Jalalabad: Afghanistan’s only women-run radio station has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said. Sadai Banowan, which means women’s voice in Dari, started 10 years ago in the country’s north-east. It has eight staff, six of them female. Najia Sorosh head of Sadai Banowan, a women-run […]

David Baddiel slaps down Gary Lineker over Nazi jibe tweet: Comedian and author says he told Match of the Day star he was wrong to compare Suella Braverman’s migrant policy to 1930s Germany He said overusing Nazi references could amount to ‘soft-core Holocaust denial’  Lineker started impartiality row after tweeting policy was ‘immeasurably cruel’  David […]

Key points Cases of mosquito-borne viruses such as Japanese encephalitis are rising. Japanese encephalitis survivor Mick Smith is still recovering after falling ill in January 2022. Authorities are urging holidaymakers to protect themselves against mosquito bites. Mick Smith was enjoying a nine-day camping holiday on the Murray River when a mosquito bite turned his life […]

Manufacturers of electric cars are putting exaggerated vehicle ranges in their publicity – because tests do not reflect real life, a study has revealed EVs including Tesla Model Y and Nissan Leaf have shorter ranges than advertised Which? recommended car buyers to be ‘skeptical’ of manufacturer claims  Manufacturers of electric cars are using exaggerated driving […]

When news broke in 2014 that a Malaysia Airlines 777 had gone missing, no one imagined that, nine years later, we still wouldn’t know what became of flight MH370. It once looked like closure was imminent. Soon after the plane vanished from radar screens, scientists at the UK-based satellite communications company Inmarsat announced they had […]

Entries for Queen Consort Camilla’s Coronation Champions Awards smash all expectations as 5,000 volunteer heroes are nominated – double the expected figure The Coronation Champions Awards is celebrating volunteers across Britian A total of 500 champions will be awarded a special pin and certificate  Entries for the Queen Consort’s Coronation Champions Awards – backed by […]

Police are seen holding shovels as they search Nicola Sturgeon’s garden and erect large forensics-style tent after arresting her husband Peter Murrell in a massive raid linked to missing SNP independence referendum cash Heavy police presence outside their modest Glasgow home and SNP’s Gordon Lamb House HQ in Edinburgh  Arrest comes just a week after Ms […]

EXCLUSIVE ‘Be careful – he gets married, has an affair and moves on’: Jilted wife of Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen’s new lover claims her ex ‘loves fame, fortune and money’ and is ‘charming, ruthless and gets bored easily’ Jan Coates, 72, was the fourth of five wives in the past of Robert Davies, 71  An ex-wife […]

‘Hi, your daughter is now a boy… just letting you know’: A school’s casual phone call to a mother shopping in Waterstones that left her in turmoil – and is a warning to every parent School’s casual phone call to mother shopping in Waterstones left her in turmoil Parents fighting with school over daughter’s identity […]

SEVEN people have been killed after their cars went up in flames when a suspected drunk driver ploughed into them. Police the motorist who caused the horror pile-up on a German motorway did not have a licence. Five 19-year-olds were travelling in a Mercedes on Saturday when a BMW trying to overtake another car drifted […]