As acts of vengeance go, which is what Hezbollah says its strikes on northern Israel in the early hours of Monday morning were, this was not especially dramatic. Six rockets, only one of which the Israelis deemed worth intercepting, the rest falling on open land. Follow live updates on the war Israel seized its chance, […]
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A nine-year-old boy suffered “fatal physical harm” after he was operated on by a suspended surgeon at Addenbrooke’s hospital. Jack Moate died two months after Kuldeep Stohr performed surgery on him in 2015. Jack suffered “significant blood loss” during the operation and was left in continuous pain. His mother, Elizabeth Moate said: “They sent my
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Nothing puts the so-called “special relationship” between the UK and the United States under strain like the Americans going to war. At Prime Minister’s Questions, after Donald Trump’s “no Churchill” jibe, Sir Keir Starmer insisted the relationship was still alive and well. He was challenged by a Conservative MP, Gareth Bacon, on whether his “dithering”
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A company has admitted it supplied water that was unfit for human consumption after a parasitic outbreak in Devon. During a hearing at Exeter Magistrates’ Court, South West Water Ltd pleaded guilty to an offence under s70(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991 to supplying water unfit for human consumption. Some people were treated in
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Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) has lost its latest bid to stop housing asylum seekers at the Bell Hotel in Epping. The council wanted to appeal a High Court ruling in November that asylum seekers can continue to be housed at the Essex hotel. But on Friday, two Court of Appeal judges said the appeal
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Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane repeatedly hit a police officer in the face less than two years before his deadly knife attacks, an inquiry has heard. He had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was being detained by medics when he punched, headbutted and swung handcuffs at Nottinghamshire Police Constable Barnaby Pritchard, causing swelling to
The 7am wake-up call on Stanley Road in Liverpool came courtesy of the screech of a police angle-grinder and a shower of sparks. As officers cut their way through a heavy metal gate, sleepy faces peered from behind curtains in neighbouring houses. When the gate finally gave way, dozens of officers swarmed through and began
Donald Trump’s offer of US-backed insurance and naval escorts for shipping travelling through the Strait of Hormuz has not prevented maritime premiums soaring as underwriters scramble to reassess the risks to oil, gas and cargo vessels. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed to shipping following the US attack on Iran, on Tuesday the president
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Harry Maguire has been handed a 15-month suspended sentence by a Greek court over an incident on the island of Mykonos in August 2020. The Manchester United centre-back faced allegations of non-serious assault, resisting arrest and attempted bribery. He was convicted on all three counts. Maguire has always denied any wrongdoing and Sky Sports News
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A major VPN service is becoming one of the first to block websites known for hosting child sexual abuse material (CSAM). ExpressVPN is partnering with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the UK’s CSAM watchdog, to tackle the “universally despised and despicable” content, according to Dr Peter Membrey, chief engineering officer at the VPN provider. Using
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