Over the past seven years, more than 4,800 children have been sexually abused within the Catholic Church in Portugal, according to a report by an independent commission released on Monday. The sticky report was based on 512 direct complaints. But according to the coordinator of the commission, child psychiatrist Pedro Strecht, the number of victims … Read more
For many families in southeastern Turkey, the wait is to find out if their loved ones are still alive. A week after two earthquakes struck Turkey, causing widespread devastation in it and neighboring Syria, thousands of rescue teams are still searching for signs of life through the rubble of former apartment blocks. Umut Senoglu is … Read more
The Stormont Assembly will be recalled later in an attempt to pass a new law on organ donation in Northern Ireland. Rival parties are trying to increase the pressure on the DUP to end its boycott of devolution, but the unionist party has said it will again block any attempt to elect a speaker. The … Read more
Queensland’s West Downs were still dealing with out-of-control bushfires on Tuesday morning as 18 fires continued to burn across the state overnight and an emergency warning remained in place. Residents in Kowguran, Myall Park and Hookswood, near Miles, were told to leave immediately at 1am on Tuesday, as the fire reached more than 7,400 hectares … Read more
AFP Cyclone-hit New Zealand declares a national emergency New Zealand declared a national state of emergency on Tuesday after Cyclone Gabrielle swept away roads, swamped homes and left more than 100,000 people without power. High winds and heavy rain lashed the North Island population of the country, what officials called “unprecedented weather event”. “It’s been … Read more
(Northumbria Healthcare / SWNS) An NHS trust is using a drone to transport blood samples, cancer treatment and other drugs between hospitals as part of a trial aimed at reducing delivery times and cutting harmful carbon emissions. Northumbria Healthcare said the “innovative” four-month project would start on Monday, February 13 and take place at Wansbeck … Read more
SWNS Residents living on ‘Britain’s roughest street’ say it’s full of kids being stabbed and drug addicts everywhere Residents say they fear the ‘roughest street in Britain’ full of £5 prostitutes, teenagers being stabbed and drug addicts ‘everywhere’. Slade Road in Stockland Green, Birmingham, is said to be a hotbed of violence and drugs which … Read more
Dual documents: There are many good reasons to have two passports (Simon Calder) Five years ago HM Passport Office had a good reputation for dealing quickly with passport applications. In February 2018 the then immigration minister, Caroline Nokes, told Parliament: “We are currently processing 99.9 per cent of simple applications within three weeks. “On average, … Read more
(Evening Composite) As I write this, a woman is sitting next to me eating, and it makes me want to dislocate my jaw and scream as loud as I can, or tear handfuls of my hair, or smack the food out of her hand . Or all of the above. I have a condition called … Read more
NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell gave updates on a multi-location incident involving a suspect who hit eight people while driving a U-Haul truck through the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on February 13. “Now, it is said, we have struck eight. Two are in critical condition, two are in serious condition, and four … Read more