By Nina Borowski with AP Published on 22/07/2026 – 17:10 GMT+2 It was the scene of the spectacular theft of the Crown Jewels. The Apollo Gallery at the Louvre Museum has reopened to the public, returning to its original role as a 17th-century state gallery, with no display cases and no jewels. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The jewels that were…
Britain’s politics was never so weird. First, the people of Makerfield choose who should be the new prime minister. Now the people of Clacton are to confirm the man who is currently his most popular challenger. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is still running ahead of all other parties, and he is ahead of all other…
Kismet Kebabs remains one of the UK’s largest kebab meat suppliers. In 2024, the company was accredited by BRCGS (Brand Reputation through Compliance Global Standards), a global food safety standard recognised in 130 countries. Once BRCGS became aware of court proceedings against Kismet Kebabs, its accreditation was reviewed and last month the firm was found…
After my adoptive father died in November last year, my adoptive siblings found a short story by Enid Blyton among his possessions. The Child Who Was Chosen was read to us as children to explain the circumstances of my adoption. It follows a nice middle-class couple whose domestic bliss is marred by childlessness, prompting them…
The long-awaited report into maternity failures at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS trust (NUH), the largest investigation of its kind involving about 2,500 families, will be published later this week. Led by the senior midwife Donna Ockenden, the inquiry investigated stillbirths, neonatal deaths, maternal deaths and babies or mothers who suffered brain damage and other injuries…
President Trump rescinded his endorsement of a right-wing pastor for a House seat in Oklahoma on Wednesday after a texting scandal shook up the Republican primary, throwing his weight behind the pastor’s opponent the day after both candidates advanced to a runoff. Minutes later, the pastor, Jackson Lahmeyer, withdrew from the race. “I do not…
Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, will receive an OBE at Windsor Castle today. Brown was one of hundreds of sub-postmasters wrongly accused of stealing, and was forced out of her County Durham branch in 2003 – despite her and her late husband spending more than £50,000 of…
Shorouk Express Yermak’s ouster came after Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies revealed that people close to Zelenskyy were involved in a plot to skim around $100 million from Ukraine’s energy sector. No charges have been brought yet against Yermak, a long-time Zelenskyy confidant who was seen as the second-most powerful man in the Ukrainian government. The former…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email David Lammy has been urged to end the “scandal” of people imprisoned for their own protection while they await trial – just days after…
Shorouk Express Protesters flooded Spain’s southern city of Seville on Sunday as public outrage grows over failings that led to hundreds of women not receiving the results of breast cancer screenings. The southern Andalusia region’s conservative-run government said the scandal affected at least 2,300 women who had mammograms in public hospitals in recent years. All…
