Family Handout Paramedics initially misdiagnosed the mother-of-three’s condition Paramedics who attended Dawn Sturgess’ partner after he fell ill, feared he was suffering from nerve agent poisoning, but were overruled by police, an inquiry heard. Ms Sturgess, 44, was inadvertently exposed to the deadly nerve agent Novichok in Amesbury in June 2018. Paramedics told the inquiry…
Inverness Caledonian Thistle could yet be saved from administration despite the Scottish League 1 club previously saying the time for interested buyers to make an offer had “come and gone”. Discussions have been taking place between the club’s board, including interim chairman Scott Young, and businessman David Anderson. The finance and IT entrepreneur from Cullen…
Dywedodd Alun Ffred Jones, cyn-Arweinydd Cyngor Gwynedd, a chyn-Aelod Cynulliad (fel yr oedd yn cael ei adnabod ar y pryd) Arfon: “Dwi’n credu bod o [Mr Siencyn] wedi gwneud y peth doeth dan yr amgylchiadau. “’Da chi ddim eisiau bod yn arweinydd grŵp sydd wedi ei rannu ac yn yr amgylchiadau dwi’n credu bod o…
PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP Protests against the high cost of living began at the start of September After more than six weeks of protests over the high cost of living on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, the local prefecture has signed a deal to cut soaring food prices. Jean-Christophe Bouvier, France’s prefect in Martinique, said the…
Donald Trump has described the US Capitol riot of 6 January 2021 as a “day of love” during a campaign event just weeks before the presidential election. The former president claimed the thousands who travelled to Washington DC that day did so because “they thought the election was a rigged election”. On 6 January, a…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU could “draw lessons” from a contested Italian policy of processing migrants offshore in Albania, as leaders of the 27 member states hold an EU summit focusing on migration. Ahead of the Brussels summit, she wrote to EU leaders to say the EU’s executive would…
A Bangladeshi court has ordered an arrest warrant for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August after she was ousted by mass protests. Hasina is wanted by Bangladesh’s International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) for her alleged involvements in “crimes against humanity” that took place during the demonstrations, in which hundreds were killed….
Kenya’s Senate is set to vote on whether to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office at the end of the second day of his impeachment trial. The deputy president is on Thursday defending himself before the lawmakers in the upper house of parliament, two-thirds of whom are required to oust him. He faces 11…
A 29-year-old Rhodes scholar and entrepreneur from New Zealand gained a reputation for helping students as young as 11 to get admission to their dream colleges, including prestigious Ivy League schools like Harvard. Jamie Beaton founded Crimson Education, an education mentoring program, at the age of 17 and charges between $30,000 and $200,000 for a…
Bahrain’s national football team says it will not play a World Cup qualifying fixture in Indonesia, to “protect the safety” of the team. The Gulf nation’s players were subjected to online death threats from Indonesian fans following a controversial 2-2 draw between both countries’ teams last week, according to the Bahrain Football Association (BFA). The…
