The European Union has stripped Hungary of the right to host the next meeting of foreign and defence ministers over its stance on the war in Ukraine. It comes weeks after Hungary assumed the presidency of the Council of the European Union, a role in which it would normally host the event, and amid anger […]
BBC Meriwether Lewis says she did not report her experience because she blamed herself Spiking victims have spoken out about their ordeals as police warn “harmful myths and stereotypes” mean the crime is still under-reported. The BBC spoke to a number of people who said they had not reported their experiences to police, citing reasons […]
PA Harold Wilson led the country on two separate occasions, in the 1960s and 1970s Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson agreed late in life to sell his entire archive of personal and political papers to help fund his care, according to documents released by the National Archives. Lord Wilson initially planned to sell the collection […]
Getty Images Could the Paris Olympics track be the fastest ever made? To the casual observer one athletics track probably looks much like another. But when the Olympic Games open in Paris on Friday, it will be difficult to miss the purple track at the Stade de France. Describing its colour as “audacious”, Maurizio Stroppiana, […]
A young woman died months after begging her GP for help with her chronic fatigue syndrome, an inquest heard. Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, 27, had written to her doctor asking for help with feeding as she was hungry. Ms Boothby-O’Neill had been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). She died at home in Exeter, Devon, in October 2021. […]
EPA Sir Keir Starmer has said his planned shake-up of training in England will reduce the need for firms to hire from abroad. In a speech, the prime minister said a lack of workplace skills had made the UK reliant on “higher and higher” levels of immigration. Labour is likely to face public and political […]
Image copyright Google Image caption The vicar met the teenager during a mentoring programme at his church A Church of England vicar who “spiritually abused” a boy has been banned from ministry for two years. The Reverend Timothy Davis is understood to be the first priest to have been convicted of such abuse by the […]
Image copyright Google Image caption The vicar met the teenager during a mentoring programme at his church A Church of England vicar who “spiritually abused” a boy has been banned from ministry for two years. The Reverend Timothy Davis is understood to be the first priest to have been convicted of such abuse by the […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption The vote is being viewed as a test ahead of presidential elections in May Polls have closed in Colombia’s congressional elections that saw former members of the Farc guerilla group take part for the first time. The ex-rebels, now known as the Revolutionary Alternative Common Force (also Farc), were given […]
Image copyright @broseph_stalin Image caption A large crowd gathered outside the entrance to King’s Cross Pro-Kurdish demonstrators have caused delays and disruption at major railway stations in London and Manchester. Police were forced to close Manchester Piccadilly after people stormed the station and climbed on to the tracks. Within hours, King’s Cross was shut down […]