Susan Taylor got into ‘serious difficulties’ as she approached finish point Her husband Stephen, 43, was part of team on his wife’s support boat Her paramedic brother David pulled her from water and tried to revive her Mrs Taylor’s father says: ‘I’ve lost the most wonderful person in the world’ Donations to children’s hospice have reached £13,000 since her death A British woman collapsed just a mile short of swimming […]

US President Barack Obama has called for “calm reflection” after Florida neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman was cleared of murdering black teenager Trayvon Martin. Mr Obama said Trayvon’s death was a tragedy for America, but that it was “a nation of laws and a jury has spoken”. The case sparked a fierce debate in the US about racial profiling. The Department of Justice says it is investigating whether a civil case […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Iran was getting closer to the “red line” he set for its nuclear program and warned the international community not to be distracted by the crises in Syria and Egypt. Tehran was continuing enrichment activities and building inter-continental ballistic missiles, which could give it a military nuclear capability, he said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” At the United […]

A man in his 60s was found dead at house on quiet country lane Police want to question Ian John McLoughlin, 55 Francis Cory-Wright, a convicted paedophile, was injured and is in hospital It is believed McLoughlin was in prison with Cory-Wright Police described McLoughlin as ‘very dangerous’ A pensioner was murdered trying to defend an 88-year-old convicted paedophile from a man it is believed he met in prison, it […]

Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai addressed the United Nations Youth Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. Her twenty-minute speech was given several standing ovations and she was hailed for her message of peace. July 12 was declared as “Malala Day” by the United Nations. She went on to give a rousing speech, saying that she held no contempt in her heart for the masked gunmen who, on October 9, […]

    Faye Jones, from Cramlington, Northumberland, disappeared three days ago in popular holiday resort Marmaris     Single mother Rhonda, 39, has been searching for her day and night     Faye met bar worker Murat Can Ertani, 22, in same resort last year     The pair fled together after Faye argued with her mother about him     Turkish police say Ertani has a criminal record and has spent time in jail […]

Bus was believed to have been carrying 60 people at time of horrific crash Emergency Services Ministry has confirmed 18 people died in incident Youngest victim was a six-year-old girl, according to reports Eighteen people have been killed and dozens injured after a truck crashed into a bus in a Moscow suburb. Russia’s Emergency Services Ministry has confirmed the youngest victim was a six-year-old girl. According to reports the green […]

Some 300,000 people in eastern China have fled their homes as Typhoon Soulik moves inland amid warnings of floods and landslides, state media report. Winds of 119 km/hour (74 mph) lashed the coastal Fujian Province, said China’s National Meteorological Centre. Emergency response plans were being implemented, said Xinhua state media, after recent torrential rain reportedly left 200 people dead or missing. The typhoon earlier led to extensive flooding on the […]

From inside a small thatched roof cottage, Ahmed Kathrada watched with horror as a laundry van approaching the main house of Liliesleaf Farm exploded with teams of police officers. He and other anti-apartheid activists hiding out at the farm attempted to jump out of a back window. But they were surrounded, their hopes dashed and their plans for an overthrow of South Africa’s apartheid government were extinguished. “The vehicles pulled […]

Scientists have released microscopic images of fragments of the meteorite that hit central Russia in February. A team from the Ural Federal University was able to analyse some of the dozens of samples as soon as they were found. But the technique they used allowed them to assess the rock’s chemical make-up at the microscopic level even as they snapped pictures of the fragments. This will provide extra information on […]