The number of accidents involving cyclists, particularly people using electric or fatbikes, has risen some 15% so far this year, according to legal advice group Das. Between January and April, the company dealt with 256 cases of injury involving at least one cyclist, Das said […]
crime newsExclusive: Co-author of analysis for WHO calls on government to control the food industry rather than being subservient to it The sugar tax has been so successful in improving people’s diets that it should be extended to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, health experts say. The […]
newsStarmer: ‘I think you win from the centre ground’ because people don’t like ‘extremes of right or left’ In an interview in the Times, Keir Starmer has said he believes that elections are won from the “centre ground”, because that is where most people in the […]
news PoliticsAuthorities in Germany arrested a Dutch man wanted in connection with pistol-whipping a victim before shooting at them in an incident that took place in the Netherlands last November. The 50-year-old man was arrested at the Dortmund Airport on Sunday, the Federal Police and district […]
crime newsMoldova’s government has collapsed and its pro-EU prime minister has stepped down after 18 months of political and economic turbulence. Europe’s poorest country was struggling with “multiple crises”, outgoing PM Natalia Gavrilita said on Friday. With the war raging in neighbouring Ukraine, Moldova has been […]
crimePrime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged world leaders to send the most advanced weapons to Ukraine now in order to secure its long-term future. Mr Sunak told the Munich Security Conference that allies must give the country “advanced, Nato-standard capabilities”. He said now was the […]
crimeSpaceX has limited Ukraine’s ability to use its satellite internet service for military purposes – after reports that Kyiv has used it to control drones. Early in the war, Ukraine was given thousands of SpaceX Starlink dishes – which connect to satellites and help people […]
crimeWe are ending our coverage now That brings an end to our coverage of a busy day for both Volodymyr Zelensky and Rishi Sunak. Today’s page has been edited by Jasmine Taylor-Coleman, Sam Hancock and Jamie Whitehead. It was written by Aoife Walsh, Thomas Mackintosh, […]
crimeTens of thousands of Russians are being sent to eastern Ukraine as part of an offensive planned after 15 February, according to the Ukrainian governor of Luhansk region. “We are seeing more and more reserves being deployed in our direction,” said Serhiy Haidai, who expected […]
crimeA Ukrainian doctor who sought sanctuary in Grantham after the Russian invasion has spoken of her mercy trips back to her homeland. Kateryna Buchatska, 27, and her mother Elena fled Irpin, arriving in the Lincolnshire town in June last year. However, knowing she had sought-after […]
crimeWith a dusting of fresh winter snow settling around us and the crackle of electricity loud in the wires over our heads, Michael runs his gloved fingers over golf ball-sized holes in the crippled hulk of a huge transformer. “Here, and here, and here,” he […]
Fashion newshe mayor of a war-torn Ukrainian city has thanked the people of Oxford for their support since the Russian invasion. In a video message to Oxford City Council, Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Kharkiv, said his city had “survived and overcome”. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, […]
FashionThe German police arrested nine people in the Netherlands on Monday accused of committing at least 50 ATM bombings in the German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg since November 2021. They stole over 5.2 million euros in these robberies, the German police said in a press […]
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