Region to observe Caribbean Statistics Day tomorrow
The Caribbean will observe Caribbean Statistics Day tomorrow, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS). Grenada's Prime Minister, Dickon Mitchell, hopes this milestone prompts Caribbean...
Fury as Met officers policing London march 'unaware' that Hezbollah are proscribed terror group
"Jaw-dropping" footage shows that Met Police officers working at a recent London march were unaware that Hezbollah is a proscribed terrorist group.
Woman quit booze after ‘beer fear’ of 18-hour bender
Jessie realised she would go weeks without having one day of not drinking.
Woman identified and charged with arson following deadly fire at Dallas mobile home park
Dallas Police have arrested and charged 38-year-old Mirsa Lopez with arson with the intent to damage a home.
Nigerian polytechnic lecturers issue govt 15-day ultimatum over unmet demands
The Zonal Coordinator, Nurudeen Masopa, said in a statement that the union resolved to issue the ultimatum after a recent National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.
Attacks against UN peacekeepers may constitute a war crime, UNSG cautions
In the backdrop of back to back attacks on the UNIFIL, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres cautioned that attacks against peacekeepers are in breach of international law and ‘may constitute a war crime.’
Obese jobless Brits to be given weight loss jabs in bid to 'get them back to work', Health Secretary says
Obese unemployed people will be given weight-loss injections to help them get back into work, the Health Secretary has said.
Jowls wobbled, eyeballs bulged as if it were the constipation Olympics
QUENTIN LETTS: That's politics: blubbing one moment, furious with each other the next. Worse than a country wake. Yet they all appeared to be sober.
Tougher sentences taking too long, say bereaved parents
The parents of a student killed by a drunk driver say 10 years is too long to wait for change.
Children under 16 face restrictions on smartphone use
New legislation backed by a cross-party group of MPs aims to restrict the ability of under-16s to access addictive social media content on sites like Tik Tok and Snapchat.
Shortage of council staff could thwart Labour's housebuilding plans
Planning departments have the worst workforce shortages, with 84 per cent of local authorities experiencing recruitment and retention issues.
Thug arrested in Scotland just days after being thrown out of UK
Chef Dragos Henter was jailed last year for 32 months after threatening to slice a woman's face to make her look like The Joker from the Batman films.
Lawsuits challenging Nevada’s voter rolls dropped ahead of 2024 election
The group behind three lawsuits asking courts to require counties to process voter registration challenges dropped the lawsuits, but said it is not finished fighting.
Millionaire who lied about his vast wealth ordered to pay £12million
A judge ruled shipping port boss Andrew Williams, 57, lied about his vast wealth during his divorce from his wife Abigail and branded him 'completely dishonest'.
Alex Salmond 'died while opening a bottle of ketchup' eyewitnesses say
Scotland's first minister from 2007 until 2014 and founder of the Alba Party, died suddenly in North Macedonia on Saturday, aged 69.
King Charles to face eye-watering £200billion demand in awkward summit confrontation
The King and Prime Minister will face an awkward call for massive reparation at a major international summit, after a growing campaign from 15 countries for the UK to pay them back
Traces of ancient immigration patterns to Japan found in 2,000-year-old genome
A joint research group led by Jonghyun Kim and Jun Ohashi of the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that the majority of immigration to the Japanese Archipelago in the Yayoi and Kofun periods (between ...
Labour tables law to ban fur imports in the UK in huge win for Mirror campaign
Labour MP Ruth Jones plans to use her Private Members Bill so that UK legislation would "shut up shop on the cruel and unnecessary fur trade"
'The government must step in to protect children - as online giants have failed'
Internet giants dominated by American corporations have failed to shield impressionable and vulnerable minds, so the UK government must step in and do the right thing
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