The woman fell off a Holland America cruise ship on Thursday while on a seven-day excursion around the Caribbean. Officials have launched a search by sea and air.

Up to 400 homes face demolition under a £90m regeneration scheme that promises only 230 replacement properties Hundreds of families in one of England’s poorest neighbourhoods will be evicted under a £90m plan described by critics as a “mass dispersion” of vulnerable people. Four hundred homes in Blackpool will be bulldozed this summer and replaced with 230 new properties under levelling up proposals signed off by Rishi Sunak’s government. The area has more than 800 people – about 250 of them children – who are in the poorest 10th of the population of England, according to official documents. Continue reading...

The explosion occurred at 01:30 local time in the 'Constellation' bar in Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland.

Une explosion d’origine inconnue dans un bar a fait plusieurs morts et des blessés à Crans-Montana, une station de ski du canton de Valais, en Suisse, a annoncé jeudi la police.

« Nous conseillons vivement à tous nos passagers de reporter leur voyage à une autre date », écrit la compagnie ferroviaire sur son site Internet.

Eurostar “strongly advise” passengers to postpone their journey to a different date, after a problem with the overhead power supply in the Channel Tunnel and a failed Le Shuttle train European stocks have hit a record high today, ending a strong year on the front foot. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index has risen by over 0.2% this morning to 590.65 points, a new peak. The Euro area and UK economies proved more resilient in 2025 than we anticipated. US tariffs weighed on exports and real GDP growth in Q2 and Q3, but domestic demand has generally been more robust than we anticipated. As a result, Euro area and UK GDP growth, while still underperforming the US this year, have turned out higher than in our forecast at the end of 2024. Continue reading...

Eurostar has asked train customers not to travel because of disruption in the Channel Tunnel. The operator said Tuesday that there was an issue with the overhead power supply and a failed Le Shuttle train.

Protests in Iran over a plummeting currency and inflation fears continued for a second day in the capital, despite attempts by security forces to disperse crowds with volleys of tear gas.

Australian officials say an internal review into the Bondi Hanukkah attack will move faster than a royal commission, as calls from families and Jewish groups for a public inquiry continue.

The Prime Minister’s stubborn refusal to allow a royal commission into the Bondi terror attack is not only a failure of courage and moral clarity, it is a political dead-end.

The former Rich Lister, 72, became ill and suffered a fatal stroke en route to hospital on Sunday, just hours after returning home from a holiday in Hawaii.

Action began in January, before an all-out strike in March. For locals, the flytipping, vermin, maggots and mess are taking a huge environmental and emotional toll

Sandra Phelps, 74, who had beaten cancer five times was killed on Christmas Day by a stray bullet fired during her neighbor's target practice, according to police.

Coral Adventurer says passengers and crew are safe while team tries to refloat ship and inspects the hull * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An Australian cruise ship being investigated after allegedly leaving behind a passenger who died alone has run aground off the coast of Papua New Guinea with more than 120 people aboard. The Coral Adventurer ran aground early on Saturday morning, about 30km from PNG’s second-largest city, Lae. The vessel’s operator, Coral Expeditions, said no one was hurt in the incident. Continue reading...

There were 1.52 million youngsters living in a house where not a single adult family member is employed as of September, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.

SMOKY LAKE — Due to a clinical personnel shortage and an inability to secure temporary coverage, the George McDougall - Smoky Lake Healthcare Centre Emergency Department will be without onsite physici...

On Monday, Dec. 22, Prashant Sreekumar, 44, had severe chest pains while at work. A client drove him to the Grey Nuns Hospital where he died waiting to see a doctor.