BY SARA MALM FOR MAILONLINE Gaza is a coastal strip of land that lay on ancient trading and maritime routes along the Mediterranean shore. Held by the Ottoman Empire until 1917, it passed from British to Egyptian to Israeli military rule over the last century and is now a fenced-in enclave inhabited by two million … Read more
A witness who claims he saw a teenager feared to have been murdered by serial killer Fred West being snatched off the street in a grey van says he was never quizzed by detectives investigating her disappearance. Retired news reporter Alan Watkins, 74, believes he was the last person to see missing Mary Bastholm alive, … Read more
Ireland’s health authority has had to shut down its computer systems today after being targeted by malicious hackers. The attack comes just one week after a fuel network in the US had to shut down its systems until a $5million ransom was reportedly paid. The Irish attack was blamed on international criminals and was said … Read more
A council has been blasted for blowing taxpayers’ cash on ‘garish’ giant green plant pots that left the town centre ‘looking like something from Super Mario Brothers’. Walsall Council forked out thousands of pounds on around 15 massive planters to ‘promote a feeling of wellbeing and safety’ in the Black Country town. But residents have … Read more
The number of people in England with coronavirus fell again last week to just 40,800 people – one in every 1,340 – in an 11.5 per cent drop on a week earlier. Cases in the Office for National Statistics’ random swab-testing survey came down even further despite concerns about a surge in cases caused by … Read more
The government has approved plans for American developers to turn the 450-year-old bell foundry that cast Big Ben into a boutique hotel. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry in east London has made some of the most famous bells in history, including those in St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and the original Liberty Bell – an icon of … Read more
The number of people in England with coronavirus fell again last week to just 40,800 people – one in every 1,340 – in an 11.5 per cent drop on a week earlier. Cases in the Office for National Statistics’ random swab-testing survey came down even further despite concerns about a surge in cases caused by … Read more
A council has been blasted for blowing taxpayers’ cash on ‘garish’ giant green plant pots that left the town centre ‘looking like something from Super Mario Brothers’. Walsall Council forked out thousands of pounds on around 15 massive planters to ‘promote a feeling of wellbeing and safety’ in the Black Country town. But residents have … Read more
Peregrine falcon found dead near Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds’ Downing Street home may have been shot, police fear Peregrine falcon found with ‘blood spot’ on its abdomen in Whitehall, London Conservationists believe the bird may have been shot and killed with an air rifle Wild birds protected under UK law and there are 1,500 pairs … Read more
Ireland shuts down its healthcare IT system following ransomware attack, a week after hackers hit US fuel pipeline Ireland’s Health Service Executive has confirmed the systems closure today The hacking comes a week after a US company had to pay out $5mill in ransom Non-emergency patients have been told to stay at home as heathcare … Read more