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Brand was backed by expensive lawyers and could draw on significant wealth and fame – advantages that gave him immense power compared with the women bringing their cases. Their pursuit of justice deserves recognition in…
The comments to the BBC came as reports of more bomb scares to airlines began appearing, including on a Ryanair flight from Rome to Lisbon and a Wizz Air flight from Prague to Rome which was diverted to Venice. Bomb…
Wednesday's fragmented vote marks another stage in the decline of the ANC, which has led national governments since the end of white minority apartheid rule in 1994. High unemployment, crime, corruption and poor local…
Little work has been done at the site after Moray-headquartered rockets firm Orbex put construction on hold in 2024 . The company later collapsed and its assets were sold off . Leap said the spaceport could potentially…
Join today Already a member? Log in The chief of the Metropolitan Police has said he would not be surprised if “many more” accusers of Russell Brand came forward following the comedian’s conviction for rape and sexual…
But it toppled again into the harbour below on Halloween evening. Liberal Democrat councillor Andrew Brown said engineers believe the collapse may have been caused by "external vibrations disturbing the balance of the…
More than 22 years later, Barry and Aisling have grown up and moved abroad and now Molly the loggerhead has left Ireland too. After two decades of gradual rehabilitation and veterinary care advances, the rescued turtle…
The claims were made at a meeting of Oxfordshire County Council, when former Liberal Democrat councillor, Dr Lidia Arciszewska, spoke in support of a motion around violence against women and girls. Arciszewska stopped…
The Affric Twitcher, also known by its scientific name Choreutis diana, is one of the UK's rarest species of moth. A local recorder, Mike Taylor, saw 43 adult moths during a two-day visit to the glen - the highest number…
Hidden among thousands of phone contacts, Russell Brand saved the number of his youngest rape victim under T – for 'Tart'. In a sickening twist, he added two stars to her name in an apparent rating of the 21-year-old fan…