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"It's been a rollercoaster," says Debbie Taylor.Her domestic abuse service has been trying in vain to buy the derelict R...
01/05/2026

"It's been a rollercoaster," says Debbie Taylor.

Her domestic abuse service has been trying in vain to buy the derelict Ram's Head pub in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside for nearly three years.



Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clypwyzk71po

A proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has run out of time to become law, almost 17 months after...
24/04/2026

A proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has run out of time to become law, almost 17 months after MPs first voted in favour of it.

The bill stalled in the House of Lords after the House of Commons supported allowing terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to seek medical help to end their life, subject to certain safeguards.

Supporters and opponents had accepted the bill would not complete all the required stages to become law in the current session of Parliament, with no further debate time allocated beyond Friday.

But there is a possibility another attempt is made to introduce the proposals in the next session of Parliament, which will begin on 13 May.



Source: BBC

Sex-criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein housed women who say he abused them in several London flats in the years after UK...
24/04/2026

Sex-criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein housed women who say he abused them in several London flats in the years after UK police decided not to investigate him, the BBC can reveal. We found evidence of four flats, rented in the affluent borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in receipts, emails and bank records contained within the Epstein files. Six of the women housed in them have since come forward as victims of Epstein's abuse.

Many of them - from Russia, eastern Europe and elsewhere - were brought to the UK after the Metropolitan Police decided not to investigate Virginia Giuffre's 2015 allegation that she had been a victim of international trafficking to London.

The Met said it followed "reasonable lines of inquiry" at the time, interviewing Giuffre on multiple occasions following her complaint and co-operating with US investigators.



Source: BBC

Delhi has criticised "inappropriate" remarks about Indians and India shared, external by US President Donald Trump on hi...
24/04/2026

Delhi has criticised "inappropriate" remarks about Indians and India shared, external by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account.

Trump shared a four-page transcript of remarks made by podcaster Michael Savage on America's birthright citizenship where he accused people from India and China of abusing the privilege.

"A baby here becomes an instant citizen, and then they bring the entire family in from China or India or some other hellhole on the planet," the transcript documents Savage as saying.



Source: BBC

US President Donald Trump announced on 16 April that the leaders of Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire...
24/04/2026

US President Donald Trump announced on 16 April that the leaders of Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, which took effect on the same day.

Trump urged Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon which has been exchanging fire with Israel for the past six weeks, to abide by the ceasefire, saying he hoped it "acts nicely and well during this important period of time".

On Thursday, he announced the truce would be extended by three weeks after fresh talks between the countries' envoys in Washington.

Source: BBC

Sovereignty of the Falkland Islands "rests with the UK", Downing Street has said, following a report the US could review...
24/04/2026

Sovereignty of the Falkland Islands "rests with the UK", Downing Street has said, following a report the US could review its position on Britain's claim to the territory.

An internal Pentagon email reported by Reuters suggested the US was considering options to punish Nato allies it believed failed to support its war on Iran.

The options discussed also included seeking Spain's suspension from Nato over its opposition to war.

Asked about the report, a No 10 spokesman said: "The Falkland Islands have hugely voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a UK overseas territory, and we've always stood behind the islanders' right to self-determination and the fact that sovereignty rests with the UK."



Source: BBC

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