We will help elderly to keep their dignity by proposing long-term solution to social care crisis, writes Tory election candidate MATT HANCOCK Decades of economic growth is leading us to prevent and treat diseases better   However, care needs among the elderly and those of working age are rising  People are living longer, healthier lives. Thanks to decades of economic growth […]

Three-year-old boy is killed after falling into a scalding pot of curry in India Boy, three, is thought to have been playing near the cooking area at a function Father said son fell into vessel filled with hot sambar and received severe burns Comes after boy, six, died from burns earlier in November after falling in a pot A three-year-old boy […]

THE Queen bravely smiled and joked as she got back to work just 24 minutes after sex scandal-hit Prince Andrew was publicly sacked. The Duke of York, 59, was stripped of his royal duties and £249,000 sovereign grant in the wake of a car-crash Newsnight interview over his relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. At 5.52pm, Prince Andrew released a statement […]

A 16-year-old girl who is accused of planning to murder members of a predominantly black church went to “great lengths” to plan the attack, police said. The girl, who was not identified because she is a minor, collected multiple knives, such as kitchen and butcher knives, before she was arrested and charged for the alleged plot at Bethel African Methodist […]

Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh was hit with federal corruption charges Wednesday related to a shady children’s book deal that prompted her resignation. Pugh is accused of improperly tapping into the nearly $800,000 in proceeds from her lucrative “Healthy Holly” book deal, including to buy and renovate a home in Baltimore, pay down personal debt and fund $35,800 in straw […]

Lib Dems would hire 20,000 more teachers and boost starting salaries to £30,000 in £10bn school investment pledge The money will help boost teacher numbers by 20,000 over five years they say The party said it would attract and retain teachers by increasing starting salaries Will guarantee all teachers pay rise of at least 3% a year over the next […]

‘Meth. We’re on it’: South Dakota officials slammed for campaign to tackle state’s drug epidemic with ‘poorly thought out’ motto and ads featuring old people and children South Dakota’s new anti-meth campaign featuring people of different ages and races saying ‘I’m on meth’ has sparked confusion and ridicule online The state’s Governor, Kristi Noem, on Monday launched the nearly half-million-dollar […]

UN Human Rights Office says Donald Trump’s war crimes pardons send ‘disturbing signal to military forces all around the world’ after president insists soldiers ‘should be allowed to fight’ Trump tweeted on Sunday that his recent military pardons were justified  He pardoned three service members accused of war crimes on Friday Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance, 34, walked free from […]

THE duke complained in Saturday's interview with Emily Maitlis of the BBC's Newsnight — filmed at Buckingham Palace — that the Epstein saga had become a "constant sore" for himself and his family. He said that he had "no recollection" of ever meeting Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claims that as a teenager in 2001 she was made to have sex […]

RAF officer who admitted strangling his Squadron Leader partner when she threatened to leave him is CLEARED of attempted murder after jury is out for just three hours Timothy Barry, 31, said he fell in love with Squadron Leader Sarah Seddon, 31  Flight Lieutenant Barry admitted to strangling her when she tried to leave  Oxford Crown Court cleared him today […]