Simon Richardson knew headteacher Michael Mullins was under his 4×4 as he kept driving in Manchester, jury heard
A motorist who mowed down a cyclist and dragged him under his car for more than a mile has been found guilty of murder.
Headteacher Michael Mullins, 56, was travelling home from Stretford grammar school in Manchester in the early evening of 20 April this year when he was struck by a Volvo XC90 driven by Simon Richardson.
Federal judge to hear arguments on Friday over leak case that was twice previously investigated with no action taken
Lawyers for the former FBI director James Comey will ask a federal judge on Friday to block the US justice department from pursuing its third criminal case against him.
Comey is an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, in open feud since the US president fired him from that post early in his first term, and he is a frequent target of Republican outrage.
IISS study questions over-reliance on American support and ‘over-dependence on expensive, high-end systems’
Gulf states are going to have to reconfigure their trillion-dollar defences given the damage inflicted on their economies and the questionable continued value of US bases in the face of Iranian attack, according to a study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
The report says that in the weeks before the 8 April ceasefire, 12 regional states, overwhelmingly in the Gulf, faced 4,670 Iranian one-way attack drones and more than 1,400 ballistic missiles. Nearly half were aimed at the United Arab Emirates. Although the vast majority were repelled, one estimate of the damage to energy infrastructure cited by the report is put as high as $58bn (£43bn).
DoJ reportedly issues subpoenas after reports Democrat campaign sought candidate with same name as Republican incumbent. Plus, tributes pour in for beloved actor Patrick Stewart
Good morning. The US justice department is reported to have issued subpoenas after a report that the Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign collaborated with party operatives to get a challenger with the same name as the Republican senator Dan Sullivan on to the midterm ballot.
Ballot stacking is a political tactic used in elections to draw votes away from an opponent by “stacking” the ballot with other candidates. While it is not illegal, the US president and the justice department have filed a lawsuit pre-emptively to block the certification of the Senate election results if the incumbent senator loses. Ariana Baio explains what is going on.
The Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation in California over claims that thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote. Donald Trump has repeatedly alleged that California’s elections are “corrupt” and “rigged”. Some employees from the office of the Los Angeles county registrar-recorder received grand jury subpoenas, the office confirmed.
Government corruption has emerged as a top issue in the upcoming elections, with an overwhelming majority of Americans saying US government officials use their public office for personal financial gain, according to an exclusive Harris poll for the Guardian. Three-quarters of voters said they thought elected officials cared more about enriching themselves than improving the economy for ordinary people.
Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, confirmed his campaign pulled an attack ad featuring Donna Arthur, the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton. It followed severe public backlash rooted in the revelation that Arthur lost custody of Acton in 1978 after Arthur’s second husband was charged with repeatedly raping the then child.
The Canadian rocker Bryan Adams has trolled Donald Trump with a new song criticising his attempt to rename Lake Ontario, and another track called 51st State about Trump’s efforts to annex Canada.
This video explainer gives an overview in three and a half minutes of whether Israel’s opposition parties can work with new Palestinian Knesset members to oust Netanyahu.
Una donna ha partorito su un autobus della linea urbana 39, stamattina, a Bologna, poco dopo le 9 in zona Saffi. Ad aiutarla a far venire alla luce il suo bambino alcune passeggere e la conducente del bus. Lo fa sapere Tper, l’azienda di trasporto pubblico.
Oltre alle “congratulazioni alla mamma e al suo bambino che ha iniziato il suo viaggio di vita su un autobus”, Tper “si complimenta con la conducente per aver gestito fino all’arrivo dei sanitari un evento davvero insolito ed altrettanto delicato”. La mamma e il neonato sono stati affidati ai sanitari del 118 intervenuto sul posto.
