Nazi human experiments still influence medicine today – DW – 08/24/2025

Forced medical research and human experiments are among the darkest chapters of the Nazi era. Pathogens, toxins and drugs were tested primarily on Jews, prisoners of war, Sinti and Roma, disabled people and... Read more »

British government vows to speed up asylum claims as hotel protests spread

Demonstrators hold placards reading “Choose Love,” “Refugees Welcome,” “Don’t Give In To Hate,” “Migrants Make our NHS” as they counter an anti-immigration protest outside the Sheraton Four Points hotel, believed to be... Read more »

Bristol protest police accused of ‘violence’ during dramatic crowd dispersal

One councillor described the scenes as “violent and traumatic” 13:23, 24 Aug 2025Updated 13:38, 24 Aug 2025 Some officers policing yesterday’s protests in Bristol have been accused of “violence”, with two Green... Read more »

German investigators: four bombs weighing up to 27 kg each destroyed Nord Stream gas pipelines 80 meters underwater

New details have emerged about the technical execution of the September 2022 Nord Stream pipeline attacks, with German investigators revealing that at least four explosive devices weighing 14 to 27 kilograms each... Read more »

Child with scoliosis has 12 month wait for MRI scan

Five-year-old Hannah, who was recently diagnosed with scoliosis, a condition where the spine curves abnormally, has to wait between eight and 12 months for an MRI scan. Hannah, from Co. Kilkenny, was... Read more »

Moment Seat Leon drives wrong way on Birmingham roundabout

Exclusive footage caught by BirminghamLive shows brazen motorist going the wrong way and putting drivers at risk in Kings Heath 11:30, 24 Aug 2025Updated 12:05, 24 Aug 2025 A brazen driver was... Read more »

Berlin’s memorial to victims of communism ‘long overdue’ – DW – 08/24/2025

Situated in the heart of Berlin’s Spreebogen district is a well-maintained lawn dotted with a few young trees and three park benches. Every day, thousands of people pass by this site, mostly... Read more »

BBC King and Conqueror: Is James Norton series historically accurate?

The BBC miniseries King and Conqueror, based on the Battle of Hastings, dives deep into the lives of Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy Helen Kelly Head of Screen Time 09:30,... Read more »

Residents split on changes to streets where seagulls takeover to ‘s*** and screech’

Sefton Council have implemented a new new waste collection strategy it hopes will improve neighbourhoods around Bootle 08:27, 24 Aug 2025Updated 08:34, 24 Aug 2025 Janette Smith, 64, has lived in Bootle... Read more »

Ukraine marks flag day with symbolic action in Kursk region, regains control of Donetsk Oblast village

To mark Ukraine’s National Flag Day, drone operators from the “Rugby Team” battalion of the 129th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade raised the blue-and-yellow flag over two villages in Russia’s Kursk region—Hornal and... Read more »