All news by author Emma Davis

02 Jan 2025 747

Elon Musk rents $2,000-a-night Mar-a-Lago cottage to spend time with Donald Trump

’First Buddy’ Elon Musk has hunkered down at Donald Trump’s exclusive Mar-a-Lago club as the president elect forms the agenda for his second term.

World

02 Jan 2025 781

Brussels descends into chaos on New Year’s Eve

Revelers set scores of cars alight and pelted emergency services with Molotov cocktails in Brussels late Tuesday as the city faced a wave of disorder on New Year’s Eve.

02 Jan 2025 782

1,500 drug-dependent infants born in Scotland since 2017

Lib Dems warn first minister that party could withdraw support if government does not boost funding for issue.

02 Jan 2025 695

Stormzy receives 9-month driving ban following illegal incident in luxury car

Stormzy has been banned from driving for nine months at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court after using a phone behind the wheel of a Rolls Royce.

World

02 Jan 2025 850

Mass shooting occurred outside a nightclub in Queens, New York, on New Year’s Day

A nightclub shooting in Queens, New York, has left at least 10 people injured, according to police.

Crime

01 Jan 2025 800

OneCoin money launderer William Morro sentenced to one year probation and $2,000 fine

OneCoin money launderer William Morro has been sentenced to one year probation.

News

01 Jan 2025 868

Floods lead to major incident being declared in Manchester

Police say they are supporting clean-up operations which taking place following floods across Greater Manchester in Bolton, Didsbury, Harpurhey, Stalybridge, Stockport and Wigan - along with the Environment Agency, National Highways and the fire service.

World

01 Jan 2025 554

Former Estonian president Arnold Rüütel dies at 96

He was the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president after the restoration of independence.

News

01 Jan 2025 867

New Year’s Eve celebrations in Birmingham ruined by fake fireworks news

Thousands of revellers in Birmingham were disappointed at the stroke of midnight when a New Year firework display turned out to be fake news.

News

01 Jan 2025 816

Two men injured, one seriously, as car ’swerves towards crowds’ during New Year fireworks on Primrose Hill

Police have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving, causing grievous bodily harm and possession of controlled drugs, after a car swerved towards crowds of people watching the New Year fireworks in London.

World

31 Dec 2024 616

The Netherlands plans to open an archive of individuals accused of collaborating with the Nazis during World War II

Some descendants are apprehensive but a historian says making 30m pages of records public is ‘important step’

World

31 Dec 2024 919

Five years on, WHO calls for China to share critical data on Covid-19 origins

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged China to share Covid data and allow access so scientists can understand its origins five years on from the outbreak of the deadly virus.

World

30 Dec 2024 805

Russian billionaires run chemical factories that supply critical materials for explosives, aiding Russia’s war efforts

Chemicals factories founded or owned by some of Russia’s wealthiest men are supplying ingredients to plants that manufacture explosives used by Moscow’s military...

Sport

30 Dec 2024 807

David Beckham has received £28 million in dividends from his personal brand empire

Former footballer’s commercial tie-ups with Stella Artois and Boss offset losses at TV production studio.

Crime

30 Dec 2024 569

The total losses from the LastPass-linked crypto theft have now exceeded $250 million following the latest incident, which saw $5.4 million stolen

Crypto holders urged to act as attackers leverage 2-years old LastPass breach to drain millions despite strong encryption claims.

World

30 Dec 2024 885

Is Yehor Alshevski involved in a Ponzi scam?

The New Ostap Bender of his time, Yehor Valerevich Alshevski (previously Evdakov) (Alshevsky), achieved success through the IRS and Kairos Technologies projects.

Politics

30 Dec 2024 602

Disgruntled Northern Ireland police officers accused of leaking IRA secrets after Good Friday Agreement

Newly released Irish archives include leaks from UK government and RUC’s attempts to undermine Sinn Féin

Sport

30 Dec 2024 583

Former Russia footballer Aleksei Bugayev killed on Ukraine frontline

Aleksei Bugayev, a former member of Russia’s Euro 2004 team who played two matches in the tournament before retiring from football in 2010, has been killed on the frontline during the Ukraine conflict.

Crime

29 Dec 2024 641

MSP Limited: High-risk broker accused of scamming traders and evading regulation

MSP Limited has garnered attention in the forex trading world, but not always for the right reasons.

World

29 Dec 2024 724

Heartbreaking last words of passenger revealed as crew members miraculously survive South Korea plane crash

One of the two only survivors of this morning’s devastating plane crash which has killed at least 177 people said he saw smoke coming out of the engine after a bird collision.

Crime

28 Dec 2024 916

Driver in 80s arrested after pedestrian dies following a fatal accident in Bedfordshire

Police say man in 40s died at scene in Dunstable after incident at about 4pm on Friday.

Investigation

28 Dec 2024 660

It’s raining men: How all-male voting “carousels” helped Georgian Dream hold on to power

In Georgia’s recent parliamentary elections, the decisive factor in the ruling Georgian Dream party’s victory was the use of “carousels”: a method of vote rigging in which voters cast their ballots at more than one polling station.

Sport

28 Dec 2024 734

Boxer Paul Bamba dies at 35, just six days after winning title

Boxer Paul Bamba has died at the age of 35 just six days after winning his first title.

News

28 Dec 2024 840

Flights at Gatwick, Heathrow, and Manchester airports delayed as fog causes travel chaos

Travellers face further disruption at UK airports including Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester due to thick fog which is set to persist today says the Met Office

Politics