Police control room staff ‘not trained to handle terror attack’, Manchester Arena inquiry told

Greater Manchester Police had not trained their control room staff in how to cope with a terrorist attack before the bombing of the arena, the inquiry has heard.

‘Too early to say’ if Britons can make summer holiday plans

Britons have been told the more "elaborate" their hopes for summer holiday plans the less certainty there is about whether they can go ahead.

Four British soldiers taken to hospital in Kenya with COVID-19

A number of British soldiers in Kenya have been taken to hospital suffering from COVID-19 after an outbreak of the virus at the training camp in the country.

People in some areas of UK warned not to travel as Storm Darcy shows no sign of relenting

People in parts of the UK are being warned not to travel as Storm Darcy shows no sign of relenting.

‘Surge testing’ to be rolled out in Manchester after variant cases detected

Thousands of people around Manchester are to be "surge tested" for coronavirus after the more transmissible Kent variant was detected there.

Explosion of kidnappings in Haiti shows a country sliding into absolute anarchy

The impoverished country of Haiti - already an economic disaster zone with organised crime and kidnapping for ransom out of control - now finds itself in the midst of a constitutional crisis with violent...

Four British soldiers taken to hospital in Kenya with COVID-19

A number of British soldiers in Kenya have been taken to hospital suffering from COVID-19 after an outbreak of the virus at the training camp in the country.

Explosion of kidnappings in Haiti shows a country sliding into absolute anarchy

The impoverished country of Haiti - already an economic disaster zone with organised crime and kidnapping for ransom out of control - now finds itself in the midst of a constitutional crisis with violent...