In October last year, Tetiana Bodak was away from her home in southern Ukraine attending her mother’s funeral. While she was out, armed Russian men in balaclavas arrived and ordered her 17-year-old son Vlad Rudenko to go with them. He at first refused but realised he had little choice. “They had weapons with them. And
Month: June 2023
There are the three things that have come to illuminate the night sky in Nanterre – blue lights, orange flames and the starburst of fireworks. For the first couple of nights, it was the fireworks and flames that seemed to dominate here. The police, already wildly unpopular among many in the district, were outnumbered, pelted
The rapper Travis Scott will not face criminal charges over a deadly crowd crush during his concert, a Texas grand jury has decided. Scott, 32, was performing at the Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas, in 2021, when 10 people were killed in a crowd crush. His lawyer, Kent Schaffer, confirmed that a grand jury
Shorter medical degrees, apprenticeships, and £2.4bn in funding are among the radical plans being put forward to solve NHS England’s severe staffing crisis. The long-awaited NHS workforce plan is due to be published in full on Friday, outlining how the service will address existing vacancies and meet the challenges of a growing and ageing population.
A former sheriff’s deputy accused of failing to protect students during a 2018 mass shooting at a US school has been acquitted by a Florida jury. Gunman Nikolas Cruz killed 17 and wounded another 17 when he opened fire at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on 14 February, 2018. Scot Peterson, the school resource
Madonna is out of hospital and feeling better after being struck down by a “serious bacterial infection,” Sky News understands. The 64-year-old star, who spent several days in intensive care, is now home and recovering. The unexpected illness has forced her to postpone all forthcoming commitments, including The Celebration world tour, which had been due
Virgin Galactic has completed its first commercial flight into space. Galactic 01 carried a crew of six on its roughly 90-minute flight to the edge of space. A rocket was released from a plane at around 50,000ft, its engine then ignited and sent it in a near-vertical climb to around 50 miles above the Earth.
France is set to deploy 40,000 officers on Thursday evening amid fears of a third night of rioting in the capital triggered by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy. Bus and tram services are also set to shut down early so they are not “targets for thugs and vandals”, a Paris region official
An estimated 15.7 million people in the UK experienced postal delays last month, according to new research commissioned by the charity, Citizens Advice. Many of those who experienced delays said they had suffered knock-on impacts, such as missing health appointments, fines or bills. One woman said at least four of her hospital appointment letters were
Scientists have developed a pair of smart gloves that could allow patients who have limb weakness to relearn to play the piano. Those who have had a stroke may often show a reduced ability or be completely unable to move their hands, fingers, or wrists, making it difficult to carry out manual movements. The exoskeleton
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have announced the birth of their fourth child, a baby boy, via surrogacy. The presenter and model said her heart is “officially full,” thanking her surrogate, Alexandra, for the “incredible gift”. Announcing the happy news on social media, she said their baby boy was born on 19 June, and named
The latest clash between the Privileges Committee and some parliamentarians all flows back to one man: Boris Johnson. He may have now quit as an MP, but his disrupting presence lingers on – and it’s the last thing the current PM needs. Rishi Sunak had just waved his adversary off the premises only to find
Environmental teams have been put on stand-by to oxygenate England’s rivers in a bid to protect fish in the event of a heatwave. The Environment Agency (EA) says it has recorded “hundreds of fish kill incidents” already this year – with drops in oxygen levels in rivers and canals blamed. The Angling Trust claims it
UK households withdrew a record amount from their savings last month and were more cautious with credit card spending, according to Bank of England data highlighting the extent of the squeeze on consumers. The smallest net increase in monthly unsecured lending this year, at £1.1bn, was recorded by the bank in May. A figure closer
The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to ease the effects of menopause has been associated with a higher risk of dementia, a new study has found – but the link between the two may not be down to the treatment. The nationwide study from Denmark, published in the British Medical Journal, appears to contradict
The privileges committee’s special report on “sustained interference” into the partygate probe names seven MPs and one peer, accusing them of “improper pressure”. Nadine Dorries is named four times and Mark Jenkinson, Michael Fabricant, Brendan Clarke-Smith, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Andrea Jenkyns, Priti Patel and Zac Goldsmith are all also cited in the report for criticising the
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