News bulletin 2022/05/02 22:34

The Guardian
My mother Shirley Williams must be turning in her grave at this government
Letters: Rebecca Williams contrasts the late politician’s lockdown funeral with the rule-breaking that went on in Downing Street
2 days ago
Bournemouth Echo UK
Best Dorset afternoon teas according to TripAdvisor reviews ahead of Jubilee
What better way to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee than with a terribly British afternoon tea - here are the best places to get one according to Tripadvisor reviews.
2 days ago
PA Media: UK News
Graduate jailed for membership of banned terror group National Action
David Musins admitted his involvement with the extreme right-wing organisation after it was proscribed by the Government in December 2016.
2 days ago
Euronews
No Comment videos of the week
A Taiwan man invented a stroller for fish, tightrope walker Nathan Paulin broke a new world record at Mont-Saint-Michel, a giant work of street art representing Saint Javelin has emerged in Kyiv, and more. No agenda, no slant. Get the picture without the commentary.
a day ago
Sky News
Ukraine war diaries: 'COVID was just our war rehearsal'
The restrictions which coloured life for so many during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic are proving something of a dry run for life in the Ukrainian capital now, according to one Kyiv resident. For more than three months Oksana Goshel, 34, has been filing audio diaries detailing life in a war zone - and its dramatic shifts - for the Sky News podcast, Ukraine War Diaries. "We were laughing and saying that COVID was kind of a good rehearsal for Ukraine," she says.
2 days ago
Evening Standard
Tens of thousands gather in Belfast to celebrate Northern Ireland centenary
People said the celebration, delayed by a year, was not overshadowed by the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
19 hours ago
The Independent
A look at big US legal settlements amid Surfside's $1B deal
The proposed settlement of more than $1 billion as compensation for the 98 people who died in a Florida condominium collapse is far from the largest in U.S. history
18 hours ago
Evening Standard
Arena survivor hopes to ‘move mountains’ for disabled people after climb
Martin Hibbert will climb Mount Kilimanjaro over seven days in a specially adapted wheelchair and hopes to raise a million.
2 days ago
Euronews
Thousands of football fans eagerly await the Champions League Final as Ancelotti's men face the Reds
Fans of Real Madrid and Liverpool have travelled to the French capital, many without tickets, to see who will be crowned the winners of this year's Champion's League at the iconic Stade de France in Saint-Denis.
2 days ago
Evening Standard
Dame Deborah James ‘cannot believe’ T-shirt has raised 500k for Bowel Babe fund
The Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK had reached more than six and a half million pounds
a day ago
News and Star
Motorway lanes reopened after three-vehicle crash
Two lanes of a motorway have reopened after a crash involving three vehicles.
2 days ago
Evening Standard
Met Police officer charged with rape of woman in Brighton
Laurence Knight, 33, was arrested in July last year.
2 days ago
The Independent
Texas school shooting: Gunman’s mother says he ‘had his reasons for what he did’
The mother of a teenager who killed 21 people in a Texas school shooting has begged forgiveness for her son, saying he “had his reasons for doing what he did”. Nineteen students and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde when 18-year-old Salvador Ramos opened fire. Speaking after her son was shot dead by law enforcement officers, Adriana Martinez Reyes begged the victims for forgiveness.
19 hours ago
The Independent
Love Island’s Camilla Thurlow gives birth to second child with Jamie Jewitt
The baby girl was born on 27 May
3 hours ago
Sky News
'The stars are aligned': Frenchman ready for world record bungee jump bid
Francois-Marie Dibon was afraid of heights as a child and struggled to dive from the side of a swimming pool. Mr Dibon, who works as an actuary in Stockholm, will attempt to break the record set by New Zealander Mike Heard, 35, who completed 430 jumps from Auckland Harbour Bridge during one day in 2017. Mr Dibon will jump from the Garry Bridge near Killiecrankie in Perthshire, operated by Highland Fling Bungee in Scotland, jumping through the night while relying on short rest breaks and micro-naps.
10 hours ago
Evening Standard
Monkeypox cases reported could be peak of the iceberg, warns WHO
Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, WHO says
a day ago
HuffPost UK
Ray Liotta's Fiancée Jacy Nittolo Shares Tribute To 'The Most Beautiful Man I've Ever Known'
"My life these past couple of years has been nothing but truly magical."
4 hours ago
Herald Scotland
Tom Cruise feels the need for speed in high-flying sequel Top Gun: Maverick
TOP GUN: MAVERICK (12A)
21 hours ago
The Independent
Cannes to wrap with presentation of Palme d'Or on Saturday
The 75th Cannes Film Festival wraps Saturday with the presentation of the Palme d’Or and other awards selected by a nine-member jury headed by French actor Vincent Lindon
a day ago
The Guardian
Is the US’s gun problem becoming Canada’s gun problem?
Relatively strict laws help keep firearms violence well below US levels but advocates say ‘there’s much more we could be doing’
an hour ago

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