Sir Cliff Richard has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer during the past year. The 85-year-old singer said his cancer had “gone at the moment” and backed calls for a national screening test for men. In an interview with Good Morning Britain, he said, “I was about to embark on a tour… I…
Thirty years since the war there ended, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still scarred by the ethnic cleansing campaigns which tore through the country, killing about 100,000 people and displacing well over two million. The 1992–1995 war, triggered by ethnic tensions and competing nationalist projects in the wake of the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, was marked…
Paul Lim has become the oldest player ever to win a match at the PDC World Darts Championship. The 71-year-old defeated Dutch-born Swede Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 in the opening round as the Singapore veteran was roared on by the crowd at Alexander Palace in north London. Lim beat the previous record held by Northern…
Thailand’s sudden return to the use of force along its frontier with Cambodia is a blunt reminder of how volatile one of Southeast Asia’s most enduring territorial disputes remains. The pace of the latest escalation is startling. Only weeks earlier, leaders from both countries stood before regional and international dignitaries at the Association of Southeast…
James Manning/PA Wire Crowds have gathered at a London vigil to remember those killed in a mass shooting during an event marking the start of Hanukkah Police forces in England and Scotland have announced that they will increase their visibility in Jewish communities during upcoming celebrations.ing the religious holiday get under way. Police have confirmed…
Watch: Police release CCTV of a Brown University shooting suspect. Police are searching for a gunman who shot dead two students and injured nine others at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Police say the attacker was a man dressed all in black who fled on foot, and a shelter-in-place warning is in effect for…
Specialist rape and sexual offence investigation teams will be introduced to every police force in England and Wales by 2029, the government has pledged. It is part of a long-delayed plan aimed at halving violence against women and girls within a decade. The strategy – which will include funding for undercover units operating online and…
