A British national has been arrested in Namibia for allegedly sexually molesting minors and taking nude photographs of them. Douglas Robert Brook is also accused of touching the children inappropriately while on a holiday in central Namibia. Police said the suspect targeted young boys and girls from the indigenous San community in the central Otjozondjupa…
British man’s tattoo wrongly linked to Venezuelan gang in US government document A tattoo belonging to a man from Derbyshire has appeared in a US government document used to identify members of a notorious Venezuelan gang – despite the man having no connection to the group. Pete Belton, 44, from Ilkeston says he was shocked…
Rachel Reeves, UK chancellor of the exchequer, outside 11 Downing Street ahead of presenting her budget to parliament in London, UK, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home improvement retailer Kingfisher became the latest British company to report a negative impact from U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves’ October budget —…
The Taliban has told the BBC it will endeavour to release two British nationals who have been arrested and held in Afghanistan “as soon as possible”. Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were arrested on 1 February while returning to their home in the country’s Bamiyan province. An American national and an Afghan…
Francesca Gillett BBC News @HP_SDRF/X The local rescue team said the terrain was “challenging” as they stretchered the man down the mountain A British tourist has died while trekking with a friend in the Himalaya mountains in northern India. The two British men were hiking in “extremely difficult terrain” near the village of Thathri in…
Facebook Andrew and Dawn Searle had moved to France from Scotland about 10 years ago The son of a Scottish woman who was found dead along with her husband in France has said his family are mourning the couple’s loss. Mrs Searle’s son, the actor and singer Callum Kerr, issued a statement on social media…
A notorious conman who spent four years in a British jail has now been sentenced to six years in France for ramming his car into two policemen while trying to avoid questioning. Robert Hendy-Freegard, 53, had moved to a rural area of central France to breed beagles illegally several years ago under a false name….
The euro and British pound hit multi-month lows against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, as the fresh trading year kicked off and investors geared up for the return of Donald Trump to the White House this month. The euro was 0.33% lower against the greenback at $1.032 shortly before 1 p.m. in London, hitting its…
