Author: Darren Smith

Krakow’s fire service says two people died and 10 were hurt, including two police officers. Prime minister Donald Tusk said police are examining the background and circumstances of the attack. Two people were killed and 10 injured in a shooting in the main market square in Krakow on Saturday, according to the city’s fire service. Captain Hubert Ciepły, a spokesman for the Krakow State Fire Service, told local media that the injured included two police officers and that, according to police, the perpetrator had been arrested. Police and emergency crews, including an air ambulance, were at the scene near St…

Michael Sanft, who defended Duane “Keefe D” Davis, was found at his Las Vegas home on Friday. Police have said the death does not appear suspicious, and the coroner has yet to give a cause. Las Vegas attorney Michael Sanft, who represented Duane “Keefe D” Davis at his trial for the murder of Tupac Shakur, has been found dead at his home aged 55. He was discovered on Friday morning, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. A notice of appeal against Davis’s conviction had been filed on 30 October. The Clark County Coroner’s office said a cause and manner of…

Forecasters say the UK may be facing the earliest major sudden stratospheric warming on record. Scientists stress, however, that it does not guarantee a cold snap, and the Met Office’s latest outlook does not predict widespread snow. The Met Office says a warming of the stratosphere is weakening the polar vortex, and it could develop into the earliest major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) ever recorded. The event increases the chance of cold weather in the UK, but does not guarantee it. Some forecasting model runs have suggested snow in parts of Scotland, England and Wales around 17 November. The Met…

The pontiff, 71, led his first mass of the three-nation tour in Paysandú, in a country long regarded as the most secular in Latin America. The trip had been in doubt after cancer surgery last month. Pope Leo XIV was welcomed by about 40,000 worshippers at an open-air mass in Paysandú, western Uruguay, on Saturday, the first public service of his South American tour. Crowds met his plane with the football chant “Ole, ole, ole, ole, Pope, Pope!”, according to the report. The Vatican said around 10,000 people turned up on top of the more than 30,000 who had registered…

Florida, Alabama and Indiana each put a prisoner to death on Thursday 5 November. California Governor Gavin Newsom has said he intends to commute the state’s 548 death sentences, though none has yet been formally commuted. Florida, Alabama and Indiana all carried out executions on Thursday, the second time this year that three US states have done so on the same day. Florida’s execution was its 19th of 2026, equalling the state’s record of 19 set in 2025, and another is scheduled for 19 November. The US total this year now stands at 35, according to the Death Penalty Information…

The Bureau of Land Management says two panels in Utah’s Moab area have been damaged, and it is appealing for information. No suspects have been named. Two panels of prehistoric rock art near Moab, Utah, have been vandalised, according to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The agency said on Friday that it is investigating the damage, which was found along Highway 279 and near Hell’s Revenge. In both cases, people carved their names into or beside the ancient Native American petroglyphs. The BLM has described the panels as “irreplaceable cultural resources”, and no suspects have been named. What was…

Elliot English died in a Dublin children’s hospital more than three weeks after the fire that killed his parents and two brothers. Another child injured in the attack remains in a critical condition. Six-year-old Elliot English has died more than three weeks after an arson attack on his family home in Waterford, Ireland. He suffered critical injuries in the fire in the Birchwood estate on 13 October and was treated at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) in Crumlin, Dublin. He died on Friday 6 November. His parents, Kim and Philip English, and his brothers Callum and Jayden also died following the…

Aston Villa’s goalkeeper is reportedly attracting interest from two European giants, while Manchester United are said to have doubts about Eddie Howe as a possible successor to Michael Carrick. None of the reports has been confirmed. Paris St-Germain and Real Madrid are interested in Aston Villa goalkeeper Zion Suzuki, according to Teamtalk, while Tuttomercatoweb reports that Inter Milan are weighing up a move for Crystal Palace defender Chris Richards. The Independent says Manchester United are not convinced that Eddie Howe would be the right replacement for their manager, Michael Carrick. The reports are part of a busy day of transfer…

Forecasting models suggest temperatures could fall as low as -3C in northern Scotland, while the Met Office has said colder conditions and wintry showers are possible later this month. Temperatures across parts of the UK could plunge to as low as -3C next week, according to data from the GFS weather model. The model indicates that readings will begin to fall from 11 November, starting in Scotland before the cold spreads to England and Wales. Over three days, 24 counties in Scotland, Wales and northern England are forecast to dip below freezing. The Met Office has said colder conditions are…

The former England captain, 41, picked up the prize at a London ceremony months after his candid verdict on the World Cup final half-time show. His agent says he has “put his doubters in their place”. Wayne Rooney has been named pundit of the year at the Broadcast Sport Awards, capping a first major tournament as a television analyst. The former Manchester United and England captain received the award on Thursday in front of 650 people from the sports television industry at a ceremony in London. Rooney, 41, played at three World Cups for England. His plain-speaking and sense of…