Category: World

In Scotland, NHS workers are to be awarded an average pay increase of 7.5%. This is despite the Royal College of Nursing, the GMB and other unions rejecting the offer. Nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists and porters are among staff who will see their pay rise.

The notorious killer, whose story was covered in the TV drama The Serpent, had been concurrently serving two sentences, each 20 years, in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, for the 1975 murder of an American woman, Connie Jo Bronzich, and her Canadian backpacker friend, Laurent Carriere.

Cohen (left) spent his entire playing career at Fulham George Cohen, who died on 23 December, aged 83, will forever be immortalised as one of just 11 men to start and win a football World Cup final with England. He was manager Sir Alf Ramsey’s first-choice right-back throughout the triumphant 1966 tournament, played on home […]

Police are on the scene in Paris after a gunman opened fire killing two people and wounding four others. The shooting took place close to a Kurdish cultural centre not far from the Gare de l’Est station. A suspect aged 69 was quickly detained by police in connection with the attack. People have been asked […]

Watch Lionesses: Champions of Europe on BBC iPlayer. A new BBC film reveals the inside story of England’s fairytale success at Euro 2022 – told by the players involved. In July, England made history by winning their first major women’s tournament. The circumstances in which it happened – with a final against Germany at Wembley, […]

This year, Russia’s proxy authority that runs the city and the occupied areas of the surrounding Donetsk region has promised the city’s remaining population alternative entertainment – a revival of a 1960s Soviet cult musical, The Bremen Town Musicians.

After three weeks on the streets, a benefit payment came through, allowing him to pay for a few nights in a local hotel. There, he got advice to contact New Hope, a local homeless charity, who immediately passed him on to the YMCA and he hasn’t looked back since.

The serial killer known as The Serpent has been driven from a jail in Nepal after being freed. Charles Sobhraj, 78, spent 19 years in prison for killing two North Americans in 1975. He left the facility in a blue police car after a court ruled in favour of his age and good behaviour. Read […]

“Both Covid-19 and flu can cause severe illness or even death for those most vulnerable in our communities, and so it is also important to avoid contact with other people if you are unwell in order to stop infections spread over the Christmas and new year period,” Dr Mary Ramsay, UKHSA’s director of public health […]

Sam Curran was named player of the tournament as England won the T20 World Cup England’s Sam Curran has become the most expensive auction buy in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after being bought by Punjab Kings for £1.85m. Six franchises made a bid for the 24-year-old all-rounder before Punjab were eventually […]