According to police investigating the assassination attempt on Japan's ex-prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the suspect had a grudge against "specific organizations". Tetsuya Yamagami (41), was the alleged gunman who believed Abe to be part of the group. He...

Elon Musk has ended his bid for Twitter at $44bn (PS36bn), alleging multiple violations of the merger agreement. This announcement ends a long-running story about the decision of the world's wealthiest person to buy Twitter in April. Musk claimed he...

20 police reports have been received about a County Donegal scam involving a holiday home. A fraudulent Facebook Marketplace advertisement convinces people to pay a deposit in order to book a vacation home that they don't own. Police believe that more...

Westminster Council admitted that it is unlikely it can recover PS7.9m from missed business rates from 30 sweet shops with US themes on London's Oxford Street. In the last six months, more than PS474,000 worth of illegal and counterfeit goods were seized...

Boris Johnson has pledged not to make big policy decisions that would tie up the hands of the Conservative Party's chosen replacement as prime minister. Downing Street stated that the government will only focus on implementing policies that have been...

The BBC announced that Shane Richie will be returning to EastEnders this autumn as Alfie Moon, 20 years after his first appearance in the role. With his cheeky personality and willingness to get into trouble, the character captured the hearts of viewers....

Russia has vetoed UN Security Council Resolution reauthorizing cross-border delivery of vital aid to opposition-held northwestern Syria. More than three million people are at risk of starvation due to the closure of Turkey's last route. Anna Foster,...

Arizona's law prohibits people from filming police officers within short distances. Those who do not comply could face fines or even jail. Critics refer to the law as a threat to freedom of speech and the right for a free press. Bystanders often film...

Mae Bwrdd Iechyd Cwm Taf Morgannwg wedi cael dirwy o PS850,000 ar ol i glaf oedrannus syrthio ar ol mynd i grwydro yn Ysbyty Maesteg a marw o'i hanafiadau. Fe gafodd y bwrdd ei ddirwyo hefyd am fethu a chyflwyno gwelliannau a gafodd eu hargymell gan...

After claiming that he didn't have any money, the leader of a poaching gang was ordered to pay more then PS61,000. He has now paid just PS1 back. Emlyn Rees of Cenarth in Ceredigion admitted to illegal fishing and was sentenced by Swansea Crown Court....

Scottish artists are at the top of the singles and album charts. DJ duo LF System have a number-one single with Afraid to Feel. Paolo Nutini's latest album Last Night In The Bittersweet is at the top of the album charts. This is the first time that a...

Mary Lou McDonald, president of Sinn Fein, has stated that her party will present a motion to no confidence in the Irish government on Monday. After Joe McHugh's resignation as Fine Gael whip, the coalition government has lost its majority in the Dail...

After participating in a riot following a Kill the Bill demonstration, a 24-year-old woman was sentenced to three years imprisonment. Judge Julian Lambert stated that Charly Pitman encouraged others in violence against police following a march through Bristol....

Right now in Sri Lanka, you are losing before you wake up. Power outages that last into the night cause heat exhaustion and can disrupt sleep. Whole families are left feeling exhausted from months of living with power cuts. It is a long day. There are errands...

The US will investigate the circumstances in which two ex-FBI heads, both Trump critics, were subject to intensive tax audits. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to the Department of the Treasury, requested that James Comey's and Andrew McCabe's...

A federal border control agency found that the US border agents riding on horses who assaulted Haitian migrants last year used "unnecessary force". The incident saw riders threaten migrants and force them into the Rio Grande River in Texas. It sparked comparisons...

After a hacker offered to steal data from one billion Chinese citizens, President Xi Jinping urged the public to "defend information safety." An advert posted on a criminal forum was later removed. The user claimed that the data had been stolen from Shanghai...

After a patient fell on the hospital grounds and suffered fatal injuries, a health board was fined PS850,000. The victim had wandered from an unlocked ward. Lyn Thomas, age 74, passed away in November 2019, while Lyn was at Maesteg Hospital recovering from...

Lawyers representing a retired farmer who was accused of murdering his wife in 1981 say that he would be "mad" to conceal her body in a septic system at their house. David Venables (89), from Worcestershire, has denied the murder of Brenda Venables. He did...

Boris Johnson appointed several new ministers in his cabinet to replace the resignations of those who resigned this week, prompting him to announce that he will resign as prime minister. After Mr Johnson's successor has been appointed, a fuller reshuffle...

After another rise in people testing positive, it is believed that Scotland still has the highest Covid rate in Britain. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), one in seventeen people in Scotland was tested positive for the virus in the week...

Over the past 10 days, India's foremost fact-checker and journalist Mohammed Zubair has been shuffled between courts and prisons. He was taken by police to various courtrooms in Delhi, and later, when new charges were brought against him, he was taken...

As he signed an order protecting abortion access, President Joe Biden stated that a federal law was the best way to restore abortion rights. He described the recent Supreme Court abortion decision, which ended the nationwide right, as "an exercise of raw...

After drinking, a man pleaded guilty to the death of a 19-year old woman by negligent driving. Marcus Pasley (26 years old), hails from Llantysilio in Denbighshire. He was driving near Chainbridge Hotel in Berwyn, Llangollen on 5 July 2013. Later, Abby Hill,...