Day: January 23, 2024
Pakistani heritage cricketer sent home from England tour after Indian visa issue
January 23, 2024England spinner Shoaib Bashir has been forced to fly home to resolve Indian visa complications – an issue Ben Stokes has described as “frustrating”. Bashir, a 20-year-old British Muslim of Pakistani heritage, was the only member of the touring party to have a significant delay over his application and was forced to stay in Abu […]
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Coastguard launch search after reports of person in water off Welsh town
January 23, 2024The coastguard have launched a search following reports of a person in the water off Porthcawl, in Wales. The alarm was raised at around 5.55pm on Tuesday, the coastguard said in a statement. Coastguard rescue teams have been sent from Porthcawl, Port Talbot, and Llantwit Major. The RNLI launched lifeboats from Mumbles – just before […]
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Terrible things happen when we are polarised, Holocaust survivor says
January 23, 2024Holocaust survivor Joan Salter at her home in north London (Yui Mok/PA) PA Wire A Holocaust survivor has warned about the dangers of “polarisation” in the wake of the Hamas-Israel conflict. Joan Salter, who was just three months old when Belgium was invaded by the Nazis, said “terrible things can happen” once interfaith relations start […]
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Storm Jocelyn hits UK with 71mph gusts and trains suspended in Scotland
January 23, 2024Workers remove a tree that fell on an electricity substation on the Kinnaird estate in Larbert during Storm Isha (Andrew Milligan/PA) PA Wire Storm Jocelyn has hit the UK with 71mph gusts and major disruption to transport services expected. No trains will operate in Scotland after 7pm as the severe weather arrives, while drivers are […]
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Schoolgirl, 14, found dead after alleged bullying by boys, London inquest hears
January 23, 2024A 14-year-old girl who is believed to have killed herself was allegedly made fun of in a group chat by boys at her school, an inquest has heard. Mia Janin, a year 10 pupil at the Jewish free school (JFS) in Kenton, north-west London, was found dead at her family home in Harrow on 12 […]
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British Museum reveals bumper haul of treasures found by the public
January 23, 2024Caroline Nunneley was mudlarking along the shore of the Thames in London – inching on her hands and knees while scanning the mud for archaeological finds – when she suddenly spotted a miniature human skull looking up at her. She picked up the small, exquisitely carved object and showed it to a friend. “We turned […]
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New prehistoric cat species discovered in Spain lived 15 million years ago
January 23, 2024A reconstruction of what researches believed the feline looked like Artwork by J. Gamarra/Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Palaeontologists from The National Museum of Natural Science were able to identify the species from fossilised remains that were found in 2007 at the Príncipe Pío-2 site near Madrid City in Spain. The unearthed remains of the feline species […]
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Morrisons scraps four-day week after staff complain about working weekends
January 23, 2024Morrisons’ pension trustees have reached an agreement with suitor CD&R (Ian West/PA) PA Wire Supermarket Morrisons has scrapped its four-day work week for head-office staff, as staff complained about working on weekends. Four years ago, the supermarket brought in the four-day week, cutting the amount of working hours for head-office workers from 40 to 37.5 […]
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Sadiq Khan says TfL fare dodging ‘too high’ and urges public to report it to staff
January 23, 2024Sadiq Khan has warned that fare dodging on the capital’s public transport is “still too high”, as he urged Londoners to report it to station staff when they see it. TfL’s target is to bring fare evasion down to 1.5 per cent of journeys. The mayor told the Standard: “Since 2016, fare evasion has gone […]
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UK gives Northern Ireland a new deadline to revive its collapsed government as cost of living soars
January 23, 2024Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The U.K. government on Tuesday gave Northern Ireland politicians until Feb. 8 to restore the collapsed regional government in Belfast, after a deadline this month passed without an end to the deadlock. The […]
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