Ian Mitchell joined the Bay City Rollers in 1976, aged 17, replacing bassist Alan Longmuir – but left after just seven months with the Scots group, dubbed as ‘tartan teen sensations’. Via: Bay City Rollers star Ian Mitchell dies as band say they are 'deeply saddened' at his death
Russian opposition leader fell ill on flight to Moscow from Siberia last month The German government has said traces of the nerve agent Novichok have been found in tests on samples taken from the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is a patient in a hospital in Berlin.Navalny, a strong Read more
Guardian US environment reporter Emily Holden looks at the Trump administration’s impact on the environment, and the consequences for the climate crisis if he wins another termThe United States is one of the most polluting nations in the world – its factories, power plants, homes, cars and farms pump billions Read more
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, says the labels on sandwich boxes that claim they are ‘widely recycled’ are ‘wholly misleading’. He found many packets had a plastic lining, Via: 'Widely recyled' labels on pre-packed sandwiches are 'misleading'
Two crewmen on the 300ft Lionheart have tested positive and its yellow flag has been flying in Port Hercules to signify the vessel bears the contagion. Via: Sir Philip Green's £100m superyacht is confined to port in Monaco with his wife on board
White House condemns ‘corrupt’ international work on treatment; top UK doctor suggest Covid-19 could ‘fizzle out’; Hungary closes borders again. Follow all the developments liveSchools reopen across Europe as cases growUS refuses to cooperate with WHO on vaccineScotland rules holidaymakers returning from Greece must isolateFollow updates from Australia 2.55am BST Read more
A 21-year-old childcare instructor from Perth who struggled with ‘crippling’ bloating since the age of 12 revealed how she banished it in four days with the help of one $44 supplement. Via: Childcare worker who struggled with bad bloating reveals how she got rid with JSHealth supplement
Images depicting Muhammad on cover as alleged accomplices in 2015 attack due in courtThe French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo is to republish controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to mark the start of a trial of suspected accomplices of terrorist gunmen who attacked its offices in January 2015.The attack on Read more
George Ezra, 27, has revealed that he was ‘in bits’ before a Brit Awards after finishing a therapy course on the same day for the obsessive-compulsive disorder ‘Pure O’. Via: George Ezra reveals that he was 'in bits' before a Brit Awards
Figure who ran Cambodia’s most notorious prison during genocidal regime of Pol Pot died on Wednesday The Khmer Rouge commander known as ‘Comrade Duch’, Pol Pot’s chief executioner who oversaw the mass murder of at least 14,000 Cambodians at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, has died. He was 77. Related: Read more