Helen Burchell BBC News Essex Border Force The cocaine haul was one of the largest of the past decade Cocaine with a street value of almost £100m has been seized by Border Force officers in “one of the largest drugs busts of the past decade”. The shipment was intercepted earlier this month on a container...
Three electric bikes collectively worth nearly £20,000 have been stolen from a garage in west Devon, police have said. The burglary took place place at a rural property in Venton near Drewsteignton between 01:00 and 02:00 BST on Wednesday, Devon and Cornwall Police said. They said thieves had taken a midnight green Santa Cruz Vala...
The winner of Wednesday’s Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United could receive up to £54.4m. That figure is a combination of prize money for winning the competition and for reaching the league phase for the 2025-26 Champions League. Spurs or United would be guaranteed about £21m, with additional prize money awarded based on...
Watch: The BBC’s Nada Tawfik on how Diddy’s lawyers used freak-off texts against Cassie Cassie Ventura has wrapped up four consecutive days of explosive testimony in the criminal trial of her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs. Breaking down in sobs, the singer told a New York court on Tuesday that she would give back a $20...
Wrexham’s value could rise to £150m following their promotion to the Championship, according to football finance expert Kieran Maguire. That would represent a valuation increase of 7,400% since Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought the club for around £2m in 2021. At the time, the club were in the fifth-tier National League –...
Aad Hoogendoorn/Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen A child has damaged a painting worth millions of pounds by the American artist Mark Rothko at a museum in Rotterdam. A spokesperson for the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen said it was considering the “next steps” for the treatment of Rothko’s Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8. The damage occurred...
Annabel Rackham Culture reporter Getty Images The original Dubai chocolate bar has become popular for its thick pistachio filling and Knafeh dessert-like taste While on holiday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week, there was only one mission on my mind – getting my hands on the viral “Dubai chocolate” bar. If you’re on...
No one can claim they hadn’t been warned. Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued last month that the US offers student visas for those who wish to study in this country, not agitate and contribute to illegal actions on behalf of terrorist organizations. And the same is true for applications to emigrate to the US,...
Universities could face multi-million-pound fines for breaches of freedom of speech rules, the Office for Students (OfS) said. The University of Sussex was fined £585,000 after the OfS said its equality policy – which includes rules to “positively represent trans people” – could prevent staff and students voicing opposing views. Sussex was investigated after Prof...