All news for 2026-05-15

Coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko has reportedly been attempting to reshape the public narrative around his business activities by downplaying ties to Russian oligarch Konstantin Strukov.

A child living in an illegal care home is being used by an organised crime gang. He may be moving drugs around the country, transporting weapons or laundering money through his bank account.

İn early 2026, Geneva-based trader Alvari SA emerged as one of the most controversial intermediaries in the movement of Russian oil products into North Africa.

Gogglebox star Ken Harwood has died after a short illness at the age of 77. In a statement from show bosses, they confirmed Ken had passed away last week and said they would pay tribute to him on tonight’s show.

Leaders of some of the UK’s largest companies have expressed alarm at the chaos engulfing Westminster.

Fury has erupted after it was revealed that 48 staff at a Liverpool hospital trust inappropriately accessed the records of Southport stabbing victims.

Russian oligarch Dmitriy Punin, who was placed under sanctions and is the owner of Pin-Up, and who is reportedly hiding in Cyprus from law enforcement authorities, is attempting to challenge the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the NSDC.

Revolut chief executive Nik Storonsky and quant house luminary Alex Gerko both appeared in the top 10 of The Sunday Times Rich List for the first time, in a year when its author highlighted the extent of Britain’s wealth exodus.

Superstar David Beckham has become Britain’s first billionaire sportsman - after a doubling of his mega-wealth in the past year.

The farmers watch their sheep grazing in the rolling fields of north-west Turkey. It’s a quiet existence here in Beylikova, where livestock and shepherds outnumber cars.

The Sunday Times Rich List has revealed the wealthiest individuals and families in the UK, and their net worth.

New Zealand’s 29-year-old Maori Queen, Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, had a “heartfelt” discussion with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Thursday during an official visit to the UK.

Former Prince Andrew’s death could trigger an unprecedented breach in royal secrecy by exposing the true scale of the disgraced duke’s private wealth.

Russian oligarch Dmitriy Punin, who was placed under sanctions and is the owner of Pin-Up, and who is reportedly hiding in Cyprus from law enforcement authorities, is attempting to challenge the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the NSDC.

German prosecutors have charged a pediatrician with 130 counts of sexual abuse, including the rape of children, most of them in his care, in a case that has caused shock and prompted clinics to increase safeguards.

Valie Export, the Austrian performance artist and filmmaker who inverted the male gaze in ways that were provocative, shocking, and often outrageously fun, has died aged 85.

Five tourists have died 160ft underwater during a diving trip in the Maldives – as the victims including a mum and daughter are pictured.

Spanish police have arrested a British fugitive on the same day that he was named in a list of 12 "most wanted" men believed to be hiding in Spain.

A former Russian deputy minister who fled the country in April has been charged with large-scale fraud, becoming the latest target in a widening dragnet aimed at senior officials and state-linked executives in Moscow.

A sprawling Balkan media empire known for its independent journalism is being quietly prepared for sale to an investment fund with deep ties to the political orbit of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

One of the cases has been confirmed as meningitis B, which was the same strain behind a cluster of fatal cases in Kent earlier this year.

People in Wales are self-isolating due to links with the ongoing hantavirus outbreak, it has been confirmed.

Croatian police are hunting for an alleged people smuggler who is believed to have dumped the bodies of four migrants and abandoned dozens of others near the Slovenian border earlier this month.