Category: UK News

A unique art installation has been created by knitters around the world to commemorate the D-Day landings at St Macartin’s Cathedral in Northern Ireland. The Longest Yarn exhibition includes around 80 scenes crafted by knitters from the UK, Ireland, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and France, showing the events leading up to, and the battles… Continue reading Enniskillen D-Day exhibition melds battles with balls of yarn

Several UK parents, whose children have a severe type of epilepsy resistant to conventional treatments, have resorted to buying cannabis oil online or smuggling it into the UK from the Netherlands, where it is legal, to avoid its UK costs or legal regulations. Since medicinal cannabis was legalized in the UK in 2018, full-spectrum medicines, which… Continue reading 'I break the law to buy my child's life-saving cannabis drug'

During a Championship football match between Portsmouth and Middlesbrough at Fratton Park on Saturday, a Portsmouth fan suffered a medical emergency shortly after the start of the game. This resulted in a delay of 35 minutes before the match could start. Despite attempts by emergency services, the fan later died. According to a statement from… Continue reading Portsmouth: Pompey fan dies after Fratton Park medical emergency

Former police sergeant and close protection officer David Roberts has published a memoir of the six years he spent as Whitney Houston’s bodyguard. Roberts joined the RAF Police in 1968 and went on to serve in the North Wales and Met Police forces, concluding his career as a sergeant providing security for heads of state… Continue reading Whitney Houston's real-life bodyguard on life with troubled star

Prince Harry’s legal battle against two British tabloids – The Sun and the long-closed News of the World – comes to a head this week when his claims against them come to trial. This is the first time that News Group Newspapers (NGN) has had to defend itself against allegations of unlawful news gathering techniques… Continue reading Prince Harry versus newspapers: This is the one that matters

As news of the ceasefire between Gaza and Israel dominates headlines on Sunday, the Observer reports that aid agencies are preparing for the return of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to their homes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given a warning that Israel holds the right to return to fighting if the ceasefire is… Continue reading Newspaper headlines: 'Chaos' fears in Gaza and 'Team Trump's revenge' on Starmer

Ulster University is set to launch Northern Ireland’s first veterinary nursing degrees in an effort to combat staff shortages in the industry. The new full and part-time courses will begin at the university’s Coleraine campus in September and are the first degrees in veterinary nursing in the country. The courses will include clinical practice time… Continue reading Northern Ireland vet nursing degrees aim to tackle 'brain drain'

Allison Angell, the first person in the UK to have had four major organs replaced, has died at the age of 46. She had spent ten years receiving the organs – a liver, heart, lungs and a kidney from her father David – before dedicating her time to supporting others with cystic fibrosis and advocating… Continue reading Allison Angell: Organ donation pioneer lived life inspired by Rocky

Karen Teasdale-Robson has fulfilled a promise to her father to make sure the world would hear the lullaby he wrote for her nearly 60 years ago. Her father, Brian Teasdale, wrote the song, Little Girl, when she was nine months old, and sang it to her whenever she was sad. The song became even more… Continue reading Newcastle woman recreates late father's lullaby

As the US ban on TikTok looms, analysts are speculating that the ban will spread to other countries. The US has ruled that the Chinese-owned app is a national security risk, owing to ByteDance’s alleged ties to the Chinese government, an allegation that ByteDance denies. However, incoming US president Joe Biden has expressed opposition to… Continue reading TikTok ban likely to spread to US allies – including UK