BBC Villagers are fighting against the proposed battery storage facilities A rural community in the Borders is warning that Scotland’s renewable energy revolution is coming at a cost. Residents of Leitholm – a village between Coldstream and Greenlaw – claim the heart is being ripped out of their community with the arrival of battery storage…
Israel’s military has said it launched 350 airstrikes across Syria in just 48 hours. The country’s military has claimed that its ordinance has destroyed most of Syria’s “strategic weapons stockpiles”. Video footage has been shared by Israel of it attacking what it says were the al Bayda and Latakia naval ports. 15 Syrian vessels were…
Cardiff Devils kept their Challenge Cup hopes alive with a 4-3 victory at Coventry Blaze. Brandon Alderson scored for the hosts in the only goal of the opening period at the Skydome Arena. Reid Duke got Devils back on level terms before Evan Mosey put them in front going into a dramatic final period. Chase…
Channel 4 Matt and Emma Willis are hosting a new documentary about the impact of smartphones on children’s behaviour TV personalities Matt and Emma Willis said they wanted to be a part of a new documentary because they felt they had “lost their kids” to smartphones. The two-part series is a social experiment tackling the…
Christopher Wray, the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), says he will resign from his post before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month. Wray announced his impending departure at an internal FBI meeting on Wednesday. President-elect Donald Trump has publicly signalled his desire to replace Wray with Kash Patel, a long-time loyalist…
Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family’s hometown. Videos verified by the BBC showed armed men chanting as they walked around the burning mausoleum in Qardaha, in the north-west of the coastal Latakia region. The rebels led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir…
A garland worn by Mahatma Gandhi during the 1930 Salt March failed to sell at a London auction. TOI Correspondent from London: A garland which Gandhi wore on his 1930 Salt March failed to attract any buyers at an auction in London on Wednesday.The garland and a photo of Gandhi being presented with it had…
TOI Correspondent from London: Five Indian students from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been involved in a major car crash in Leicestershire in the UK, leaving one dead and the other four, including the driver, in hospital. The driver has been arrested on suspicion of death by dangerous driving.The accident took place just after 5.45am…
Taliban refugee minister Khalil Haqqani has been killed in a suicide bombing inside the interior ministry in Kabul, the movement’s most high profile casualty since it returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. Six others died in the blast as Haqqani was leaving his office, interior ministry sources said. Khalil Haqqani was a top member…
Reuters Adèle Haenel, 35, quit the French film industry last year Adèle Haenel, a French actor who has accused a filmmaker of sexually assaulting her when she was a child, shouted at him to “shut up” before storming out in the middle of his trial. Christophe Ruggia, 59, was speaking in his defence at the…
