At the core of the global asylum system lies one simple idea: Every country is obligated to offer protection to any foreign citizen within its borders who meets the legal definition of a refugee, even if they arrived without permission. There is no central authority, no quota system of how many refugees a particular country must take. Just one basic […]

Kay Chun’s classic Parmesan risotto is a rich canvas for personalization — perfect for appeasing picky eaters. By Emily Weinstein What is a weeknight recipe? It wiggles a bit depending on the dish, but generally I feel a weeknight recipe has as few ingredients as possible, requires minimal active work (and pans to clean), and can be done relatively quickly. […]

A sick paedophile was caught in a police sting telling an undercover officer 'I love young' as he plotted to rape a two-year-old girl. Thomas Walker, formerly of Walton, Liverpool, had organised to meet a stranger in order to rape and sexually abuse two young girls, aged 11 and two, in August 2019. However, he was in fact speaking to […]

An infamous Australian paedophile, who gained notoriety for his extensive history of sexual abuse while working as a priest, has confessed to his seventy-second victim on his deathbed. Gerald Ridsdale, an 89-year-old former Catholic priest, has been in prison since 1994, serving a maximum sentence of 39 years for abusing more than 70 children during his tenure as a priest […]

Planned two-year delay to HS2 construction will cost taxpayers more than £360million – as target cost spirals to £71billion Leaked Whitehall analysis show the move will push costs up to £366million A planned delay to HS2 by ministers will cost taxpayers more than £360million, according to internal estimates. In March, ministers announced they were delaying by two years the construction […]

Director James Cameron says he is “struck by the similarity” of the Titan submersible tragedy and the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Cameron said many in the deep submergence engineering community had been “deeply concerned” about the OceanGate Expeditions craft. It comes after it was reported missing on Sunday. The Hollywood star, who directed the 1997 Oscar-winning film Titanic, […]

Mystery remains over death of father, 34, whose body was discovered in a peat bog more than five years after he went missing, inquest hears James Hodgkiss was 34 when he was last seen alive on 3 August, 2016  The death of a father whose body was discovered more than five years after he went missing still remains a mystery, […]

A debris field has been discovered in the search area for the missing Titan submersible by a remotely operated underwater vehicle near the Titanic, the US Coast Guard has said. The vessel disappeared on Sunday afternoon in the Atlantic Ocean, some 435 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada, during an expedition dive to see the wreck of the Titanic. The US Coast […]

Operators of 78ft pleasure cruiser the Dorset Belle which is at centre of police probe into Bournemouth beach drownings vow never to return to resort after the deaths of girl, 12, and boy, 17 The operators of the pleasure cruiser at the centre of the police investigation into the Bournemouth beach drownings have vowed never to return to the resort. […]