CDU party members quit in protest at Angela Merkel’s successor as split widens in Germany’s ruling party after weeks of infighting CDU general secretary Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer narrowly won the contest ‘Mini Merkel’ is considered to be taking the conservative party further to the left Members believe the CDU is ignoring the rise of the right and losing voters Kramp-Karrenbauer said […]

ROME (Reuters) – Six people, including five young teenagers, were crushed to death in the early hours of Saturday following a stampede at a packed nightclub near Ancona on Italy’s Adriatic coast, officials said. The deaths occurred when a walkway leading out of the Lanterna Azzurra nightclub in the town of Corinaldo collapsed, causing dozens of people to fall into […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Dozens of chartered planes carrying celebrities, including former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton, flew into a sleepy airport in western India for the lavish pre-wedding festivities for the daughter of India’s richest man. Isha Ambani, 27, daughter of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, will marry Anand Piramal, 33, in the financial capital of Mumbai next […]

It is hoped it will land in a crater on Earth’s satellite and carry out a number of tests. What is the far side of the Moon? The far or dark side of the Moon is, in short, the side of the satellite that is never seen by humans. Due to “tidal locking” humans only ever see one side of […]

It is hoped it will land in a crater on Earth’s satellite and carry out a number of tests. What is the far side of the Moon? The far or dark side of the Moon is, in short, the side of the satellite that is never seen by humans. Due to “tidal locking” humans only ever see one side of […]

Electric scooters could soon be allowed on Britain’s streets as US firm gears up to launch a hire service in Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge US Firm Bird has electric scooter rental schemes across the EU and Europe  Their use  is banned on roads and public spaces  under a 183-year-old law  Bird has recently launched a rental service at the Olympic […]

Police have issued the advice in the run up to the Christmas party season after an 18-year-old was attacked on Sunday night in Southampton, Hampshire. Appealing for information and CCTV footage, Chief Inspector Phil Lamb urged women to be "vigilant" and stick to busy, well-lit areas. He said: “As the nights continue to draw darker please think about personal safety. […]

Donald Trump has tweeted his support for France as rioting in Paris intensifies. As police officers struggle to control violent crowds in the French capital for a fourth consecutive weekend, making more than 575 arrests, the US President appeared to sympathise with protesters. He also claimed "yellow vest" campaigners were chanting "we want Trump" and blamed the Paris Agreement for […]

Kingston police have arrested and charged a fifth man for allegedly accessing child pornography. This comes after a string of arrests in November, when four men were arrested in Kingston and charged with making or accessing child pornography. Kingston police are involved in an ongoing Internet Child Exploitation project to monitor file-sharing networks associated with child pornography. Back in mid-October, […]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter on Friday to counter the sea of criticism she’s been facing over her bold declaration that the government’s commitment to an ambitious ‘Green New Deal’ would, in part, amount to the deliverance of racial justice in America. Earlier this week, The Hill cited Ocasio-Cortez as having challenged lawmakers to embrace a sweeping environmental economic agenda […]