Scotland Yard has requested that the Home Office provide another year of funding in the hunt for Madeleine McCann, Sky News has said. Via: Scotland Yard ask for extra cash to keep hunt for Madeleine McCann going
Former education secretary Michael Gove has said he wants state schools to become so good that educating a child privately will become an ‘eccentric choice’. Via: I'd end private schools, says former education minister Michael Gove
Thousands of people flocked to the streets of Venice for the annual carnival to witness the stunning masks and elaborate costumes which have been worn since the Middle Ages. Via: Masks and mystery as thousands of brightly dressed revellers descend on Venice to mark start of Lent
A study from Healthspan has found over 40% of us feel anxious about health, money and career, and it’s affecting our sleep. Here, a psychologist explains ways to ease our anxiety to sleep better. Via: Are you suffering from 'anxsomnia'? 7 ways to beat sleeplessness caused by anxiety
A new fish restaurant, which has been approved by Scarborough council, will compete with 21 other chip shops in Whitby town centre despite 486 complaints from furious residents. Via: Whitby residents hit out at plans for a 22nd chip shop in the seaside town
Amadou Koufa appears in video three months after French armed forces minister declared him ‘neutralised’ A senior jihadist leader in Mali whom France said it had killed last November survived the attack and appears in a new propaganda video mocking French and Malian forces.The French armed forces minister, Florence Parly, Read more
Chemical weapons inspectors confirm gas cylinders were fired at a housing block in the deadly assault in April 2018The world’s chemical weapons watchdog has said that chlorine was used against the rebel-held Syrian town of Douma in 2018 in a long-awaited final report on the deadly attack.The report by the Read more
The city’s 3,000 teachers walked off the job to demand higher pay, smaller classes and more school resourcesStriking teachers in Oakland, California, reached a contract agreement Friday with district officials to end a week-long walkout.The Oakland Education Association, which represents the city’s 3,000 teachers, said that union leaders reached a Read more
Authorities believe bomb attack might have been carried out by an organised crime gangThe former Melbourne bikie leader Amad “Jay” Malkoun has been seriously injured in an apparent car bomb attack in Athens.Malkoun, who was previously Victorian head of the Comancheros, was attempting to start his Mercedes outside a gym Read more
White House given deadline of Monday to comply with committee’s request after reports Trump ordered security clearance for KushnerSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 1.25am GMT We made it through Friday evening! Here’s what happened today: 12.56am GMT Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony was watched by Read more