Deirdre Shakespeare Harry, 13, is autistic and non-verbal but can walk unaided The mother of a young boy “restrained unnecessarily” in a chair in school has said she feels vindicated by a watchdog’s report into the case. Deirdre Shakespeare’s son Harry, who is autistic and non-verbal, was restrained in a chair at his special school […]
HSBC’s new boss has announced a major overhaul of the bank’s structure, splitting geographically into eastern and western markets amid increasing geopolitical tensions and a need to cut costs. The bank said that it was simplifying operations by splitting into four key units, which will see its commercial and institutional banking divisions merged. The changes […]
Vice President Harris speaks during a moderated conversation with former Rep. Liz Cheney in Brookfield, Wisc., on Monday. They spoke in front of a banner reading “Country Over Party.” Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images GREENVILLE, N.C. — With just over two weeks to go until voting […]
Seven new civil lawsuits have been filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs in a federal court in New York. Four men and three women accuse the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting them at various parties in Los Angeles, New York and Las Vegas. The youngest plaintiff was 13 at the time of the alleged incident. Mr […]
BBC Gelvana’s son Thiago was killed aged just seven in the Mariana dam collapse “The last words I heard him say were, ‘Did you know that you are the best mum in the world?’” Gelvana Rodrigues’s son, Thiago, was seven years old when toxic mud flooded into their home and killed him. He was one […]
FIFA isn’t hiding it anymore. When you’re in desperate need of a big broadcast deal and some major American sponsors in the next few months, the time for subtlety has passed. Lionel Messi Inter Miami have qualified — with the word qualified doing more heavy lifting than a skinflint picking up the bar tab after […]
Polls have closed in Moldova, where people have been voting in the country’s presidential election and in a referendum on whether to enshrine the goal of joining the European Union in the constitution. With over half of the referendum votes counted, the No vote was ahead with 56%, according to data shared by Moldova’s electoral […]
Getty Images Sir Chris Hoy performed the baton ceremony before the men’s cycling sprint finals at this year’s Paris Olympics Six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy has announced that his cancer is terminal. In an interview with the Sunday Times, he says doctors have told him he has between two and four years to […]
The former Labour chancellor Denis Healey famously quipped that the first law of politics is “when you’re in a hole, stop digging”. That advice might serve Rachel Reeves well as she prepares to present her first budget later this month. Leaks suggest the process isn’t going smoothly. Ms Reeves faces backlash from both sides: cabinet […]
BBC / Jon Parker Lee George and Mandy are among the residents who refused to sign an NDA agreement and can speak about the Runcorn incinerator “We have been inundated with flies, rats, smell, noise. It’s just been horrendous,” says Mandy Royle, who lives in the closest home to the UK’s biggest waste incinerator at […]