A man has been telling how his small inflatable boat was attacked by a skate while he was fishing off the coast of Shetland. RNLI technician Paul Hutchison was out at sea at Muckle Roe when the large fish began to ram his boat. The creature punctured the vessel in several places, even leaving behind…
Getty Natasha Harding retired from football last year and is one of Wales’ most-capped players Up to 70 parents and businesses have now made allegations that they have lost money to former international footballer Natasha Harding. It is understood the total figure lost could be almost £70,000. The former Reading captain, who is one of…
Squire Patton Boggs Simone White’s parents described their daughter as a “soul who gave so much” The parents of British lawyer Simone White, who died in a suspected poisoning in Laos, have said they are “devastated” by the “terrible tragedy”. Ms White, from Orpington, south-east London, died in hospital after drinking alcohol suspected to have…
An international crime ring may be behind burglaries targeting the homes of professional athletes across the US, although experts caution that local groups could also be responsible. In recent weeks, several NFL players and an NBA player have been robbed while traveling for games, including Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce and his teammate Patrick…
Conor McGregor has arrived at court with his parents and his partner Dee Devlin, as the jury continues to deliberate its verdict in a rape hearing at Dublin’s High Court. Mr McGregor is facing an accusation in the civil action that he ‘brutally raped and battered’ Nikita Hand at a hotel in south Dublin in…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces arrest if he travels to the UK, after an international arrest warrant was issued for him, Downing Street has indicated. A No 10 spokesman refused to comment on the specific case but said the government would fulfil its “legal obligations”. On Thursday the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an…
Getty Images Media reports say the Oreshnik could be a scaled-down version of the Yars-M ICBM On Thursday, the Ukrainian city of Dnipro was hit by a Russian air strike which eyewitnesses described as unusual, triggering explosions that went on for three hours. The attack included a strike by a missile so powerful that in…
LONDON: The British government indicated on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be arrested on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant if he travelled to the UK.The ICC on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and ex-defence minister Yoav Gallant in response to accusations of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel’s…
Nigerian officials say they will seek the extradition of a controversial leader of a banned secessionist movement in Nigeria following his arrest in Finland on terrorism charges. Simon Ekpa, a Finnish citizen of Nigerian origin, says he leads a faction in exile of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) – a group that is fighting…
Social media/handout Holly Bowles, left, was confirmed to have died on Friday, a day after British lawyer Simone White and Australian Bianca Jones A second Australian teenager has died of suspected methanol poisoning, bringing to six the number of foreign tourists who have died after apparently drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. The family of Holly…
