On a sunny day, my ex came to the hair salon where I worked – and shot me at close range | Domestic violence

It was a sunny Friday in August when Rachel Williams arrived at the hair salon where she worked in Newport, Wales. As she was shuffling clients around, she remembers “looking at the... Read more »

‘There were stoats in kitchen cupboards’: AI deployed to help save Orkney’s birds | Conservation

At first, the stoat looks like a faint smudge in the distance. But, as it jumps closer, its sleek body is identified by a heat-detecting camera and, with it, an alert goes... Read more »

Calls for extra Gardaí for Rathkeale after arson attack

Images and videos of the burning were circulated on social media. A LOCAL councillor has called again for extra Gardaí to be deployed to Rathkeale, County Limerick, following an arson attack on... Read more »

‘Das crazy’ is the German Youth Word of the Year 2025 – DW – 10/18/2025

Previously, when Germans wanted to point out how crazy something is, they would naturally use German and say “Das ist verrückt.” Young Germans, however, now prefer to say, “Das crazy.” Whether you’re surprised, speechless, want... Read more »

‘I lost 25 pounds in 20 days’: what it’s like to be on the frontline of a global cyber-attack | Cybercrime

Tim Brown will remember 12 December 2020 for ever. It was the day the software company SolarWinds was notified it had been hacked by Russia. Brown, the chief information security officer at... Read more »

‘Suck it up’: leaked video exposes bitter infighting at Reform UK’s flagship Kent council | Reform UK

Bitter divisions in Reform UK’s flagship county council have been laid bare in a leaked video of a chaotic internal meeting where members were told to “fucking suck it up” if they... Read more »

German media bias falsely inflates crime by foreigners – DW – 10/18/2025

“We are charting something like the fever curve of society,” journalism professor Thomas Hestermann said of his new study, “Crime and Migration: Perception in German Media,”  which examined how the nationality and ethnicity of crime... Read more »

York MP calls on royal family to explain source of £12m Virginia Giuffre payment | Prince Andrew

An MP has called on the royal family to explain how Prince Andrew funded a settlement in a sexual abuse case brought by Virginia Giuffre. Rachael Maskell, who represents York Central, said... Read more »

Russia keeps hitting Ukraine’s training centers — and Ukraine doesn’t have an answer

Infantry recruits of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade listen to an instructor while undergoing a basic training course at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine on Oct. 11, 2025. (Ed Jones /... Read more »

Regular boxing shows could be on the cards in Donegal – Jason Quigley

Former world middleweight title challenger Jason Quigley says the Rumble In The Hills, Rising Stars card in Letterkenny could be the start of regular shows in the county. Quigley, who is now... Read more »