Ethnic minority cabinet members demonstrate to young people there is nothing holding them backMy mum was a midwife from west Africa, my dad started his own business after going to a comprehensive in south-east London. On Wednesday Boris Johnson made me chairman of the Conservative party, one of the oldest Read more
Plans for an early vote are strongly denied but yesterday’s visit to Manchester was eerily reminiscent of May’s 2017 election launchThere was a sense of deja vu in Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum on Saturday. At a podium stood Boris Johnson, a campaigning Conservative prime minister, promising to deliver Brexit, Read more
Twitter user _shawndagoat, of Georgia, posted a video of his Uber driver trying to put the steering wheel back on the stopped car after it came off in the middle of the ride. Via: Moment Uber driver struggles with steering wheel that popped off in her hands mid-ride
Blake Fielder-Civil, 37, admitted introducing Amy Winehouse to heroin in an east London hotel. He is now reportedly making a £1million claim to her estate. Via: Amy Winehouse's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil is 'making a £1million grab for her estate'
Juan Rodriguez, 39, was seen weeping as he hugged his spouse Marisa outside Bronx Criminal Court on Saturday after posting a $100,000 bond. His twins, Luna and Phoenix, died on Friday. Via: Social worker dad charged over the deaths of his twins is released from custody
Steven Ford, 36, begged police to tell him it wasn’t true after learning that his son Jake and daughter Chloe had been murdered by their own mother in Margate, Kent, last December. Via: Husband 'lost the will to live' after wife drowned their two-year-old twins
Virtually no Rohingya have volunteered to go back to Myanmar, where the group has faced decades of repressionA top-level Myanmar government delegation began repatriation talks with Rohingya leaders in a Bangladesh refugee camp on Saturday, an official said, with many of the Muslim minority fearing for their safety if they Read more
In a move similar to Tony Blair’s ‘sofa government’, Mr Johnson will make all key decisions over Brexit with a team of just six senior ministers – all of whom are Brexiteers. Via: Boris Johnson sets up war cabinet to deliver Brexit 'by any means necessary'
Activists defy police ban to stage protest at site of last weekend’s violent clashA peaceful march in the town of Yuen Long to condemn an attack by suspected gang members on commuters turned violent as Hong Kong riot police fired teargas and rubber bullets on the crowd and used batons Read more
Mahalaxmi Express stuck for about 12 hours near Mumbai when river burst its banks after torrential rainIndian navy helicopters and emergency service boats came to the rescue of more than 800 people stranded on a train in floods near Mumbai on Saturday. Some reports have the number of people affected Read more