All news for 2024-07-28

28 Jul 2024 830

Prince Philip’s cousin Prince Michael of Greece dies age 85

Prince Michael of Greece has died aged 85 in a hospital in Athens, it has been announced. The royal, who was Prince Philip’s first cousin, was a renowned writer and historian under the name Michel De Gres

Politics

28 Jul 2024 917

Labour accuses Tories of ’cover up’ regarding public services

Labour have accused the Conservatives of "covering up" the scale of problems in the public sector, creating a multi-billion pound gap in department budgets.

News

28 Jul 2024 696

Irish author Edna O’Brien dies at age 93

After early novels that won international acclaim but were banned at home, the Irish author had a prolific career lasting more than half a century

28 Jul 2024 698

Inside the world’s largest cruise ship, which is five times bigger than the Titanic

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Sport

28 Jul 2024 838

Olympics organizers apologize after another ’disrespectful’ mistake angers fans

Paris organisers have been forced to make another apology after partly ruining South Sudan’s Olympic debut in men’s basketball.

News

28 Jul 2024 796

British tourist, 22, stabbed in stomach at Tenerife holiday resort

A British man has been rushed to hospital with stab wounds in Tenerife today.

News

28 Jul 2024 789

King Charles ’may never see’ grandchildren as Prince Harry deems UK ’too unsafe’

In February Prince Harry lost his High Court challenge to the ruling that there was nothing unlawful in the decision to downgrade his taxpayer-funded police protection as a non-working royal

Investigation

28 Jul 2024 978

All hands on deck: How Ukraine’s labor market is managing with a shortage of men

At a Jul. 22 meeting with IMF representatives, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economy Tetyana Berezhna estimated that the country is 4.5 million people short of the population needed for economic recovery.

News

28 Jul 2024 732

Hate cleric ’raises £3m’ to buy a Scottish island and plans to transform it into an ’Islamic homeland’ with military-style training camps

The firebrand wants to create his own community on the island to prepare for the coming of the messiah - but has been accused of stoking sectarian tensions

News

28 Jul 2024 678

British man found dead near Portugal holiday home as police spotted with sniffer dogs

The unnamed 28-year-old Brit was reported missing form his holiday home in Saboia near the town of Odemira in Portugal’s Alentejo region, before the grim discovery was made

World

28 Jul 2024 799

One dead and dozens rescued in latest attempt to cross Channel

French authorities say they received call for help from overcrowded dinghy in early hours of Sunday

News

28 Jul 2024 847

Plane crash horror as aircraft ploughs into field killing two men in their 20s

Two men in their 20s, who are believed to be a pilot and passenger, have died after a two-seater light aeroplane crashed in a field in Thorganby, near Selby, on Sunday morning

Crime

28 Jul 2024 728

Lucy Letby’s chilling fate in jail includes facing ’prison napalm,’ attempts on her life, and bleak funeral plans

Until the day Lucy Letby dies, she will ’look over her shoulder’ in jail and be the target of violent inmates who deem her the ’lowest of low’, a former prison officer says

News

28 Jul 2024 1182

A 69-year-old widower was left homeless after being conned out of £85,000 in a cruel romance scam

Rodrick Lodge thought he’d met the woman of his dreams but he ended up losing his £85,000 life savings and has been left homeless after falling victim to a romance scam

News

28 Jul 2024 900

‘Cliff edge’ deadline for UK digital visas still leaves 4m at risk of losing rights

Home Office urged to extend year-end date for expiry of biometric residence permits after postponing eVisas rollout

Sport

28 Jul 2024 821

Convicted rapist Steven van de Velde booed by fans during his first appearance at the Olympics

Steven van de Velde was booed by spectators in his first appearance at the Paris Olympic Games.

News

28 Jul 2024 800

New video from Manchester Airport captures moments leading up to man allegedly ’kicked in head by police’

A second video has emerged from Manchester Airport showing violent scenes moments before a police officer was filmed allegedly kicking a passenger in the head.

Politics