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Several people have been killed in the German city of Solingen during celebrations to mark its 650th anniversary. Whilst hardly any information has been released regarding the stabbie-stabbie, all I personally know is that he is an Islamic immigrant.

Five bodies have been found and one is still missing after a superyacht owned by a British billionaire sank off the coast of Italy in bad weather. The five dead are differing nationalities. The body of the boat's chef had already been recovered, bringing the number of confirmed dead to six...

The former drummer of The Beatles Pete Best has transformed The Casbah Club - where the band used to play - into a Bed and Breakfast. Best's mother Mona opened the club in the cellar of the Bests' home and is where The Beatles played some of their first concerts. Best, now aged 82, was fired...

The Hundred Final Oval Invincibles: 147-9 Southern Brave: 130-7 Invincibles win by 17 runs Lord's, London Oval Invincibles, representing Kent and Surrey, beat Southern Brave, representing Hampshire and Sussex, in the Final of The Hundred tonight to become the first team to win the...

Is Cromwell's body buried at this country house? Stephen Wombwell has lived at Newburgh Priory all his life Julia Lewis BBC News Sunday 18th August 2024 Over the centuries, the story of the burial of English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell's headless body at Newburgh Priory in North...

The Shiveluch volcano, in Russia's Far East, is erupting after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. No injuries were reported in the sparsely populated area. "Shiveluch" means "smoking mountain" in Itelman.

The Irish Gardai (police) are suspecting terrorism after Irish Army chaplain Paul Murphy was stabbed in the city of Galway in County Galway. Members of the Irish Defence Forces detained the teenaged suspect before he was arrested by the Gardai.

Manchester United 1-0 Fulham Old Trafford Attendance: 73,511 23-year-old Dutch striker Joshua Zirkzee scored the late winner on his debut tonight as last season's FA Cup winners Manchester United beat London side Fulham in the opening match of the English 2024-25 Premier League. Manchester...

Scientists have discovered that the Altar Stone of Stonehenge came from Scotland and not Wales as previously thought. Several of the ancient monument's stones came from South Wales but not, as it was thought, the Altar Stone. Instead it came from way up in north east Scotland. This showed that...

Liz Truss - the shortest serving British PM in history, serving just 50 days in office from 6th September 2022 to 25th October 2022 - stormed off stage in Beccles today after a banned depicting a lettuce appeared behind her

The King's sister in law Annabel Elliot has revealed his unusual sleeping habit...

A 14 year old Welsh girl is facing a minimum of 36 years in prison for attempting to murder two teachers and a fellow pupil. In England & Wales law, anybody aged 14 found guilty of attempting to murder another person can expect a minimum of 12 years in prison. This 14 year old is charged with...

Wildfires in sweltering Greece are edging towards Athens, the mother of Western civilisation. Needless to say, Greece is hot in August. The Parthenon was shrouded in smoke as Greek firefighters attempt to beat the fires before they reach their ancient capital.

This is the moment a knifeman was arrested by Metropolitan Police in Leicester Square in central London today after he stabbed an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman. What is is about these stabbie-stabbies attacking little girls and women recently? Are they too cowardly to attempt to stab...

Over 77,000 people watched English football giants Liverpool and Manchester United play each other in a pre-season friendly game at the Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. What boggles my British mind is that the stadium is merely a college stadium. The crowd which watched...

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has quite rightly said that former BBC news reader Huw Edwards, who has pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children, should pay back the £200,000 he was paid by the BBC whilst he was suspended by the corporation in November 2023. A mural dedicated to...

King Charles III has visited the Flow Country as it celebrates being named the UK's newest UNESCO World Heritage Site. Situated in the sparsely populated far northern tip of the mainland - a vast expanse of beautiful wilderness - the Flow Country is Europe's largest bog, covering 1500 square...

Lord Robert Fellowes has died aged 82. Fellowes was Queen Elizabeth II's Private Secretary from 1990 to 1999 and was Princess Diana's brother-in-law, having married her sister Lady Jane Spencer in 1978.