Mexico’s ex-security chief jailed for 38 years in US for taking cartel bribes
Genaro Garcia Luna was convicted by a New York jury in 2023 of taking millions of dollars in bribes to protect the violent ...
Methods used at Waterloo dig could shed light on Culloden battlefield – experts
The excavation at the world-famous site near Inverness, which witnessed the final battle of the Jacobite rising in 1746, is combining traditional archaeological methods with techniques developed ...
Iranian foreign minister discusses regional tensions with Egyptian officials
Abbas Araghchi held talks with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty and Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo on Thursday.
£5m scheme to transform landmark Keighley building
A MAJOR £5 million project is set to transform a landmark town-centre building. The Project Beacon initiative will see the redevelopment of St Andrew's Church, Keighley, and its adjacent hall.
Parliament’s first ‘bionic Lord’ takes his seat on the red benches
Lord Mackinlay of Richborough wore the traditional scarlet robes for the short introduction ceremony in the upper chamber.
Britain’s Got Talent postpones auditions following death of Liam Payne
Britain’s Got Talent has announced it will be postponing auditions for the show following the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne. The ITV programme’s producer, Freemantle UK, did not say ...
Estimated £2 per hour pay gap for disabled employees ‘infuriating’
The latest estimated gap was wider for men than women and for full-time employees compared with part-time workers.
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Work on £10.5m Heckmondwike bus station getting underway
BUILDING work lasting a year is getting underway on Heckmondwike’s new bus station, after delays set the scheme back by several months. Under the original plans set out in 2021, the project would have ...
Record-breaking British mountaineer calls for regulation of novice climbers
A British mountaineer who set the record as the youngest woman to climb all the 14 tallest mountains in the world has said that inexperienced climbers should not be allowed to ascend the highest peaks ...
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Former One Direction star Liam Payne dies aged 31 after balcony fall
Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina. Local police said the 31-year-old fell into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the ...
Russia ‘suspected of planting bomb’ on UK-bound plane that caused warehouse fire
Counter terrorism police are investigating whether Russian spies planted a bomb in a parcel that caught fire at a delivery warehouse after arriving on a plane to Britain. Fire crews and staff tackled ...
Culture Secretary says ‘we want gambling to thrive’ after rumours of ‘tax raid’
Earlier this week, gambling firms saw their shares tumble amid fears the Government is planning to double some taxes on the industry.