The Brookline Digest — General national & global news, straight and fast — no fluff, no ads.
The government’s early release scheme - put in place to manage overcrowding in the prison estate - was reviewed by new prime minister Andy Burnham following public backlash after it emerged that Jessie Cole and Albert…
Read moreIt breaks the previous record set in July, when 165 people made the crossing on a single vessel . The boat arrived in the UK in the early hours of Monday. A picture taken off the coast of northern France showed the…
Read moreThe ex-footballer, who played for Arbroath and Clyde and Stranraer, carried out so many attacks on pupils that a jury heard he could not even remember them. At sentencing, Sheriff Eoin McGinty said Neil's pupils had…
Read moreFirefighters tackle the fire at a major heathland blaze in the New Forest (Andrew Matthews/PA) PA Wire More than 120 firefighters are continuing to tackle a “devastating” blaze on internationally protected heathland in…
Read moreThe Essex broadcaster apologised in May after the messages were played on The Barry Marsh Show , one of which said “we have suspended our normal programmes until further notice as a mark of respect following the passing…
Read moreA pensioner was arrested and charged with killing him. Salis, who had entered the US illegally, is understood to have been denied a visa after officials determined he was affiliated with an international criminal fraud…
Read moreThe Duchess of Edinburgh (PA) PA Wire The Duchess of Edinburgh escaped the heatwave when she skied down artificial slopes to mark being named royal patron of the Armed Forces Para-Snowsport Team (AFPST). Temperatures…
Read moreThe White House is reportedly "not bothered" by Netanyahu's statement and views it as campaign rhetoric in the run-up to a heated general election. "We understand Bibi's political needs" the Israeli journalist, Barak…
Read moreThe festival brought eight days of music, thousands of people and tens of millions of pounds of investment to a city once plagued by fear and violence. This year's Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann saw more than 200 events…
Read moreThere’s a good chance that you’re hearing this sound as you read this – UK homes are being overrun with a plague of houseflies this summer . The nation is about to enter its fifth heatwave this year, raising fears of…
Read more