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Eight injured, one critically, after doubledecker bus hits bridge in Glasgow
Eight people have been injured, including one who is in a critical condition, after a doubledecker bus hit a railway bridge on the outskirts of Glasgow, police said.
Five people were being treated in hospital and three were assessed and released after the incident on Saturday in Cook Street.
A …
Ben Elton: ‘I fancied Olivia Newton-John. It’s alright to say that about a third cousin, right?’
Of all the things you’ve written, what gets quoted at you the most?
It’d be something from my three series of Blackadder [2-4]. That’s the one that really entered the culture. I think the thing I’m proudest of is how both Young Ones and Blackadder genuinely seeped into …
At least five killed in shootings around French migrant camp
At least five people have been killed in shootings in and around a migrant camp near the northern French city of Dunkirk.
A 22-year-old man claiming to be the gunman handed himself to the nearby Ghyvelde police station at 5pm local time on Saturday.
The alleged perpetrator told police he …
Metro mayors to control rail services under unprecedented England devolution plans
Mayors of big cities and regions across England will be able to take control of rail services for the first time so they can tailor them to their areas’ economic needs, under devolution plans to be announced by ministers on Monday.
A white paper to be unveiled by the deputy …
Leicester pile on points and pain on depleted Sharks
This had all the ingredients for a cracking festive fixture in the Champions Cup. A Sharks team studded with World Cup winners would arrive at the fortress of Welford Road and face Michael Cheika’s resurgent Leicester with a precious pool stage win on the line.
Only one problem. Already severely …
At least five dead as migrant boat capsizes in Greek waters
A mammoth rescue operation was launched in Greece on Saturday to locate dozens of migrants reported missing after their boat capsized en route from Libya to Crete.
Nearly 12 hours after combat Aegean Hawk naval helicopters were first dispatched to the site of the shipwreck, 12.5 nautical miles south-west of …
Two more cases of bird flu in humans reported in California
Advice ignored by ministers could have blocked Prince Andrew ‘spy’
Ministers failed to act on advice to tighten security laws that could have prevented an alleged Chinese spy from targeting Prince Andrew, a former attorney general has said.
Dominic Grieve, a former Tory MP who chaired the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) until 2019, said ministers were advised five years …
Inexperienced social worker did not identify Sara Sharif’s father as posing any risk
An inexperienced social worker tasked by a local authority with assessing Sara Sharif’s parents did not identify her father as posing any risk despite noting safeguarding concerns.
The social worker’s report, described as “very thorough”, was submitted as evidence ahead of a final hearing in 2019 at which a senior …
Prince Andrew may have been a victim of Chairman Mao’s ‘magic weapon’ | Isabel Hilton
The late Chairman Mao, China’s former supreme leader, once called the United Front Work Department (UFWD) one of the three “magic weapons” of the Chinese Communist party (CCP). That the other two were the People’s Liberation Army and the party’s propaganda arm signals how central the UFWD has been to …