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David Darke sustained fatal injuries in incident outside the Crown Inn in Appleby Magna, police say The relatives of a 66-year-old man who died days after being punched outside a village pub have paid tribute to the “devoted family man”. David Darke, who died in hospital on Saturday, was injured outside the Crown Inn in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, on 21 December. Continue reading...

House armed services committee’s Mike Turner denied that military strikes showed new Trump approach to US forces US warns of more Nigeria strikes as Abuja talks of ‘joint ongoing operations’ A senior Republican on the US House armed services committee has said that the country’s recent military strikes in Nigeria and Syria are consistent with American foreign policy to combat Islamic extremism th…

Cody Adams, 33, charged with manslaughter after neighbor blocks away was killed as he was firing at a drink can A man in Oklahoma is facing a manslaughter charge after he allegedly shot a woman several blocks from his home while firing a gun he got himself for Christmas at an energy drink can in his back yard. As told in court documents reviewed by NBC News , the death of Sandra Phelps at the han…

Dissident released by Egypt was welcomed back to UK by Keir Starmer but offensive social media posts have since surfaced Successive UK governments are facing questions over their decision to campaign for the release and return of British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after past violent and offensive social media posts came to light. The dissident’s historical remarks – in which h…

Model turned actor never lost the poise from her dancing days – but she also made gingham and leopard print her own French screen legend dies aged 91 Brigitte Bardot: a life in pictures Obituary: star who shot to fame in the 1950s And God Created Woman, the title of the 1956 film that made Brigitte Bardot a global star, is the phrase that captures the magic of her. Bardot had an allure that was d…

UKHSA warns vulnerable and elderly people may be at risk with temperatures to drop severely overnight Amber cold health alerts have been issued for northern England, with low temperatures predicted to cause a “rise in deaths” among vulnerable and elderly people. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued two amber warnings for north-east and north-west England, which will be in place betwee…

Latest suit claims the billionaire film-maker subjected actor Mario Rodriguez to repeated unwanted sexual advances Tyler Perry has been hit with a $77m sexual assault lawsuit by a man claiming the US entertainment mogul used his Hollywood power to make sexual advances after he dangled a part in the 2016 comedy Boo! A Madea Halloween . The lawsuit claims Perry subjected Mario Rodriguez to repeated…

Authorities say they arrested a man, 23, for kidnapping teen in a Houston suburb as she walked her dog on Christmas A Texas father used the parental controls on his teenage daughter’s cell phone to find and help rescue her after she was kidnapped at knifepoint while walking her dog on Christmas, authorities allege. The 15-year-old girl at the center of a case, which quickly gained national attent…

Turnout appears low for vote in which most candidates seen as allies of junta and large areas excluded by war Polls have closed in conflict-racked Myanmar, ending the first phase of an election that has been widely condemned as a sham designed to legitimise the military junta’s rule. The military has touted the vote as a return to democracy almost five years after it seized power in a coup, ousti…

Carroll charged with breaching non-molestation order Former England striker due in court on Tuesday The former England striker Andy Carroll has been charged with breaching a non-molestation order and is set to appear in court on Tuesday. Carroll, who was capped nine times by England and played for Newcastle and Liverpool, was arrested in April after allegedly committing an offence the previous mo…

The chipmaker’s sprawling partnerships are driving extraordinary growth but also bank its future on the AI boom paying off quickly Nvidia is, in crucial ways, nothing like Enron – the Houston energy giant that imploded through multibillion-dollar accounting fraud in 2001. Nor is it similar to companies such as Lucent or Worldcom that folded during the dotcom bubble. But the fact that it needs to …

Key topics include security guarantees from Europe and the US, with Putin yet to signal interest in latest negotiations Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are to meet on Sunday to discuss a plan to end the war in Ukraine, amid continuing Russian attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, and scepticism that Moscow is willing to drop any of its maximalis…

Crisis intervention training helps police recognize substance use disorders and connect people with treatment Overdoses have been declining nationally since the fall of 2023, and public health experts have been unable to agree as to why. The decline has been uneven across states, and West Virginia, long known as the epicenter of the opioid crisis, is also among the states that have most reduced o…

Bardot became a celebrated sex symbol in 1950s and 60s, but later embraced animal rights activism and an increasingly controversial political stance Brigitte Bardot, the French actor and singer who became an international sex symbol before turning her back on the film industry to become an animal rights activist, has died aged 91. Bardot shot to international fame with the 1956 film And God Creat…

Ukrainian president will meet US president at his Mar-a-Lago home later today for their first in person meeting since October Ukraine’s National Police has accused Russian forces of launching attacks (guided aircraft and drones) on settlements in Kharkiv , Bogodukhov , Chuguiv and Kupiansk districts over the past day. The police said three civilians in the Kharkiv region were injured and said the…