A man has been charged with murder after Catherine Flynn, 69, was found dead in her home in north Wales. Dean Mark Albert Mears, 33, has been charged with murder and burglary with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. He has been remanded in custody after appearing in court. North Wales police were called at…
New Israeli defense minister Katz says Trump presidency will ‘bring back the hostages’ and defeat Iran Israel Katz has been so freshly appointed defense minister in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, that his social media account still describes him as foreign minister, which he was until yesterday. He has also offered warm congratulations to Donald Trump, posting:…
Children’s reading enjoyment has fallen to its lowest level in almost two decades, with just one in three young people saying that they enjoy reading in their free time, according to a new survey. Only 34.6% of eight- to 18-year-olds surveyed by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) said that they enjoy reading in their spare…
The professional dancer Amy Dowden will not be continuing with this year’s season of Strictly Come Dancing to recover from a foot injury. The development was revealed on the spin-off show Strictly It Takes Two on BBC Two on Monday and comes after a period of absence from the show for Dowden. Fellow professional dancer…
Demons that Tucker Carlson claimed attacked him as he slept were also responsible for the invention of nuclear technology, the conservative former Fox News host said on Monday in another bizarre contention. Carlson made the claim on the War Room podcast hosted by his fellow rightwing extremist Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser in…
A major Dutch publisher plans to trial translating books into English using artificial intelligence. Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) – the largest publisher in the Netherlands, acquired by Simon & Schuster earlier this year – is “using AI to assist in the translation of a limited number of books”, Vanessa van Hofwegen, commercial director at…
A police theory that William Tyrrell’s foster mother loaded his body into a car and disposed of it close to where he died will be examined as an inquest into the toddler’s disappearance reopens. The three-year-old went missing while playing at his foster grandmother’s home in Kendall, on the mid north coast of New South…
A police officer has been arrested suspected of dangerous driving after a man was hospitalised and left in a life-threatening condition after being hit by a car. The crash occurred in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, at about 11pm on Friday, with the victim – a 42-year-old man – being hit while crossing the road. Greater Manchester…
On 5 November 2024, millions of Americans will head to the polls to choose between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump for president of the United States. The two candidates have offered starkly different visions for the future of the nation. As the election enters the final stretch, the Guardian US is averaging national and state…
Deadly Israeli strikes on ‘apocalyptic’ north Gaza Israel on Saturday again carried out deadly airstrikes on north Gaza, where the UN calls conditions “apocalyptic”, as Lebanon’s Hezbollah intensified rocket fire near Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv. Since 6 October Israeli forces have carried out a major air and ground assault on north Gaza, centred…
