Month: September 2024

At least 129 people have been killed during an attempted prison escape in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 

Officials have identified the 'Pinnacle Man' almost five decades after his body was discovered frozen in a cave. 

The UK has experienced its coolest summer since 2015, according to provisional data from the Met Office. 

A massive rise in bag and phone "snatch thefts" has prompted the government to promise a crack down on street crime. 

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to impose a pay-per-mile scheme on British drivers to avoid a "black hole" from lost fuel duty revenue. 

Brian Trueman, the British writer behind cartoons including Danger Mouse and Count Duckula, has died aged 92, his son has said. 

Benjamin Netanyahu stood in front of a giant digital map, that mysteriously erased the West Bank and explained why Israeli forces wouldn't be leaving Gaza anytime soon. 

Day one of a new term at Westminster and Sir Keir Starmer was already facing double trouble from Labour MPs. 

Yvette Cooper has announced a "rapid review of extremism" following the violent disorder in towns and cities throughout the UK earlier this summer. 

A teacher at the centre of a row over a transgender student has been sent to prison for a third time by a Dublin court.