A makeshift ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a cholera outbreak sank off Mozambique’s northern coast, killing at least 98 people including children, local media said Monday. The ferry with an estimated 130 people aboard sank Sunday after it departed the southeastern
A mum who was stabbed to death while pushing a pram through Bradford city centre has been named for the first time by police. Kulsama Akter, 27, was killed on Saturday in the Westgate area of the city. West Yorkshire Police confirmed
Police are hunting a knifeman after a 15-year-old schoolboy was stabbed to death at a shopping centre. Emergency services rushed to New Square in West Bromwich town centre after the teenager was attacked at around 9.15pm yesterday. Despite the efforts of paramedics,
Rats that have been mummified in tar for over 600 years could shed new information on the Black Death. One of the deadliest pandemics in human history, the plague killed vast swathes of Europeans during the 14th century. And scientists now believe
A man has been fatally stabbed outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ahead of their Premier League match against Nottingham Forest this afternoon. The club has issued a statement in light of the terrible incident. Both police and paramedics were called to Northumberland
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has revealed news of his father’s passing at the age of 94, leaving him and his family “devastated”. Sir Lindsay’s father, Lord Doug Hoyle, died “peacefully” at home last night surrounded by his family, leaving the Commons
West Yorkshire Police have launched an urgent manhunt for a suspect after a 27-year-old woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon. The woman was fatally stabbed in the middle of Bradford city centre in front of horrified members
Families at the centre of a hospital trust’s baby deaths scandal must be shown “compassion” in their fight for compensation, an inquiry boss has warned. Health bosses have ruled relatives of those injured or who lost babies or loved ones at East
His inquiry into maternity care at the trust’s William Harvey hospital in Ashford and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother hospital in Margate published in 2022 linked poor care to the deaths of 45 babies and life changing injuries to 12 others. It
Rescuers continued the search Friday for dozens of people still missing after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan, killed at least 12 people and injured more than 1,000. The quake struck the sparsely populated, largely rural eastern county of Hualien, stranding hundreds