A man has described watching “in helpless horror” as his wife was struck by a van at a golf club. Suzanne Cherry, 62, of Aldridge, died in hospital on 15 April, four days after she was involved in a collision at Aston Wood golf course in Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham at 10.25am 11 April. Paying…
Sri Lankan police have launched an investigation into a photo circulated on social media claiming to show a Buddha tooth relic, which has gone on display under tight security. The Criminal Investigation Department was ordered to determine whether the widely shared image was taken during the rare display of the relic, police said. Photography is…
Nigel Farage has defended allowing labelled chlorinated chicken from the US into the UK as part of a trade deal, as a poll suggested his Reform UK party could be on course to take the highest number of seats at a general election. Speaking before the local elections in England on 1 May, Farage said…
Joseph Winter & Aaron Akinyemi BBC News Reuters Joseph Kabila has denied having any links to the M23 rebels The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned the party of former President Joseph Kabila, accusing him of links to the M23 rebel group which has seized large parts of the east of the country this year….
Pope Francis has appeared at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square to wish “Happy Easter” to thousands of worshippers. The Pope, 88, came out in a wheelchair and waved from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to cheering crowds below. His appearance had been eagerly anticipated, following his discharge from hospital last month, after five weeks…
He was a London-born teenager with leukaemia who spread his faith by building websites, later gaining the moniker “God’s influencer”. And now Carlo Acutis, a computer prodigy who died at the age of 15 in 2006, will become the first millennial canonised by the Catholic church next week, in St Peter’s Square. Acutis used the…
Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens celebrate their 70th birthday. But Nasa’s oldest serving astronaut, Don Pettit, became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up a seven-month mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS). A Soyuz capsule carrying the American and two Russian…
South African police have rescued an American pastor who was abducted last week while he was conducting a sermon, as kidnappings have soared over the last decade in the country. Three unidentified suspects were killed during the “high-intensity shootout” on Tuesday in which Joshua Sullivan, a missionary from Tennessee, was rescued, the Hawks, the police…
Missouri State safety Todric McGee died early Saturday from what authorities said was a possible accidental and self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 21. Cris Swaters, spokesperson for the Springfield Police Department, said officers responding to a request for a wellness check found McGee at his home Friday morning. “He was transported to the hospital with…
The government faces further potential legal action over concerns about levels of radon gas at a second prison, after Dartmoor jail was forced to close. Ministry of Justice officials have ordered radon detection equipment to be installed at Lindholme prison near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, where prisoners have reported feeling unwell with symptoms such as…