More than 40 locations across 15 districts will glow purple through the night between Saturday and Sunday to raise public awareness of seismic preparedness, according to Quake, the Lisbon Earthquake
Cyprus tourism revenue fell by 3.4 per cent year-on-year in August to €562 million, as fewer tourists and shorter stays weighed on earnings despite an increase in average daily spending, according to figures released by the statistical service (Cystat) on Friday.
Revenue stood at €581.8m in August 2025, meaning the sector earned €19.8m less than a year earlier, as tourist arrivals declined from 602,026 to 581,880.
The latest figures also show that tourism revenue for the first eight months of 2026 reached €2.32 billion, down 6.2 per cent from €2.47bn during the corresponding period of 2025.
The August decline follows a stronger performance in July, when tourism revenue increased by 4.6 per cent to €536.5m, supported by higher visitor spending despite slightly lower arrivals.
In August, however, average expenditure per tourist remained almost unchanged at €965.81, compared with €966.41 a year earlier.
Although the average length of stay declined from 9.2 days to 8.9 days, tourists spent more each day, with average daily expenditure increasing from €105.04 to €108.52.
The United Kingdom remained Cyprus’ largest tourist market, accounting for 30.5 per cent of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 23.3 per cent and Poland with 6.3 per cent.
British arrivals fell from 193,091 in August 2025 to 177,603 this year, while the average length of stay shortened from 10.6 days to 10.2 days.
Spending by British visitors also declined, with average expenditure per person falling from €1,195.02 to €1,062.12, while daily spending decreased from €112.74 to €104.13.
Israel, meanwhile, recorded a substantial increase in arrivals, rising from 105,597 to 135,628, strengthening its position as Cyprus’ second-largest source of tourists.
Israeli visitors stayed for an average of five days, compared with 5.2 days a year earlier, but their expenditure increased considerably.
Average spending per person rose from €792.69 to €892.20, while daily expenditure climbed from €152.44 to €178.44, considerably higher than the average for the tourism market as a whole.
Poland remained the third-largest market, although arrivals declined from 41,844 to 36,622.
Polish tourists stayed slightly longer, with the average visit increasing from 7.7 days to 7.9 days, but spending per person fell from €740.38 to €729.93. Daily expenditure also declined from €96.15 to €92.40.
German arrivals decreased from 27,665 to 25,823, while the average stay shortened from 10.5 days to 10.2 days.
Despite this, German visitors spent more, with average expenditure per person increasing from €987.97 to €1,084.18 and daily spending rising from €94.09 to €106.29.
Sweden followed a similar pattern, with arrivals declining from 18,636 to 17,441, although the average stay increased from 8.4 days to 8.8 days.
Average spending among Swedish tourists rose from €876.21 to €1,024.42 per person, while daily expenditure increased from €104.31 to €116.41.
Danish arrivals also fell slightly, from 9,984 to 9,733, while visitors shortened their stays from 8.8 days to 7.7 days.
Their average expenditure per person declined from €836.78 to €780.74, although daily spending increased from €95.09 to €101.39.
Norwegian arrivals moved in the opposite direction, increasing marginally from 7,896 to 8,006. However, Cystat did not publish reliable expenditure or length-of-stay figures for this market.
Arrivals from Greece declined from 15,294 to 13,810, with the average stay falling from 10.5 days to 10.2 days.
Greek visitors also spent less, with average expenditure per person decreasing from €484.94 to €466.29, while daily spending slipped from €46.18 to €45.71.
Visitors from the USrecorded one of the most striking increases in spending, with average expenditure per person almost doubling from €849.70 to €1,691.60.
American arrivals increased from 8,597 to 9,665, while the average length of stay rose sharply from 12.2 days to 16.7 days.
Daily expenditure also increased substantially, from €69.65 to €101.29, with the longer stays contributing to the considerable increase in spending per visitor.
Austrian arrivals fell from 11,935 to 10,389, although visitors stayed considerably longer, with the average duration increasing from 7.4 days to 9.1 days.
Average expenditure among Austrian tourists rose from €899.80 to €1,116.79 per person, while daily spending increased slightly from €121.59 to €122.72.
