Malta's former PM Joseph Muscat is formally questioned by cops for over murder of journalist

Malta's former prime minister Joseph Muscat was questioned by police on Friday afternoon about testimony given to officers by the suspected mastermind in the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, businessman Yorgen Fenech. Muscat resigned after it was revealed he was friends with, and had received expensive gifts from …...Read More

Police force uses podcast in bid to crack 23-year-old unsolved murder of delivery driver

A police force have become the first in the UK to use a Making A Murderer-style podcast in a bid to crack an unsolved 23-year-old homicide. Derbyshire Constabulary have teamed up with podcasters to create a 64-minute episode about the murder of Michael Pritchard who was killed in November 1997. …...Read More

Manchester Arena terrorists' brother supports jail sentence

The eldest brother of the two Manchester Arena terrorists has welcomed the judge's decision to jail his surviving sibling for 55 years for plotting atrocity. Ismali Abedi has spoken out about the attack orchestrated by his two younger brothers, Hashem and Salman, in 2017 which left 22 people dead. He …...Read More

Murder suspect accused of killing women and putting bodies in his freezer 'panicked', court hears

A suspected double killer who allegedly kept his victims' bodies in a freezer for nearly three years told a jury he 'just panicked' when he found one of the victims dead on his sofa. Hungarian Henriett Szucs, 34, vanished after moving in with accused murderer Zahid Younis, 35, and was …...Read More

Four men deny murdering NHS worker David Gomoh, 24, who was stabbed to death in east London

Four males charged with murder after an NHS worker, who was stabbed in an unprovoked attack outside his home, have denied the murder. David Gomoh, 24, was allegedly chased and stabbed eight times by a group of four males after he left his house in Newham, east London, to go …...Read More

Facebook reportedly planning a kill switch to shut off political ads if Trump disputes election

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and some company executives have reportedly been planning a 'kill switch' to shut off political advertising after the election is over to curb misinformation. Facebook is looking at post-election scenarios that include attempts by President Donald Trump or his campaign to use the platform to delegitimize …...Read More

Freshers' week on ZOOM: Independent SAGE says first years should be banned from partying next month

Freshers' week should be moved online to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks when university students go back next month, an independent group of scientists say. The experts have earmarked campuses as potential super-spreading zones, because young people are more likely to carry the virus without knowing and mingle with strangers. They say …...Read More

Dozens descend on Downing Street for A-level exam protest demanding Gavin Williamson is sacked

Dozens of protestors attended an A-level results demonstration outside Downing Street calling for the immediate sacking of Gavin Williamson. Students and teachers have demanded for the Education Secretary to be sacked at Friday's protest over A-level and Btec results in England. The event, supported by several London branches of the …...Read More

Scientists grow the first functioning mini human heart model

Scientists in the US have grown the first functioning mini human heart models to help identify cardiac disorders in the lab. The human heart organoids (hHOs), which have functioning chambers and vascular tissue, were created with stem cells to mimic the 'nuts and bolts' of how a fetal heart develops …...Read More

Trump reveals he thinks Joe Biden is 'more likable' than Hillary after convention stresses empathy

President Donald Trump said 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is 'more likable' than Hillary, hours after party officials orchestrated a four-day convention touting Biden's empathy and faith. But moments after Trump acknowledged a strength of his rival, he offered: 'Who cares about personality?' Trump brought up the contrast at …...Read More