cheating using AI at much higher rates than in the past. There are thousands of known cases and it’s possible these are just the tip of the iceberg. A survey of academic integrity violations found almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating using...
Hundreds of firefighters lined Queen’s Avenue in Bicester ahead of Ms Logan’s funeral Thousands of people gathered on Saturday morning to remember a firefighter who died alongside a colleague and a member of the public in a major blaze. Jennie Logan, 30, died in the fire at the Bicester Motion site on 15 May alongside...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The Royals watched the RAF flypast from the famous Buckingham Palace balcony The Red Arrows led the flypast, trailing red, white and blue smoke Crowds cheered as King Charles and Queen Camilla attended the Trooping the Colour parade to mark the monarch’s official birthday. The royal couple rode in a carriage...
José Carlos Cueto BBC News Mundo Colombia correspondent AFP / Getty Images The recruitment of children is one of the most serious challenges remaining in the armed conflict in Colombia When Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot in the head on 7 June, it shocked the international community. After years of...
Watch: Police fire rubber bullets at Los Angeles protesters on Monday President Donald Trump’s administration has sent thousands more troops to Los Angeles on a fourth day of chaotic protests against immigration raids, as the unrest spread to other US cities. Some 700 US Marines have been deployed to the Los Angeles area and the...
Up to 3,000 trees are to be planted on the outskirts of Exeter, according to East Devon District Council. Broadclyst and Poltimore have been chosen for the project, with a funding boost from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Volunteers have already planted the first 150 trees, forming a new hedgerow at Clyst Meadows Country Park,...
Sima Kotecha Senior UK correspondent Paul Lynch Shared data unit BBC The National Forensics Archive houses millions of exhibits from criminal cases prior to 2012 Thousands of criminal cases – including some of the most serious violent and sexual offences – are collapsing every year because of lost, damaged or missing evidence, the BBC has...
The German city of Cologne is evacuating some 20,500 people from a large area in the city centre so experts can defuse three unexploded bombs from World War Two. The American bombs were discovered on Monday in a shipyard in the Deutz neighbourhood. Unexploded bombs can still pose a danger and the city has sealed...
Large crowds gathered on Paignton’s seafront to watch the second day of the 2025 English Riviera Airshow. Displays began at 14:00 BST on Saturday with a variety of aircraft soaring over the thousands who came to Paignton Green. Organisers said the weather conditions meant changes to some of the schedule’s performances, including the Red Devils...
PA Media Thousands of people descended on the Denbighshire village of Dyserth for Mike Peters’ funeral Thousands of fans gathered for the funeral of The Alarm’s Mike Peters on Thursday. The musician and charity fundraiser died last month aged 66 after living with cancer for 30 years, following his diagnosis of lymphoma in 1995 and...
Lucy Hooker Business reporter Getty Images Tens of thousands of energy customers are set to receive payouts of up to £1,000 each, and could see debts written off, in response to the scandal over the forced fitting of prepayment meters. Energy companies are paying out more £70m in compensation and financial support to customers. It...
Jenny Rees Health Correspondent BBC Former Royal Navy engineer, Lee, has been through rehabilitation for alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) Thousands of people with alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) could be going undiagnosed, an expert says. Research suggests consuming 35 units of alcohol per week for five years or more can cause ARBD, which affects a person’s...
AFP via Getty Images Ministers are facing calls to start processing Syrian asylum applications again, as new figures showed more than 7,000 people are still in limbo. The UK paused decisions on Syrian claims for asylum and permanent settlement in December, after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. But more than five months on, Syrians...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Last week, environmental groups decried plans from the Environmental Protection Agency to rescind and “reconsider” drinking water limits for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, compounds linked to cancer and damage to the immune and endocrine systems, among other health...