Swiss arrivals also declined, from 7,277 to 6,739, but the average length of stay increased from 8.9 days to 9.2 days.
Swiss visitors remained among the highest-spending tourists, with average expenditure per person rising from €1,254.87 to €1,423.77, while daily spending increased from €141 to €154.76.
Arrivals from the Netherlands fell from 7,672 to 6,331, although Dutch visitors extended their average stay from 9.7 days to 10.9 days.
Despite spending more time in Cyprus, their average expenditure per person declined from €1,103.80 to €1,062.19, while daily spending fell from €113.79 to €97.45.
France recorded one of the sharpest declines among Cyprus’ main European tourism markets, with arrivals falling from 15,663 to 8,453.
French tourists nevertheless stayed longer, with the average visit increasing from 9.4 days to 11.2 days.
Their average expenditure per person rose from €979.40 to €1,034.62, although daily spending declined from €104.19 to €92.38.
Belgian arrivals, meanwhile, increased from 3,342 to 4,475, accompanied by a substantial rise in the average length of stay from 10.2 days to 13.3 days.
Average expenditure by Belgian tourists increased from €918.56 to €1,064.54 per person, although daily spending fell from €90.05 to €80.04.
Finnish arrivals declined from 4,018 to 3,431, with tourists spending an average of €1,105.20 per person and €120.13 per day, based on an average stay of 9.2 days.
Italian arrivals also fell sharply, dropping from 11,173 to 6,282, while the average stay shortened from 8.5 days to 8.1 days.
However, Italian tourists increased their average expenditure from €773.38 to €928.95 per person, with daily spending rising from €90.99 to €114.69.
Finally, arrivals from Lebanon declined from 5,745 to 5,085.
The cumulative figures show that the sector has yet to recover the revenue lost during the earlier months of 2026, with tourism earnings for January to August remaining €153.1m below the corresponding period last year.
Crypto platform Binance has suspended trading following a suspected hack now linked to North Korea. The disruption has left users unable to trade on the cryptocurrency platform while the suspected breach is investigated.
Ukraine’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets and his delegation safely reached Russian-occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast on 30 October, with the local truce at 80 hours and holding. He said he was talking with residents to learn what help they need most.
Russia has kept Oleshky, on the left bank of the Dnipro River, cut off for months, leaving residents starving. Now the test is where the buses take people. The White House promised residents who wish to leave transport to their “preferred destination.” Lubinets said on 27 October that everyone who wants to go to Ukraine will be able to. Under agreement pages published by Fox News, his own delegation and the residents who choose Ukraine travel together via Anapa in Russia. From there, a Russian military transport plane to Homiel in Belarus is expected on 31 October.
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On the morning of 30 October, before reaching the town, Lubinets wrote from Armiansk in occupied Crimea that he was coordinating the mission with Yana Lantratova, Russia’s human rights commissioner. He said 25 buses with 750 seats had been prepared, plus ambulances for people with limited mobility. Anyone who wants to leave will get a safe way out, and those who stay will receive aid, he added. In delivering that aid, special attention goes to elderly residents and people with disabilities, he said.
We are in Oleshky! The Ukrainian delegation has safely reached the city.
The ceasefire has been in effect for 80 hours and remains in place. I am currently on the ground, speaking with local residents to hear about their needs and understand what kind of assistance they need… pic.twitter.com/AOhKIV0WLO
The evening before, he said people who want to leave could do so until 14:00, with aid distribution after 14:30, without naming a date. Speaking to journalists, he called it the first truce since 2022 to hold this long on such a large stretch of front.
How the truce came about
The White House announced the truce on 23 October, crediting First Lady Melania Trump. It took effect at 03:00 Kyiv time on 27 October. Its zone was later widened. By 29 October, the convoy was ready, Lubinets said. The truce is due to end at 22:59 Kyiv time on 1 November.
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