I’m running out of time. That’s how James Richard Klingsborg – known as Rich – begins his harrowing plea for help. He is living through what he calls “a perfect storm of progressive, permanent brain damage.” Three rare and interacting conditions — a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, infraten...
On Saturday 8 November, Ireland’s Football Association approved a decision calling on the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to suspend Israel’s participation in European football competitions. Ireland says ban Israel from UEFA The resolution states that the Israeli association...
The presence of Palestine’s first-ever Miss Universe contestant, Nadeen Ayoub, didn’t go down well with the Israeli participant, if pictures from the event in Thailand are anything to go by. Ayoub, who became “Miss Palestine” in 2022 and is based in Ramallah and Dubai, made her first offic...
According to the Mirror, a Labour MP has claimed that colleagues in London are “shitting it” at the prospect of the Green Party taking their seats. Zack Polanski, meanwhile, has sent a message to them: Great to hear London Labour MPs panicking about losing their seats to the Green Party. F...
By late 2024, dredgers began carving through the seabed off the coast of Presidente Kennedy, a small town in southern Espírito Santo, once known for its quiet beaches. This is the chosen site of Porto Central, Brazil’s next mega-port and one of the most ambitious private logistics projects...
Bob Vylan has “secured a full apology and substantial damages” following an article in the Manchester Evening News (MEN) which accused the singer of throwing a Nazi salute. Shout out @RahmanLowe for helping take action against Reach plc and @ManchesterEven after their defamatory artic...
Retired Brighton-based journalist Greg Hadfield is scheduled to face trial this month for exposing an obscene X post by right-wing former Labour MP Ivor Caplin, 67 — while Caplin has again been granted bail after being arrested in a paedophile sting operation. Ivor Caplin Caplin, a notorio...
This week, Birmingham police blew apart the government’s narrative that the Maccabi Tel Aviv travel ban was driven by antisemitism. As it turned out — and as we reported at the time — Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have a history of hooliganism, and it’s very normal to block such fans from travelli...
The courts have thrown the book at ex-footballer Joey Barton after he suggested Jeremy Vine was a paedophile. While some are describing this as a ‘free speech‘ issue, we imagine that most of them probably wouldn’t want a guy with millions of followers telling the world that they might be a...
The Gaza government’s emergency operations unit has issued an urgent appeal to the United Nations, its agencies, and international humanitarian organisations. It’s calling for immediate action to protect thousands of displaced families facing the threat of flooding as winter approaches. Di...
