A British teenager has handed himself in to the authorities in Dubai to begin a one-year prison sentence for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, a campaign group has said. Marcus Fakana, 18, was on holiday with his family in the United Arab Emirates when he met the girl, who is also from…
More than 400 pubs in England and Wales shut their doors for good this year against a backdrop of rising costs and cautious spending among consumers. The number of pubs has fallen below 39,000 for the first time, as 412 pubs were demolished or converted for other uses in the year to December, according to…
Millions of households could save more than $300 on their yearly energy bills on average just by swapping to better deals on the market, the consumer watchdog has found. Falling electricity prices over the 12 months to August saw nearly 5m households and businesses on flat rate plans receiving a 4% cut on average, according…
One day after the fatal airline disaster in South Korea, the answer as to what went wrong with Jeju Air 2216 remains elusive. Even as experts remain puzzled by what caused the crash that killed 179 people, experts say that a bird striking the engine is unlikely to be the sole factor. The air traffic…
More than 6,000 eggs have been seized in the biggest haul of its kind in UK history, after police carried out raids in Scotland, South Yorkshire, Essex, Wales and Gloucester. Thousands of eggs were found secreted in attics, offices and drawers. The UK raids took place in November as part of Operation Pulka, an international…
South Korean law enforcement officials have requested a court warrant to arrest impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree amounted to rebellion. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which is leading a joint investigation with police and military authorities into the power grab that lasted only a…
A 21-year-old man has died while swimming in a river on Canberra’s southern edge, bringing the number of drowning deaths around Australia in December alone to 32. The man was swimming in the Murrumbidgee river at Pine Island reserve, near Tuggeranong, with family and friends on Sunday afternoon but failed to resurface. Emergency services responded…
Some of the UK’s largest police forces have reported increases in religious hate crimes in the past 18 months, figures reveal, with the number of incidents rising after the start of the Hamas-Israel conflict in autumn 2023 and again after the Southport attacks in England this summer. Forces including Greater Manchester, West Midlands and the…
Parts of the British government and disgruntled members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary were responsible for a series of major leaks during and after the establishment of the 1998 Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland, according to claims in newly released Irish government archives. An Irish department of foreign Affairs official focusing on justice and…
Disruption caused by dense fog was expected to continue at Gatwick airport until the end of Sunday – its busiest day of the holiday period. Nats, the UK’s main air traffic control provider, said temporary air restrictions were in place for the remainder of the day because of low visibility in airfields affected by fog….
