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Protests at a hotel in Essex housing asylum seekers “is a crisis that risks boiling over”, the local MP has said as pressure builds on the home secretary to close it down. Neil Hudson, the Conservative MP for Epping Forest, has signed a letter along with other local politicians urging Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to…
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New York shooter blamed CTE, a brain disease linked to American football – but what is it? | US News
The man who shot dead four people inside a New York City skyscraper left a note claiming he had CTE, a brain disease that has been linked to American football. It’s believed the gunman, 27-year-old Shane Tamura, was targeting the headquarters of the NFL but took the wrong lift. CTE can only be diagnosed by…
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The Federal Reserve has defied calls from US President Donald Trump for a cut to the interest rate by leaving it unchanged. The decision means it stays in the range of 4.3%, where it has remained after the bank reduced it three times last year. “We’re keeping the rates high, and it’s hurting people from…
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Bob Geldof has accused the Israeli authorities of “lying” about starvation in Gaza – after Israel’s government spokesperson claimed there was “no famine caused by Israel”. Earlier this week, David Mencer claimed that Hamas “starves its own people” while on The News Hour with Mark Austin, denying that Israel was responsible for mass hunger in…
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Mohammed Fahir Amaaz guilty of assaulting two female police officers at Manchester Airport | UK News
A man has been found guilty of assaulting two female police officers at Manchester Airport last year. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz punched PC Lydia Ward in the face, knocking her down and breaking her nose. The 20-year-old was also convicted of assaulting PC Ellie Cook and the earlier assault of a member of the public at…
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Flights have resumed after a technical issue at air traffic control caused widespread disruption. The National Air Traffic Service, or NATS, said the glitch happened at its control centre at Swanwick, Hampshire at 4.05pm before restoring the system 20 minutes later. NATS initially issued a statement saying they were “limiting the number of aircraft flying…
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As earthquakes go, this was a monster. At 8.8 on the magnitude scale, it’s up there with the most powerful ever recorded. It’s also one that some seismologists were anticipating. Wednesday’s quake, in Russia’s Far East, occurred on a fault line running along the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench – a scar on the seabed caused by the…
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The investment giant Apollo Global Management is close to snapping up a stake in Motor Fuel Group (MFG), one of Britain’s biggest petrol forecourt empires, in a deal valuing it about £7bn. Sky News has learnt that Apollo could announce as soon as Thursday that it has agreed to buy a large minority stake in…
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Ozzy Osbourne has taken his final tour of Birmingham – with his family experiencing the love of thousands of fans who turned out to see the heavy metal star come home. “We love you, Ozzy!” came the shouts from the crowd as his cortege stopped at Black Sabbath Bridge in the city, a site that…
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Resident doctors have “squandered the considerable goodwill” they had with the government by going on strike, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has told them. The medics – formerly known as junior doctors – finished a five-day strike over pay on Wednesday morning. The group were awarded a close to 30% raise last year but say they…