Cruise ships return to Australia after two-year Covid ban
A cruise ship, the Pacific Explorer, docks in Sydney Harbour for the first time in more than two years, after a 2020 ban sparked by a mass Covid-19 outbreak was lifted.
Police say they are looking into vandalism at Glasgow Cross following the Celtic title win party.
Scenes outside the Calfiornia church tageted by shooting
A mountaineer once told he would never walk again unaided after shattering both his heels has scaled Mount Everest for a record-breaking 16th time, the highest number by a non-Sherpa.
Fifty people to be sent to Rwanda in a fortnight, says Boris Johnson. PM says he will ‘dig in for the fight’ with ‘leftie lawyers’ challenging government’s plan for refugees
HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland's President Sauli Niinisto confirmed on Sunday that his country would apply for membership of the NATO military alliance, in a historic policy shift prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Moscow, which shares a 1,300 km (800 mile) border with Finland, has said it would be a mistake for Helsinki to join the 30-strong transatlantic alliance and that it would harm bilateral ties. Sunday's announcement comes after Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Thursday they both favoured NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) membership, giving a green light for the country to apply.
Clarence Thomas calls leak of supreme court abortion draft ‘tremendously bad’. Conservative US justice fears permanent damage to ‘fragile’ institution and decries protests at justices’ homes
A MAN from Bournemouth has received a court bill of almost £400 for travelling on a train in London without paying the £62.30 fare.
She will be the first Black openly gay woman to step into the role, a symbol of change after the Donald Trump era
Ann Robinson has decided to step down from the top job to spend more time with her family
Fred Ward, who starred in films including Tremors, The Right Stuff and The Player, has died aged 79. Ward had previously worked as a boxer, as a lumberjack in Alaska and as a short-order cook who served in the US Air Force. A San Diego native, Ward was part Cherokee.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms across Southampton.
Ukraine hip-hop group triumphs, while singer-songwriter Sam Ryder does the UK proud
The rise and fall of John Lewis in York - a look back in 18 photos
RESIDENTS are preparing for a royal knees-up with more than 310 street parties planned across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole next month.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to pay respects following the death of President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, his office said on Saturday. Johnson, who said he was deeply saddened to learn of the death, will also use the visit "to reinforce the close bond between the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates which will continue under the Presidency of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan," the statement said.
Shadow Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband says the government should introduce a windfall tax on energy firms to help families struggling with the cost of living crisis. .
Authorities say 20 people were injured in two shootings in downtown Milwaukee near an entertainment district where thousands of people were watching the Bucks play the Celtics in the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals
THE latest update of the research on the minimum price of alcohol (MPA) confirms that this token attempt to reduce harmful drinking has had very little effect ("Scottish ministers to consider new alcohol price hike after policy review", May 8). Alcohol Focus Scotland and many others want to push up the MPA from 50p to 65p. This approach is failing because there is no way of stopping the alcohol industry from creating as many new drinks as it likes to satisfy every palate and budget. Supermarkets
Demonstrators turned out in Philadelphia on Saturday, May 14, for one of many rallies taking place nationwide in support of abortion rights.This video from Kelly Vignola shows crowds marching down Philadelphia’s Market Street.The “Bans Off Our Bodies” events were organized by groups including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Planned Parenthood Action Fund, UltraViolet, MoveOn, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), and took place two weeks after a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion indicated that the court would overturn the landmark Roe v Wade decision of 1973.On May 11, the US Senate voted against advancing the Women’s Health Protection Act, a Democrat-led bill that would bolster abortion rights at a federal level, by 51 to 49. All Republican senators and one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, voted against the bill. Credit: Kelly Vignola via Storyful
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star and BBC Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts opens up over bowel cancer battle with emotional post and photographs of her skin.