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The charity’s vice president, Dick Goodwin, said: “Don was incredibly special.”He had a warmth and presence that lit up every room he entered, and he touched the lives of so many people.”As a World War Two veteran, Don represented a generation whose courage and service we will never forget. “It was a privilege for the taxi charity to know him, and he will be remembered with enormous affection and gratitude. “My thoughts are with his family and all those who loved him at this very sad time.”In an interview last year, Turrell said: “I did lie about my age. I…
The night after verbally sparring with Abdul El-Sayed on primetime television, Fox News host Jesse Watters had kind words for the progressive Michigan Senate nominee.“I like him,” Watters remarked Tuesday to his co-hosts on “The Five,” albeit right after saying he doesn’t trust him. “I don’t want to like him, but I like him.”Less than 24 hours prior, the two had engaged in an adversarial, wide-ranging interview in which Watters pressed El-Sayed to explain his stance on transgender women in sports and his support for the Green New Deal. For his part, El-Sayed tried to spin Watters’ pointed questions into…
The United Nations has announced that six children and seven women kidnapped last week in the hillside community of Kenscoff, Haiti, have been released.In a statement late on Friday, representatives from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) used the news to call attention to the ongoing crisis unfolding in Haiti — and the toll it has taken on the country’s youth.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“This release offers a rare moment of hope amid the violence threatening children in Haiti,” said Yannig Dussart, the group’s deputy representative in Haiti.“The Kenscoff abduction was not an isolated incident but another stark…
Two Turkish-operated vessels have been struck this week as a result of the war between Russia and Ukraine.Published On 29 Aug 202629 Aug 2026Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkiye has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara following two attacks on Turkish-operated vessels in the Black Sea.Turkish officials communicated their concerns to Ambassador Naryman Dzhelialo at the ministry on Saturday, the AFP news agency reported.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“During the meeting, Turkiye warned about the absolute need to ensure the safety of people, of assets, of navigation and of the environment in the Black Sea,” the…
Elaine Ling splits her time between New York and California, but wherever she is and needs a coffee, she doesn’t visit a Starbucks.She only goes there for her cold drinks. Her “real coffee” comes from local cafes.”I don’t really like to go to Starbucks for coffee. I think their coffee is like too sweet,” Ling, 21, told the BBC. “I’m more of a refresher girl when it comes to going to Starbucks.” Though founded as a coffee shop more than five decades ago, Starbucks says that three out of every four drinks it now sells are cold. Think iced fruity…
New generation, same borderWhile Kang’s story symbolises the division of the Korean Peninsula, it would be wrong to think such tales only belong to an older generation of Koreans.Kim Kang-woo, 31, has also been directly affected by the division.Today, Kim lives in Siheung, a satellite city of Seoul, but he was born in Hyesan, a North Korean city on the Chinese border. At age 22, he made the biggest decision of his life: He decided to escape to South Korea.Kim left out of necessity. During his second year in high school, his father was beaten to death during an interrogation…
Organisers of a Christian festival say they are “devastated” after a sign fell at their event and injured seven people, with one man dying at the scene.Sussex Police said it had been called to the Big Church Festival at Wiston Park, near Steyning in West Sussex, at about 15:38 BST on Friday.It was later confirmed a 41-year-old man from Eastbourne in East Sussex had died.The Archbishop of Canterbury said she was “sad and shocked” to hear about the fatal incident.Dame Sarah Mullally said: “I pray for his family, friends and loved ones as they grieve. I pray for those receiving…
A Dutch drug addiction and mental health institute has issued a “red alert” to users about potentially lethal ecstasy pills which resemble US President Donald Trump.The Utrecht-based Trimbos Institute said several of the pills had been handed in at testing centres in August and were found to contain a “very high” amount of the chemical PMMA.”Do not use this pill under any circumstance,” the institute said in its warning, cautioning that the drug could cause “overheating with potentially fatal consequences”.It issued images of the pills, which feature a depiction of Trump’s face on one side and the words “Trump” and…
Meanwhile, Tkachenko said a 14-year-old was killed in a separate attack in the Boryspil district while Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said a two-year-old had died after a Russian drone crashed in Obolonskyi.He added that five people, including an 18-year-old girl, were injured in fresh strikes on the capital on Saturday morning.Zelensky reported further overnight strikes in Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia, as the Ukrainian army said it had shot down 233 Russian drones.In Russia, local officials said two people had been killed and 21 injured in strikes in the Belgorod and Rostov regions in the past 24 hours.Russian online retailer…
Message discipline is being emphasised inside the Treasury too.The biggest moment for the Burnham government this autumn will come on 28 October, when Chancellor John Healey unveils the Budget.Sir Keir and his chancellor Rachel Reeves were widely seen to have been damaged politically when many of the policies in their Budgets made their way into the media.In response, Burnham’s administration has put measures in place to try to stop those leaks and it’s understood the Treasury is telling officials that Budget security is like national security.Nevertheless, speculation about the Budget is likely to dominate the coming weeks in Westminster, in…