The time people are waiting to be treated for migraines has almost doubled in England, according to a new report. And the Migraine Trust has called for the “debilitating and stigmatised” condition to be taken seriously by clinicians. The charity said there should be greater awareness of the pathways that exist for managing migraines, which
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Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford walked away unhurt from a crash while driving home, Sky News understands. Rashford arrived back in Manchester following United’s 1-0 win away at Burnley on Saturday night and was on his way home after arriving at Carrington, the club’s training base. No ambulance was required after Rashford was
Brendan Rodgers forced security guards away from a young pitch invader after Celtic’s 3-0 win over Livingston. The excited fan dashed onto the pitch at the Tony Macaroni Stadium after full time prompting a group of security guards to intervene. He was knocked to the ground in the kerfuffle which ensued on the pitch, but
The Metropolitan Police officer who shot dead Chris Kaba will face a murder charge, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Mr Kaba, 24, died the day after he was hit by a single gunshot from a police firearms officer in Streatham Hill on 5 September last year. The car he was driving was followed through
The Online Safety Bill has passed its last parliamentary hurdle in the House of Lords, meaning it will finally become law after years of delay. The flagship piece of legislation aims to regulate online content to help keep users safe, especially children, and to put the onus on social media companies to protect people from
A man believed to be a food delivery driver was left with life-changing injuries after he tried to put out an e-bike fire. It comes as the London Fire Brigade warned that there have been 137 fires involving an e-bike or e-scooter this year alone, in which three people died and 50 more were injured.
A lorry driver has been jailed after police seized £70,000 in criminal cash disguised as sandwiches. The money, wrapped in tin foil, was discovered in the cab of the driver’s vehicle in Harwich in Essex. Police were carrying out routine checks when they noticed the lorry driving the wrong way, perhaps in an attempt to
The BBC has said it is “urgently looking into the issues raised” by allegations made against the comedian Russell Brand after he was publicly accused of rape and sexual assault. When asked if it would launch an investigation, the corporation said in a statement: “The documentary and associated reports contained serious allegations, spanning a number
Police searching for a missing ex-British soldier have been informed by Ukrainian authorities that they have found a body. Former paratrooper Daniel Burke, 36, from South Manchester was reported missing on 16 August, by family who had not heard from him. Mr Burke had travelled to Ukraine last year as a military volunteer. He disappeared
American XL bully dogs are a danger to communities and will banned, Rishi Sunak has said, after a man was mauled to death. Announcing the move, the prime minister stressed the need to end such violent attacks “and keep people safe”. Mr Sunak was responding to the latest incident in which a man died after
The personal details of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers have been hacked after the force was targeted in a cyber attack. Assistant chief constable Colin McFarlane confirmed a “third-party supplier” of various organisations – including GMP – has been targeted. That firm holds “some information” on the force’s employees. “At this stage, it’s not believed
A police officer has been jailed for 26 years for raping and sexually assaulting a child. DC Stephen Hardy of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) used his teenage victim as a “puppet or sex object”, Judge Robert Trevor-Jones said during his sentencing on Wednesday. The 46-year-old was found guilty of 20 offences, including six of rape,
The King met schoolchildren and chatted in French to some well-wishers as he visited the highest village in highland Scotland. The King, who is on his summer break at the nearby Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire, visited Tomintoul in the Cairngorms National Park and was welcomed by primary school children and community stalwarts. He wore a
BBC Scotland has removed satirical cartoons of politicians from social media following a backlash online. In one of the now-deleted clips promoting Radio Scotland’s Noising Up show, Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater was depicted as “Limo Lorna”. Speaking in a Canadian accent, the caricature said she was the “minister for green skills, circular economy, biodiversity,
In an increasingly grim housing market, the chance to own a once-in-a-lifetime home for the price of a £5 ticket seems too good to be true. And that’s because it usually is. But amid a cost of living crisis, it is the chance to “escape from reality” that drives people to continue gambling on a
Police and the CPS allegedly knew in 2007 that another man’s DNA was on the clothes of the woman Andrew Malkinson was wrongly imprisoned for raping, yet left him behind bars for another 13 years. Mr Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, had his conviction quashed last
The number of online grooming crimes against children hit a record high in the last year, police figures show. A total of 6,350 crimes related to sexual communication with a child were recorded in the year to March 2023, a rise of 82% since the offence was first defined in 2017. In all, around 34,000
A baby was inside the tent that was struck by a car after it veered off the road and crashed into campsite – leaving two people in a serious condition and seven others injured. Clare Harris, who runs the Newgale campsite in Pembrokeshire, has said the baby is “okay” after the ordeal. It is not
From next season, the legal tackle height in community rugby will be lowered from below the shoulders to the base of the sternum in a move to address concerns over injuries and concussion in the sport. The change will apply across the community game and will be implemented in clubs, schools and universities – at
Some 200 police officers and staff who had their details stolen were not told about the security breach for almost a month, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has confirmed. A police-issued laptop, radio and documents were stolen on 6 July from a car that is understood to belong to a superintendent. The documents included
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