Reuters Migrants often travel on freight trains – known as La Bestia – to make the dangerous journey to the US border Few people know how perilous the migrant journey across Mexico has become in recent months better than a group of women in the eastern state of Veracruz, known as Las Patronas. For the … Read more
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder and attempted murder after 13 people, including 11 children, were stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, police said. Merseyside police said they charged the suspect, who is from the village of Banks, Lancashire, with three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and … Read more
Three lengths into the final of men’s 200m butterfly final, Léon Marchand finally seemed to have finally reached the outer limits of his extraordinary talent. He was racing against the Hungarian world record holder and Olympic champion from Tokyo Kristof Milak, and he was losing. At that, distance swimming races happen slowly, and then all … Read more
The survivors of the nuclear bombs dropped by the US on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are known as “hibakusha”. Atomic People marries interviews with a handful of them – all octogenarians at least, most in their 90s, a few who have marked their centenaries – with contemporary footage of President Harry Truman lauding the Manhattan Project’s … Read more
Getty Images Regular eye tests can detect problems early Treating failing eyesight and high cholesterol are two new ways to lower the risk of dementia developing, a major report suggests. Scientists have now identified 14 health issues which, if reduced or eliminated, could theoretically prevent nearly half of dementias in the world. Middle-aged people and … Read more
West Asia News Agency via Reuters Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed shortly after attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president Israel has inflicted two devastating blows on its enemies. It has not confirmed that it killed the Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, but it is hard to see who else would … Read more
Independent Age Rob Trewhella is “annoyed and angry” to miss out on the payment Plans to scrap winter fuel payments to most pensioners have been met with dismay by some of those who will lose out. About 10 million older people will no longer qualify for the benefit, which is worth between £100 and £300, … Read more
Reuters The BBC knew in November that Huw Edwards had been arrested on suspicion of serious offences, the corporation said. It said the news presenter, who resigned from his job in April, would have been dismissed had he been charged while still employed by the BBC. Its statement came after Edwards pleaded guilty on Wednesday … Read more
Merseyside Police Police officers have been in the area of the unrest, helping with the clean-up Police have been granted more time to question a boy over the deaths of three children in a knife attack at a dance class as officers arrested four men in connection with a night of violent disturbance. The 17-year-old … Read more
PA Media Edwards, who joined the BBC in 1984, was one of the UK’s most high-profile broadcasters Huw Edwards was one of the most familiar and respected faces on British TV, but is now in disgrace after pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. The former BBC News presenter’s admission at … Read more