BBC News Glen Hansard’s widow, the Finnish poet Maire Saaritsa, thanked her late husband “for the life we shared, searching for truth and beauty side by side”. Fighting back tears, she said they found that truth and beauty in their three-year-old son, Christy. “He cannot be here today, he is too young to witness or […]
BBC News Available for over a year Today, there has been more criticism from victims’ families over plans to release some prisoners early. Under the policy, due to begin in October, thousands of prisoners will be eligible to be released part way through their sentences. Ministers announced last night that prisoners guilty of rape, serious […]
BBC News Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai says he has “cleared” the situation with team-mates Curtis Jones and Kostas Tsimikas after a video emerged last week showing the trio seemingly arguing over the captain’s armband. The incident came after the 1-0 pre-season win against Wrexham at Yankee Stadium in New York. Following the full-time whistle Jones, […]
BBC News The Schengen agreement eliminates border checks and now encompasses more than 450 million people and 29 countries in Europe. Finland and Denmark backed Italy’s move, while Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš urged a temporary suspension of Spain’s Schengen membership. Italy, along with Denmark and 20 other nations, later sent a letter expressing their […]
Retail Procter & Gamble is buying supplement brand Thorne, CEO Shailesh Jejurikar said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” The acquisition, which is set to be announced Tuesday, is a bid for P&G to grow its health and wellness division. The consumer goods giant already owns other health brands, like Vick’s and Oral-B. “We are […]
BBC News A former consultant general and colorectal surgeon, acting as the General Medical Council’s expert witness, said the procedure carried out by Dr Rahman was “not known to man” and his error was “as bad as it gets”. Rahman, who qualified in 1993 from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, did not attend the […]
BBC News Although three new prisons have opened in the past four years – adding approximately 5,000 more places – further expansion to existing prisons has been delayed by a major supplier going into administration, according to the Prison Reform Trust. Pia Sinha of the Prison Reform Trust told BBC Verify: “Successive governments have found […]
Tech New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced on Tuesday that she’s suing Amazon on antitrust grounds, alleging the online retailer abuses its power over third-party delivery contractors to suppress competition and harm workers. Amazon prevents delivery workers from unionizing, restricts contractors in its delivery network from hiring each other’s drivers, and limits competition for […]
BBC News In a 29-page ruling, they said: “We conclude that each of the grounds of appeal raised by each appellant is unarguable. “Neither appeal has a real prospect of success. We also consider that there are no other compelling reasons for either appeal to be heard.” The two senior judges also said that the […]
BBC News Oil prices fell to a three-week low on Tuesday as senior US officials raised hopes of a deal with Iran to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz waterway. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to potentially resume as soon as […]
