Mourners broke down in tears as they gathered at a vigil for the five people shot dead by a gunman in Plymouth. Hundreds placed flowers and candles in North Down Crescent Park in the Keyham area of the city on Friday evening to pay their respects to those who were killed by Jake Davison. The
Month: August 2021
The upcoming 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the reimposition of coronavirus restrictions could spark violent attacks by extremists, the US Department of Homeland Security has warned. The agency added that the US is in a “heightened threat environment” that has been fuelled by resentment over measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, and extremists motivated
Banksy has confirmed he was behind pieces of street art which appeared in Suffolk and Norfolk. People flocked to see the art that began appearing a week ago in East Anglia, with many speculating that Banksy was behind them. But the artist remained silent. However, he has now claimed responsibility for them on his Instagram
The “vast bulk” of British citizens in Afghanistan will be brought back to the UK over the “next few days”, Boris Johnson has said. Efforts will also be stepped up to relocate Afghans to the UK who have assisted the military operation over the past 20 years, the prime minister said. The prime minister spoke
Scientists from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, have announced the discovery of a major breakthrough in quantum computing. To date, quantum scientists and computer engineers have only been able to use proof-of-concept models of quantum processors that work with just a few spin qubits, the quantum equivalent of a bit. Now,
The incel movement is a small but growing concern to police in the UK. The “involuntarily celibate” online subculture involves men who express hostility and extreme resentment towards those who are sexually active, particularly women. It is increasingly part of a “squashed down” set of extreme ideologies that also include Satanism and the occult, as
Boris Johnson is to convene an emergency Cobra meeting this afternoon over the worsening situation in Afghanistan. Taliban fighters took control of the Afghan city of Lashkar Gah on Friday, following their capture of Kandahar and Herat, as they continue to make advances across the country. With weeks to go before the US plans to
Some of the world’s biggest oil companies are currently paying negative tax on their fossil fuel extraction and production operations in the North Sea. Official data published by the UK government-backed Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative shows that in the tax year 2019-20, ExxonMobil received £117m in total from HMRC, Shell got £110m, and BP received
CODA first hit the headlines back in January when it won four major prizes at the Sundance Film Festival and was snapped up by Apple TV+ for a reported festival record of $25m (£18m). Now the movie has been released on the streaming service and is likely to be one of their contenders come awards
The defence secretary has told Sky News he is “happy to meet with any Gurkha”, as former soldiers continue to stage a hunger strike opposite Downing Street over their pensions. But in a sign that the government will not meet the demands of the protesters who have been camped on Whitehall for seven days, Ben
A number of musicians and celebrities have joined forces to back calls to end the sexual harassment of women at live music events. Paloma Faith, Beverley Knight and Sophie Ellis-Bextor are among those who have signed an open letter calling for change as venues begin to reopen their doors over the next few weeks. In
A “very young girl” was among those shot dead by a gunman who killed four other people in Plymouth before shooting himself, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said the girl was shot dead by 22-year-old Jake Davison, while two people remain in hospital with “significant injuries”. Speaking at a
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has completed its 11th flight on the planet, capturing dozens of images including one in which its mothership – the Perseverance rover – is almost impossible to spot. The helicopter took photographs of boulders, sand dunes and rocky outcrops across the South Seitah region of the Jezero Crater, the location of
Gatwick Airport has accused the government of failing to take advantage of the UK’s “world-leading” coronavirus vaccination programme while revealing “very low” passenger numbers. The UK’s second-largest airport said it handled just 569,000 people during the first six months of 2021 and made a loss of almost £245m over the period despite operating costs being
Terror group al Qaeda “will probably come back” in Afghanistan as the security situation continues to deteriorate, the defence secretary has told Sky News. Speaking to Kay Burley, Ben Wallace was highly critical of the US decision to withdraw troops from the country. It is almost 20 years since the invasion of Afghanistan was launched
The office of South Korea’s president has revealed that the boss of Samsung Electronics, Lee Jae-yong, has been freed early from jail in the “national interest”. Lee, the company’s vice chairman but de-facto leader, was released on parole on Friday – a year before the end of a 30-month sentence linked to the bribery of
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