Getty Images Local people were pictured searching for survivors in the wreckage of a building that collapsed in Lagos in 2022 A building has collapsed in Nigeria’s megacity, Lagos, once every two weeks on average so far this year. Whereas the commercial cost can be calculated, a figure can never be put on the value … Read more
Most people in the UK now believe they will have to spend their own money on private healthcare for routine services such as dentistry, physiotherapy and counselling because they won’t be able to get them quickly on the NHS, pioneering new research has found. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says its findings, based on extensive focus … Read more
It feels like only yesterday that Joe Root walked out to the middle in Nagpur, met Kevin Pietersen with an upbeat “Eh up, lad, how’s it going?”, and calmly opened his account with a crisply driven three through the covers. England fancied they had a good ’un on their hands, although how good was still … Read more
As the sun dropped to the west of the Eiffel Tower, Jodie Grinham shot into history, becoming what is believed to be the first openly pregnant woman to win a Paralympic medal after winning a shoot-off for bronze against fellow Briton and great friend Phoebe Paterson Pine. It was a thrilling individual compound open match, … Read more
The growing strength of parasport across the globe was brought into sharp focus in a packed Stade de France on Saturday night and, unfortunately, it was British stars who paid the price. Thomas Young, Sophie Hahn and Paralympic legend David Weir were all the subject of chastening defeats in their marquee events as new stars … Read more
This six-episode series fictionalises the story of the notorious French serial rapist who attacked more than 50 women and minors across three decades, in mostly the same location, in largely the same style. It is a sombre and often difficult watch. The knowledge that it took 30 years for the real culprit to be apprehended … Read more
Having written 10 histories of war, I’d become inured to the idea that war is probably inevitable and violence intrinsic to human nature. I no longer believe that. Spending six years writing 260,000 words on the history of the human mind has compelled me to contemplate the possibility of a new path for humankind free … Read more
When Israeli soldiers arrived at the modest house along an alleyway in Nur Shams camp on Wednesday night, they sent the women and four of the children out into the street, but kept hold of Malak Shihab. They took the muzzle off their dog and it went straight up to the slight 10-year-old girl and … Read more
Hyderabad: A panel comprising Justices P. Sam Koshy and N. Tukaramji of the Telangana High Court refused to interfere in a matter involving a 19-year-old girl voluntarily leaving her parents’ home to marry against their wishes. The panel dealt with a habeas corpus petition filed by the mother of the 19-year-old, a B.Tech. student. The … Read more
Even on those rare occasions when it seems they might be at risk of slipping up, Manchester City can always draw strength from the likelihood of Erling Haaland producing the unanswerable ruthlessness that made the difference in this victory over an insubordinate West Ham. Be afraid. After falling below peak sharpness at the end of … Read more