BBC forced to issue apology as EastEnders legend uses racial slur live on air
BBC Radio 4 was forced to apologise after former EastEnders actor John Altman used a racial slur during a live interview about the soap’s 40th anniversary. The incident occurred on…
Man who scammed in-laws out of £1.8m with ‘football business deal’ jailed
A man has been jailed after scamming his in-laws out of £1.8 million with a fake business deal he claimed to have forged with football club Paris Saint-Germain. Edward Blackmore,…
Closing arguments underway in trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie
MAYVILLE, N.Y. — Lawyers delivered their closing arguments Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage…
Veteran republican and Maze escapee Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane dies
Former IRA prisoner and veteran republican Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane has died following a short illness. Mr McFarlane’s death was announced on Friday, with a number of Sinn Féin figures paying…
South Sudan closes schools after students collapse due to extreme heat
JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan on Thursday announced the closure of all schools for two weeks due to an ongoing extreme heatwave that has caused some students to collapse.…
Death of man who fell from Dunmurry apartment block not being treated as suspicious
Police have confirmed the sudden death of west Belfast rap artist in Dunmurry on Wednesday is not being treated as suspicious. It comes as the PSNI confirmed a post mortem…
Terry Butcher’s Premier League predictions: Liverpool backed to beat Man City in crunch clash
Liverpool are being backed to take a major step towards the Premier League title this weekend. Arne Slot’s men travel to Manchester City in a match that comes just days…
Former NHLer destroys ‘sellout’ P.K. Subban over support for Donald Trump
Akim Aliu has seen enough. The former NHLer took to X on Thursday to eviscerate another Black former NHLer, P.K. Subban, after the latter made a post supporting U.S. President…
Premiers Ford and Houston appeal to governors in latest push to stop Trump’s tariffs
WASHINGTON — Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston are reaching out to state governors in Washington, D.C. as the deadline to avert U.S. President Donald Trump’s…
Ontario NDP promise $70B in new spending over three years
Ontario’s NDP is promising $70 billion in new spending over three years along with $37 billion in new revenue and savings, including increasing capital gains taxes, creating new tax brackets…