Some people live in a house with a railway line at the bottom of the garden. Some have homes under the flightpath of an airport. But try living under — literally under — a very busy four-lane motorway. That might be many
Two families in Arizona have filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that bans transgender girls from participating in school sports, with one parent citing concern for their child’s “self-esteem” and “confidence.” The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Tucson
A French court has acquitted Airbus and Air France of manslaughter charges over the 2009 crash of Flight 447 from Rio to Paris, which killed 228 passengers. The conclusion of the trial, which has been fraught with tension since it began in
A week of floods has displaced thousands of families in a part of western Burundi where a river separates the country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a local official said Wednesday. More than 4,000 families living in the village of
A disabled woman has shared distressing footage of an allotment plot she was using to grow food for families in need that has been ruined by vandals who “salted the land”. Carly Burd shared the heartbreaking scene on TikTok that showed the
Some junior doctors are forced to seek the help of food banks as they struggle to stay above the breadline, a trainee anaesthetist has said. Ada Zembrzycka, 27, said she is personally experiencing financial strain and she has seen some colleagues struggling
The Taliban have banned families and women from restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Afghanistan’s northwestern Herat province, an official said Monday. The moves followed complaints from religious scholars and members of the public about mixing of genders in such places,
Queen’s Bodyguard attend the Royal Maundy Service People across the globe will be celebrating the Christian holiday of Easter this weekend and members of royal families are no different. Royalty across Europe have their own ways and favourite places to spend Easter,
Two children have been injured at an Easter fairground after being “flung” from one of the rides – sparking a police investigation. The incident happened at the Hook Road Arena in Epsom, Surrey, at 7.10pm on Monday, April 3. One child had
The families of people buried in a “disgusting” cemetery smothered in dog poo are deciding to take their loved ones out of the ground and bury them elsewhere. Lisa Angell’s daughter, Alysha, who died of organ failure in 2008, was buried in