Known as ‘Senet’ in ancient times, the game was played by all in Egyptian society regardless of social standing. In some circles, it is described as the “board game of death”, intended to be played between two people. Each player would have
French President Emmanuel Macron has been given the “kiss of death” by far-right leader Marine Le Pen after his party was forced to make concessions on a divisive new tough immigration bill. The French parliament approved tighter legislation designed to strengthen the
A circus performer has been taken to hospital after falling more than 30 feet in the middle of his act. The man in his 20s was riding the “giant wheel of death” during a performance at the Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth,
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been “badly damaged” by the war in Ukraine and the coup attempt led by his former ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, it has been claimed. Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies Matthew Sussex made the comments after
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be quizzed about the impact Eat Out to Help Out had on the spread of coronavirus. When Sunak appears before the Covid Inquiry on Monday, December 11, he will hear allegations his scheme fuelled the spread of
People have criticised the Met Office for not increasing their warning level in Cumbria as hundreds of motorists were left stranded on Saturday. It comes as a homeless man who used his car for shelter died as a cold snap hit the
A “beautiful” young dancer died in hospital after being strangled, allegedly by her boyfriend who then took his own life later that day. Georgia May Brooke, 26, was found in cardiac arrest at her home in Bradford and then died in hospital
A conservative member of parliament in Canada is warning its impending approval of assisted suicide for mental health patients is creating a “culture of death.” Conservative MP Ed Fast, who tried and failed to repeal “medical assistance in dying” (MAID) for those
China is “cynically” taking advantage of the world’s focus on the Middle East to send hundreds of North Korean refugees back to the Hermit State, where they face “torture, prison or death”, an activist has warned MPs. And Timothy Cho, who himself
24 years ago (1999) Thirty-one people died and 417 were injured when an outgoing Thames Train collided with an incoming Great Western 125 Express. It was the second major accident on the Great Western Main Line in a two-year period. An inquiry