All news for 2025-02-20

There are a record number of patients in hospital with Norovirus in England.

A prison spent almost £8,000 on a fish tank for the reception while conditions for inmates were ‘squalid’.

The James Bond film franchise will no longer be under the control of the Broccoli family, after long-time leaders Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson announced their resignation.

The ‘stalker’ who targeted Emma Raducanu at the Dubai Tennis Championships has been handed a restraining order by local police.

Reform leader contradicts Trump rant, stating ’you shouldn’t always take things Donald Trump says absolutely literally.’

The Number 1BC platform gained popularity following the law enforcement crackdown on SkyECC. Italy’s top anti-mafia prosecutor told OCCRP: “IT experts ensure that organized crime’s digital footprint remains concealed from investigators.”

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) reveals overpricing and unfair practices in a €114 million EU-funded project for power generators to Ukraine, calling on Poland’s Government Agency for Strategic Reserves (RARS) to repay millions.

A self-proclaimed "monster" has been convicted of assaulting a top chef near Notting Hill Carnival, abandoning him to die in the street while going clubbing.

Ukraine has reportedly blinded eight Russian drone operators in a sophisticated operation using explosive military goggles.

Shuffling along a scruffy pavement lined by dilapidated buildings, a lone dealer emerges from a drug den where addicts shoot up after cooking heroin flogged by kids in £10 bags.

Defense Secretary John Healey expressed his support for Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, commending his leadership and dedication to his country amid Moscow’s brutal invasion.

A 17-year-old power-lifter and Junior National Games gold medallist lost her life in Bikaner district, Rajasthan, when a 270kg rod fell on her neck during training.

Manchester United were missing a host of players for their 1-0 loss to Tottenham and have received further bad news regarding midfielder Kobbie Mainoo, who is suffering from a calf injury.

The High Court in Ireland approved the appointment of provisional liquidators on Thursday as New Look seeks to wind down its Irish operations following several years of "sustained losses and challenging market conditions."

More than 17,000 Brits now claim they have been injured or have had loved ones killed by a Covid jab, according to the latest Government data.

An easyJet passenger said he was ’frothing at the mouth’ and shouting racist abuse at police forced to drag him off the plane because he ’hadn’t eaten all day’.

China has flexed its military muscles after a fleet of warships were spotted close to Australia and a Beijing navy helicopter was seen flying within 10ft of a Philippines coastguard plane.

The Kremlin has responded to proposals made by Sir Keir Starmer to deploy 30,000 troops to Ukraine, calling the plan "unacceptable".

The latest race for companies is to find new forms of clean energy to make the leap in industry.

The White House reacted by sharing a doctored image of Trump wearing a crown on social media.

The US opposes calling Russia an aggressor in a G7 statement marking the third anniversary of Russiaʼs full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The mum of a teenage soldier who killed herself after being sexually assaulted and harassed by male bosses has said she ‘won’t stop fighting until meaningful action is taken’ to address the abuse of women in the Army.