A reckless hit-and-run driver who knocked down and killed an elderly couple has been jailed for just two years. Childhood sweethearts Ann Nickerson, 75, and husband Lawrence, 79, left home for a romantic dinner at an Italian restaurant in Jesmond, Newcastle, on November 23, 2019. The grandpare...
Armin Laschet has become the new leader of the Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) party in Germany. He takes the helm months before an election to decide who will replace Ms Merkel as chancellor, when she steps down this year. While the vote making the new CDU leader is not the final...
Stephen Bear has been released from custody and was pictured outside his home on Saturday morning following his arrest over revenge porn claims. The reality personality, 31, was arrested for allegedly filming himself having sex with ex Georgia Harrison and sharing the explicit content online. Stephen wa...
Looking out at a single-track country lane over unspoilt downland, I’m struggling to see any signs of human habitation. And yet I am barely 20 miles south of Oxford, home to 150,000 people. In a memorable scene in Jude The Obscure, the title character of Thomas Hardy’s novel has his first si...
BERLIN — Germany took its first step into a new era on Saturday, choosing the next leader of Chancellor’s Angela Merkel’s conservative party ahead of fall elections in which she will not be on the ballot. In normal times, Armin Laschet, the longstanding Merkel ally who was elected to lead the party, the...
