HGV driver, 40, is sentenced to 10 months for killing two men in crash on M1 smart motorway after victim’s widow argued the trucker should be spared jail Jason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, died in smash on June 7 last year The men died when lorry ploughed into stationary vehicles on M1 near Sheffield   Prezemyslaw Zbigniew Szuba, 40, […]

A decade-long United Nations embargo that prohibited Iran from purchasing conventional arms like tanks and fighter jets expired on Sunday, as the Trump administration vowed to slap sanctions on any countries that sell weapons to the Islamic Republic. “The United States is prepared to use its domestic authorities to sanction any individual or entity that materially contributes to the supply, […]

A TEEN mum will today appear in court charged with killing her 20-month-old baby daughter through neglect. Verphy Kudi, 18, was charged with manslaughter after her daughter died at her flat in Brighton in December last year. Asiah was 20-months-old when she became seriously unwell at the property in Islingword Road. She was rushed to Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in […]

Brexit Day: UK marks its final hours in the European Union Britain will officially leave the European Union after three years of failed negotiations and start an 11-month transition period. Businesses that trade with Europe are to be warned by Boris Johnson this week that time is running out to prepare for a no-deal Brexit. The prime minister and Michael Gove – the cabinet […]

Bar owners in Holland become the latest to go to court to fight covid laws forcing them to close, following similar legal action in Berlin and Spain Dutch caterers say the closures will cause ‘incalculable’ damage to their industry At least 30 businesses have launched a lawsuit to get two-week closure blocked Berlin bar curfews were blocked while Madrid region […]

THE WAIT for Universal Credit should be slashed to two weeks to prevent massive hardship for poverty-stricken Brits, MPs have demanded. In a massive win for The Sun's campaign to make Universal Credit work and slash wait times, a Parliamentary Committee has called for a "starter payment" to be given to claimants within two weeks to stop people falling into […]

A network of 1,300 websites trying to fill the void of shuttered local newspapers is reportedly a "pay-for-play" operation run by Republican operatives and PR firms, The New York Times reported Sunday. The Times said the network "is built not on traditional journalism but on propaganda ordered up by dozens of conservative think tanks, political operatives, corporate executives and public-relations […]

For three days, Joe Biden refused to say a word about The Post’s exclusive stories last week linking him to his son Hunter’s business deals in the Ukraine and China. It wasn’t till 7:45 p.m. Friday, at the Detroit airport that the former vice president briefly stopped for questions and CBS reporter Bo Erickson asked about the damning e-mails found […]

Thousands of demonstrators today gathered across France to pay tribute to a teacher who was beheaded by a terrorist for showing pupils cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.  Samuel Paty, 47, was decapitated on Friday evening after he is said to have shown a class, at College du Bois d’Aulne in Conflans-Saint-Honorine near Paris, controversial caricatures of the Prophet from satirical […]

DONALD Trump has got planning permission to build a second golf course on his sprawling estate in Scotland. Plans for a new 18-hole course were approved by Aberdeenshire council on Friday despite local objections. ⚠️ Read our US election live blog for the very latest news on Donald Trump's coronavirus battle Trump's new golf course will be named MacLeod in […]