General news

Sexual assault charges against Conor McGregor dropped

The former UFC champion had been accused of assaulting a woman in a toilet at an NBA Finals game.

Timeline: 25 years since murder of Linda Bryant in Cornish field

Devon and Cornwall Police are hoping to solve the murder of the mother-of-two and bring much needed answers for her family

25th anniversary appeal launched to catch mother’s killer

Linda Bryant was stabbed in her back, neck and chest as she walked her dog in her home village of Ruan High Lanes, near Truro in 1998.

Asylum seekers set to return to barge after Legionella evacuation

It has been more than two months since the Bibby Stockholm was evacuated following the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water supply.

Sunak starts two-day Middle East trip in Israel as he calls for calm

The Prime Minister will urge leaders in the region to ‘avoid further dangerous escalation’ of the Israeli-Hamas war.

What the papers say – October 19

The Thursday front pages are devoted to the latest events in Israel and Gaza.

Storm Babet: Rare red weather alert in place over flooding and stron...

A red Met Office warning says from 6pm there is ‘danger to life from fast-flowing or deep floodwater’ in Aberdeenshire and Angus in eastern Scotland.

Sunak faces twin by-election test as polls open in Tamworth and Mid...

Polls open at 7am in both constituencies, with new MPs likely to be declared early on Friday.

Regulations ‘another piece of Irish Sea border superstructure’, DUP...

Ministerial orders confirm the ‘splitting’ of Northern Ireland from the British mainland, the House of Lords heard.

Mutual understanding between religions ‘vital’ in times of turmoil,...

Charles’s comments on religious tolerance came in a state of the nation address at Mansion House in London.

Army deployed as more than 100 homes flooded in Co Cork town

Cork County Council said one month’s worth of rain fell in 24 hours.

Army deployed as more than 100 properties flooded in Co Cork town

Cork County Council said one month’s worth of rain fell in 24 hours.

Tributes paid to British businessman killed by suspected ‘terrorists...

Residents of Hampstead Norreys described how David Barlow and his South-African-born wife Celia will be ‘dreadfully missed’.

Ireland increases funding for Palestinians amid calls for ceasefire

Hundreds of people staged a demonstration outside the Irish parliament on Wednesday.

Cat with two noses deemed ‘one-of-a-kind’ by adoption centre

The black and white moggy, named Nanny McPhee, is ‘a first’ for the adoption centre.

Person in hedge ‘kicking hard in cry for help’, Ashling Murphy murde...

Ms Murphy, 23, was killed while exercising along a canal walkway in Tullamore, Co Offaly, on January 12 2022.

PM to visit Israel as concerns grow over Middle East conflict

The visit will be part of a two-day trip to the wider region.

New gender identity clinic openings further delayed

It was announced in July 2022 that the Gids service at the Tavistock and Portman Trust would be shutting down.

Minister criticised for ‘too hysterical’ remark during LGBT+ hate cr...

Sarah Dines said any form of hate crime is ‘unacceptable’ before insisting the UK is still ‘world-leading’ in its approach.

‘Long nightmare’ for UK-Israeli man as relatives still missing after...

More than 100 people from the Nir Oz kibbutz were killed or taken hostage by Hamas militants.