Author: Darren Smith

A 45-year-old man has been taken to hospital in an unknown condition after being stabbed on a busy West London high street, with police arresting a 55-year-old man at the scene on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. The attack took place on High Street in Ruislip at around midday on Monday 30 June, the Metropolitan Police confirmed. Paramedics, including a specialist team from London’s Air Ambulance, treated the victim for a single stab wound before transporting him to a major trauma centre by road. Officers are awaiting an update on the extent of his injuries. A London Ambulance Service spokesperson…

Germany have been eliminated from the World Cup after a dramatic penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay, with the Round of 32 clash at Boston Stadium ending 2-2 after extra time before La Albirroja triumphed in the spot-kick lottery. Julio Enciso had given Paraguay an early lead before Kai Havertz equalised for Germany in the second half, sending the match into extra time at 1-1. Germany pushed relentlessly for a winner, with substitute Nick Woltemade introduced in place of Leroy Sané in search of fresh attacking energy, but Paraguay goalkeeper Roberto “Gatito” Fernández produced a series of outstanding saves to keep…

Ukrainian billionaire Vadim Ermolaev has been identified as the target of a bomb attack in Monaco that left him and his wife critically injured, with the couple’s teenage son also caught in the blast as a manhunt for the suspect continues across the French-Monégasque border. The explosion, which detonated at around 9pm on Monday on Rue Révérend-Père-Louis-Frolla, was caused by a backpack bomb containing shrapnel including bolts, which a suspect placed at the entrance of a residential building before fleeing toward the French town of Beausoleil. The attacker remains at large, with police from both Monaco and France involved in…

Police from Monaco and France are hunting a suspect after a powerful explosion ripped through a residential building in the principality on Monday evening, leaving three Ukrainian members of the same family in a critical condition in what local officials have described as a terror attack. The blast occurred at around 9pm on Rue du Révérend Père Louis Frolla, with CCTV footage reportedly showing a suspect dumping a backpack at the location shortly before the explosion. Three people were injured, two of them seriously. Monaco prosecutor Thibault Stéphane told Le Figaro that two of the victims were in critical condition,…

The captain of Cape Verde’s historic World Cup squad is under police investigation over an allegation of rape made by a woman who worked as the team’s translator during a football tournament in New Zealand earlier this year, with FIFA having been aware of the investigation for several weeks before the story became public. Ryan Mendes, who has captained Cape Verde throughout their remarkable run at the 2026 World Cup in the United States, is accused of raping the woman at an Auckland hotel in March following a match against Chile. New Zealand police confirmed the investigation to the New…

The United Nations is preparing for up to 10,000 deaths from Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes, a senior UN official has warned, as a tropical weather system threatens to bring heavy rain to areas already struggling with collapsed buildings and thousands of displaced people. Gianluca Rampolla Del Tindaro, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for Venezuela, said the current death toll of 1,450 would “unavoidably and sadly keep on growing,” and confirmed the UN was working on the assumption it would need 10,000 body bags in the country. “I truly hope actually the number is going to be smaller than that,” he said. Rampolla…

Resident doctors in England have voted to accept a pay and conditions offer from the government, bringing to an end three years of strikes that led to hundreds of thousands of patient appointments being cancelled across the NHS. The British Medical Association announced that 53 per cent of eligible members voted in favour of the deal in a referendum, on a turnout of 57 per cent, with 32,932 doctors casting votes. The result draws a line under one of the longest and most disruptive periods of industrial action in NHS history. The package includes a 3.5 per cent pay rise…

A person has been hit by a train between Epsom Downs and Sutton, Southern Rail has confirmed, causing significant disruption to services in the area. Southern Rail announced the incident on X at 5.27pm on Sunday 29 June, warning passengers that trains in the area would be stopped for a longer period than usual. In a follow-up post, the operator advised anyone on board a train that had come to a halt outside a station to remain on the train and await further information. “We know where you are and we are working on getting you back on the move…

Emergency services have responded to a fire at an Islamic prayer hall on one of Dublin’s busiest streets, with four fire engines and more than 20 firefighters dispatched to the scene as Luas services were temporarily suspended and traffic restrictions put in place across the city centre. The fire broke out at the Al-Madinah Prayer Hall on Talbot Street shortly after 3.40pm, with Dublin Fire Brigade receiving multiple calls reporting smoke issuing from the building. A full evacuation of the premises took place as firefighting operations got underway, with the effort to extinguish the blaze continuing at the time of…

Jack Draper has been forced to withdraw from Wimbledon after suffering a recurrence of the arm injury that has repeatedly disrupted his 2026 season, dealing a significant blow to British hopes at the Championships just days before play gets underway. The 24-year-old had been building towards his home Grand Slam after a difficult year blighted by a bone bruise in his left arm that ruled him out of the Australian Open and restricted much of his first half of the season. A knee problem during the clay-court season added to his troubles, but an encouraging run to the semi-finals at…