A British teenager who has been jailed in Dubai over a holiday romance was cleared of rape – but still faces a year in a hellhole prison because his accuser was two weeks shy of her 18th birthday. Marcus Fakana says he enjoyed a holiday romance with the 17-year-old girl at the Hilton Dubai Palm…
A Brookes/The Modern Antiquarian Thousands of ancient landmarks are on private land and can only be viewed from a distance or with the landowner’s permission Walkers and history-lovers have no easy way to visit more than a quarter of England’s most ancient countryside landmarks because they are on private land with no legal rights of…
Getty Images AI can potentially spot much more from a blood test than currently possible This is the third feature in a six-part series that is looking at how AI is changing medical research and treatments. Ovarian cancer is “rare, underfunded, and deadly”, says Audra Moran, head of the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (Ocra), a…
Getty Images Nearly 14 million drivers are expected to hit the road in the last weekend before Christmas, marking a new record, according to the RAC motoring group. Rail disruption due to engineering works is also expected to add to congestion on the roads. So how can you avoid hotspots – whether travelling by road,…
Former cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt has revealed she threatened to pull out of a general election TV debate if she couldn’t apologise for Rishi Sunak skipping a D-Day event. The then Commons leader – who went on to lose her seat to Labour – told Sky News’ Electoral Dysfunction podcast that Number 10 didn’t want…
Britain’s crumbling roads have become so patchy drivers are encountering six potholes every mile. Cash-strapped councils are being given almost £1.6 billion next year to repair the equivalent of seven million potholes. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urged local authorities to “get on with the job” of fixing pothole-plagued roads. Sir Keir said damaged roads…
Dominique Pelicot, who admitted to drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade and to inviting dozens of strangers to join him, was convicted on Thursday of aggravated rape and other charges and was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison. The court also convicted the 50 other defendants, most of them on…
Away from a grim start to the league campaign, which was compounded by an abject defeat away to 10-man Kilmarnock on Sunday, Hearts had the chance to create European history against a club who were already eliminated from the competition. A victory would have sealed progression to the Conference League knockout stage, but another concerning…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the standard mileage rates for 2025. It’s jumped 3 cents per mile over 2024, now at 70 cents. 2025 IRS Mileage Reimbursement Rates The updated rates for 2024 are as follows: Business Use: The rate has been set at 70 cents per mile, a 3-cent increase from the…
WSET anchor Mark Spain has died, just three weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 64. “Hello sunshines! It is with a heavy heart that I share the passing of my loving husband Mark. Our family along with the city of Lynchburg lost a man of hope, someone who loves his city and…
