A Ukrainian family has faced tragedy as a dad is shot by Russians on the frontline while his four-year-old son battles cancer. Dmytro Vasyliovvch Kurylyak, 31, is being treated in Odessa after putting his life on the line in the charge against Vladimir Putin’s six-month campaign of terror. Meanwhile, his little boy, Maksym has spent […]

There we have it, another week down, and it finally feels like we can breathe again. The heatwave has cleared and it’ll be that much easier to go to sleep, unless of course your street is flooding, then you shouldn’t get too comfortable. With the country facing outrageous levels of inflation and widespread industrial action, […]

Brussels: Russian energy giant Gazprom will stop delivering natural gas to Europe through its main pipeline for three days, further squeezing energy supplies just as Germany is trying to build up stocks for the winter. Russian producer said it won’t ship any gas to Germany via the Nord Stream pipeline from August 31 through September […]

Whitehall will run troubled Liverpool City Council following a series of damning reports and scandals after an inspection warned of ‘dysfunctional culture’ and called for ‘urgent reform’ Government will take over all financial, governance and recruitment powers Comes after inspectors uncovered bullying and avoidance of rules in the council Up to £100 million of public […]

Back to the panic stations: NHS chiefs prepare Covid-style campaign urging people to avoid A&E in bid to keep ‘non-emergency’ cases away from hospitals ahead of winter – even after similar ‘Stay at Home’ measures fuelled enormous backlog NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said in a letter that winter planning had begun earlier than usual […]

Ministers to investigate whether the RAF broke the law by prioritising women and ethnic minorities for positions over white men amid claims recruitment chiefs ‘artificially inflated’ diversity numbers to hit targets Armed forces minister James Heappey backed plans to boost diversity quotas Email surfaced saying only women and ethnic minorities could be recruited Anyone found […]

‘I’m lucky to be alive’: BBC cameraman, 52, ‘took a few blows to the brain and chest’ in Ukraine car crash with Clive Myrie Nick Sturdee named as cameraman in Ukraine car crash with Clive Myrie The warzone journalist spent three weeks unconscious in intensive care in June A tyre exploded, causing the car to […]

(Warning: This story contains graphic details of alleged sexual misconduct.) The only woman not to settle her civil sexual misconduct lawsuit against Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson explained her decision in an op-ed for The Daily Beast on Friday. Lauren Baxley, a former Houston-area massage therapist, wrote that she has rejected all offers from Watson’s […]

Key points Eight to 10 locally acquired cases of monkeypox have been recorded in Melbourne. Since May, there have been about 89 monkeypox cases nationwide, including 40 in Victoria, 39 in New South Wales, three in Queensland, three in Western Australia, two in the ACT and two in South Australia. A few of those infections […]

Will the cost of living crisis put Starmer in No10? Labour storms ahead of the Tories with 13-point poll lead – their biggest in nearly 10 years – as public ‘turns against the Conservatives’ amid biggest squeeze on households in 60 years YouGov has revealed that the Labour party has backing of 43 per cent […]