Keir Starmer has taken a public HIV test in an effort to destigmatise testing for the virus and to highlight HIV Testing Week. The prime minister took a home test at 10 Downing Street alongside the soul singer Beverley Knight. “It’s really important to do it and I’m really pleased to be able to do…
It will involve spending more than a penny, but it’s a call that is likely to be viewed sympathetically by anyone who has ever been caught short while out and about. A campaign has been launched to make the provision of public toilets a legal requirement for central government and local authorities after a slump…
The freed Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi did not know his wife and two teenage daughters were killed in the 7 October attack until after his release, his British family have confirmed. An Israeli soldier broke the news about what had happened to his wife, Lianne, who grew up near Bristol, and their two British-Israeli children…
An enormous fatberg in central Perth has forced a Bryan Adams concert to be postponed after authorities raised concerns that sewage may back up at the venue’s toilets. Adams was due to perform at the Western Australian capital’s RAC Arena on Sunday night, but the city’s water corporation said a “large blockage of fat, grease…
Donald Trump is due to give himself a term report on his contentious first three weeks in office at tonight’s Super Bowl while becoming the first sitting president to attend the NFL’s title game between the Philadelphia Eagles and two-time defending championship winning Kansas City Chiefs. The US president was expected to arrive at the…
Donald Trump said that he expects Elon Musk to find “billions” of dollars of abuse and fraud in the Pentagon during an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier that aired before the Super Bowl on Sunday. “I’m going to tell him very soon, like maybe in 24 hours, to go check the Department of Education.…
An Essex police officer has been sacked after admitting “tragedy chanting” at Liverpool fans during a Premier League match last year. Essex police instigated misconduct proceedings against Sgt Tyler Coppin after he pleaded guilty to the public order offence during the Liverpool game against Chelsea at Anfield last October. He was given a three-year football…
Israeli military completes withdrawal from Netzarim Corridor The Israeli military has completed the withdrawal from the Netzarim Corridor, that bisects the northern and southern halves of the Gaza Strip, to the buffer zone. Under the terms of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, the Israeli military is supposed to withdraw completely from the corridor, which stretches…
It’s the ancient ritual that unites millions of Christians in faith – but the Church of England is facing accusations that holy communion excludes non-drinkers or worshippers with dietary intolerances. C of E guidance determines the type of bread and wine that can be consecrated as part of the Eucharist ritual, which symbolises Jesus Christ’s…
A man has been arrested after three people were injured in a suspected knife attack that has left a Dublin neighbourhood in “a state of shock”. Irish police said they were responding to a serious incident after about 3pm on Sunday. Three men, aged between their mid-20s and mid-40s, were injured in what was described…
