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Bystanders should be prepared to step in and help women who appear at risk of spiking during the Christmas party season, the safeguarding minister has said. Jess Phillips told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that people should “just go up to a woman… and say is everything alright” where safe to do so. It comes…

England’s autumn win over Japan was a one-sided affair and there wasn’t a huge amount of upside for Steve Borthwick’s side. Those games are difficult to get motivated for because of what has gone on before with the defeats by New Zealand, Australia and South Africa but I thought there were some good individual performances,…

Getty Images Pontypridd residents bail out their houses after flooding Politicians and residents in south Wales have lashed out at what they say is a lack of preparation and insufficient warning for Storm Bert, which led to devastating floods. Andrew Morgan, leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) council, said he was “amazed” that only a…

BBC Angela Merkel sat down for a rare interview with the BBC’s Katya Adler Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the BBC the gas deals she made with Russia were intended to help German firms and kept the peace with Moscow. She also insisted the war with Ukraine would have started earlier if she…

Egyptian authorities say rescuers have found survivors after a tourist boat with 45 people on board sank in the Red Sea. A distress signal was received at 05:30 local time (03:30 GMT) from the 44m-long (144ft) Sea Story, which left port near Marsa Alam on Saturday for a diving trip with 31 tourists and 14…

Only Manchester City forward Erling Halaand has scored more Premier League goals than Salah this season, with the Egyptian netting 10 times in the top flight. Salah signed a three-year contract extension with the club in 2022, with that deal set to expire in the summer. “You know I have been in the club for…

Getty Images Barbara Taylor Bradford wrote 40 novels over more than 40 years Author Barbara Taylor Bradford, known for best-selling novels including A Woman of Substance, has died at the age of 91. Published in 1979, A Woman of Substance sold 30 million copies and spawned seven sequels and a TV adaptation, which is still…

Google Police were called to Southern Row on Sunday night An eight-year-old girl and a man have been seriously injured in a shooting, the Met Police has said. The pair were taken to hospital following the shooting on Southern Row in Ladbroke Grove at about 17:30 GMT on Sunday. The girl is in a stable…

14:43, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus All local sectarian groups have distanced themselves from the incident, prompting a broader investigation; photo / TASS. The President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, on November 24 sent a telegram of condolences to the President and Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari and Shehbaz Sharif, in connection with…

10:42, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus Some Western experts believe that the five Central Asian countries will not be at the top of President-elect Donald Trump’s new foreign policy agenda, but they won’t be at the bottom either. The first Trump administration was well aware of the region and saw significant promise for U.S. engagement with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,…