4 hours ago Sean Coughlan, royal correspondent and Ben King, business reporter Getty Images The former Duke of York was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office earlier this year Buckingham Palace was handed emails six years ago that would have shown that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was s
The death rate of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is between 30% and 50%, the World Health Organization has said, as its head arrived in the country to support efforts to contain the disease. Anaïs Legand, from the WHO’s high threat pathogens team, said the revised death r
24 minutes ago Sean Dilley and Christina McSorley PA Media Kenneth Law appeared at court in Ontario, Canada A man has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicides in Canada after he sold toxic chemicals online. Kenneth Law, 60, entered the guilty pleas relating to Canadian victims in an Ontario co
A fire has ripped through a dormitory at a girls’ school in Kenya’s Rift valley, killing at least 16 students. The fire broke out just after midnight at Utumishi girls academy in Gilgil, Nakuru county, about 76 miles north-west of Nairobi, police said. The education minister, Julius Migos Ogamba, to
UKNIP Emergency crews were called to reports of concerns for a swimmer in a pond in Swanscombe, Kent Two teenage boys have died in separate incidents in Kent and Oxford, the latest in a series of water-related deaths during the recent heatwave. The body of a boy, 15, was recovered from a pond in Swa
The Trump administration is building a quarantine and treatment center in Kenya for Americans affected by the Ebola outbreak, instead of bringing them home. The White House on Wednesday confirmed that the US was setting up a facility in Kenya for Americans to quarantine after Ebola exposure in the D
Supplied Declan Sawyer (left) and Reco Puttock died in separate incidents after getting into difficulty in water People have been warned of the dangers of swimming in open water after multiple deaths during the recent heatwave. The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) issued a warning following the fata
The World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak is outpacing response efforts and countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at high risk from the disease. “We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing us,” said the WHO’s
56 minutes ago Dominic Casciani, Home and Legal Correspondent and Ros Tappenden, South of England Crown Prosecution Service One of the girls was attacked in an underpass beside the River Avon The family of a teenage rape victim whose attackers were spared custody has told the BBC they hope "the corr
The World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak is outpacing response efforts and countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at high risk from the disease. “We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing us,” said the WHO’s
2 hours ago Glenn Campbell Scotland political editor Reuters Peter Murrell was chief executive of the SNP for 24 years This embezzlement case has been hanging over the SNP like a toxic cloud since the police investigation began five years ago. SNP strategists believe the controversy corroded trust i
Congolese authorities say that suspected Ebola cases have now passed 900 in the ongoing outbreak in the east of the country. The Congolese ministry of communication, in a post on X on Sunday, said there were 904 suspected cases and 119 suspected deaths. Authorities had previously announced more than
