A two-year-old child is among those receiving treatment in Bangkok after a Singapore Airlines flight from London hit severe turbulence, hospital authorities have said. Giving an update on the conditions of the injured, the director of Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital said 40 people remain in hospital, with half in intensive care, with the majority suffering spinal...
A boy’s skull was fractured when he was shot with an airgun while climbing over a fence to get his football back. The 11-year-old was playing with friends in the back garden of a house on Roadtrain Avenue in Leyland at about 19:20 BST on Monday when the ball went over a fence. He was...
GB News has launched legal proceedings against Ofcom, after the media regulator ruled earlier this week the channel had breached broadcasting rules. The channel said its decision to launch formal action followed a number of rulings against it by Ofcom. In a statement, it said Ofcom’s rulings “go against journalists and broadcasters rights to make...
4 hours ago Neve Gordon-Farleigh,BBC News, Essex Shine TV/BBC Brin Pirathapan says his cooking is inspired by his Sri Lankan heritage A veterinary surgeon whose love of cooking is inspired by his Sri Lankan heritage has been crowned the 20th winner of BBC TV’s Masterchef. Brin Pirathapan, 29, from Chelmsford, impressed judges John Torode and...
3 hours ago Harry Roy,BBC Radio Newcastle ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA Durham University scientists form part of the Euclid team A space mission involving Durham University scientists, designed to help understand the dark Universe, has released five new and spectacular images. The university is a key partner of the European Space Agency’s (Esa) Euclid space telescope, which...
7 minutes ago Malcolm Prior,BBC News rural affairs producer Getty Images Wildfires linked to climate change are placing greater demand on fire crews Vital equipment used by firefighters to tackle environmental disasters and terror attacks needs to be “urgently” replaced at an estimated cost of £100m, the BBC has learnt. The specialist hardware – used...
12 minutes ago Steven McIntosh,Entertainment reporter BBC Outnumbered last aired a new episode in 2016, also a Christmas special BBC sitcom Outnumbered is to return for a Christmas special, the corporation has announced. All of the original cast members will return, including Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner, alongside all the show’s former child actors. It...
Getty Images Jeremy Corbyn has sat as an independent MP since 2020 Labour has whittled down its search to replace Jeremy Corbyn as a general election candidate in his north London seat to two people. The former party leader has been sitting as an independent MP for Islington North since 2020 when he had the...
A man has been detained on suspicion of planning an attack on the Olympic torch relay in Bordeaux, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has said. He gave few details but praised police for ensuring security during Thursday’s relay. Prosecutors said the suspect had written a disturbing message that “could correspond to glorifying crime”. He also...
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