Posts by Kim browne
Hollywood star Rupert Everett spotted working behind bar of village pub
Hollywood star Rupert Everett has been working behind the bar of his village pub in a bid to keep the doors open. Everett, known for his roles in Another Country and My Best Friend’s Wedding, has joined a roster of volunteers working to save The Swan, a local pub in Enford, Wiltshire, that is currently…
Read MoreAustralia’s social media ban can be enforced ‘effectively’, official report finds
Australia’s incoming ban of under-16s on social media can be “privately, effectively and efficiently” enforced, an official report has found. The Australian government is banning young teenagers from social media from December and commissioned the report to look into how the new rules could be enforced. It explored a number of methods for verifying users’…
Read MoreBurning Man: Dead body found ‘in a pool of blood’ at festival
A man has been found dead “in a pool of blood” at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, officials say. The man’s body, described as a white adult, was found “lying on the ground” after 9pm on Saturday at the art and music festival in the Black Rock Desert, roughly 110 miles north of Reno,…
Read MoreTransfer deadline day live: Isak set for record £125m move to Liverpool
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Read MoreQueen Camilla told Boris Johnson she was attacked on a train as a teenager
Queen Camilla used a shoe to hit a man who tried to touch her on a train, according to a new book about the monarchy. The Queen told then Mayor of London Boris Johnson about the attack that occurred when she was a teenager, Power And The Palace claims. Its author, the former Times royal…
Read MoreBritish woman stabbed to death in Cambodia over ‘love triangle’, police say
A British woman has been stabbed to death in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, police have said. Local media have named the victim as 34-year-old Jessica Cariad Hopkins. Deputy commissioner general and commissioner of Phnom Penh Police Chuon Narin said the victim was found dead with stab wounds near a popular park in the capital’s…
Read MoreLabour plans to ‘overhaul broken asylum system’
After a summer dominated by criticism over the small boats crisis and asylum hotels, Labour says it’s planning to overhaul the “broken” asylum system. As MPs return to Westminster today, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will speak about the government’s success in tackling people smugglers and plans for border security reform. Image: August saw the lowest…
Read MoreMurder investigation launched after man fatally stabbed in Luton
A murder investigation has been launched after a man was fatally stabbed in Luton, Bedfordshire, on Sunday. Police said officers were called to Humberstone Road just after 6pm after reports of an altercation involving two men and a woman. A man in his 20s was taken to hospital with serious injuries but was pronounced dead…
Read MoreThe Russia-Ukraine war has reshaped global trade and forged new alliances
The vast majority of policymakers in Westminster, let alone elsewhere around the UK, have never heard of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the geopolitical grouping currently holding its summit at Tianjin, but hear me out on why we should all be paying considerable attention to it. Because the more attention you pay to this grouping of…
Read MoreNine people killed and dozens injured in Afghanistan earthquake
Nine people have been killed in a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan. The earthquake struck the east of the country near the Pakistan border at 11.47pm local time (8.17pm UK time) on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. At least nine people were killed and 25 were injured in Nangarhar province, according…
Read MoreFormer New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani rushed to hospital after being injured in car crash
Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalised following a car crash in New Hampshire, a spokesperson for the former New York City mayor said. Mr Giuliani suffered “a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, as well as injuries to his left arm and lower leg” when his vehicle was struck from behind while driving on a…
Read MoreYemen’s Houthi rebels raid UN premises and detain several people
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have raided United Nations offices and detained several people, officials have said. The group has tightened security across the capital, Sanaa, after their prime minister was killed in an Israeli strike on Thursday. Sunday’s raids were the latest in a long-running Houthi crackdown against the UN and other international organisations working in…
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