It’s nearly time for the world-renowned Times Square ball drop to ring in the New Year of 2024. As onlookers watched the dazzling crystal ball take its annual 60-second descent in 2023, what they didn’t know was that it took a whole
The ball drop in Times Square has a rich history behind it. Each New Year’s Eve, a sea of people gather in New York City to watch the iconic ball drop from the top of One Times Square. Over a billion people
Two teenagers have been founded guilty of the murder of transgender teenager Brianna Ghey. Brianna, 16, was stabbed with a hunting knife 28 times in her head, neck, chest and back in Linear Park, Culcheth, a village near Warrington, Cheshire, on the
A man punched his neighbour 12 times and headbutted him after he and his family allegedly suffered “years of abuse”. Brian Barbour, 57, had a long-running feud with his neighbour at the home where he had lived for more than 30 years.
London and other major British cities may be on the cusp of a drug epidemic as strong opioids begin to flood the global market, a top policing chief has warned. Donna Jones has claimed that the UK may follow in the dark
From next autumn, Britons travelling to the EU will likely face waiting time at border control three times longer than now – an issue sparking concern not just among UK tourists. UK passport holders arriving from outside the Schengen area for the
Labour’s former Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford stepped down last week after a litany of controversial policies which provoked fury across Wales. He became infamous for imposing 20mph speed limits across the Principality, closing supermarket aisles during covid to stop people buying
The US has unveiled a new hypersonic missile that carries a warhead 20 times the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War 2. Washington’s monster weapon is still being developed but will replace the Minuteman III
Humza Yousaf met with five different foreign leaders during Cop28 without an official from the UK Government present, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has claimed. A row erupted over the Scottish First Minister’s meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Lord David
A Labour shadow cabinet minister has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer’s Government would ask Rwanda for the UK’s money back, despite being asked the same question four times. Appearing on Sky News, shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall failed