Germany will provide Ukraine with an additional €100 million in aid this winter, according to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. Baerbock made this statement during her visit to Moldova. Germany’s aid Germany has been providing significant mili…
Long delays on M25 and Dartford Tunnel approach after earlier incident
There are long delays on the approached to the Dartford Tunnel after an earlier incident. Queues are stretching back from along the M25 towards junction three and the Swanley Interchange. According to traffic monitoring tool Inrix, there had been an ea…
Traffic due to road closures in Willington Street area of Maidstone
Drivers are facing a triple whammy of hold-ups due to water works. Spot Lane in Downswood, near Maidstone, is currently closed and will stay shut until 5pm on Thursday. Avoid getting stuck on Kent’s roads by keeping up-to-date on all of the latest traf…
Woman found in flooded house in Austria, raising death toll to five
Emergency services in Austria discovered an 81-year-old woman dead in her flooded house on Tuesday, raising the total death toll in the rain-battered country to five. The woman was found in her house in Würmla, a town in the hard-hit eastern state of L…
Bavarian premier backs Merz as top candidate for German centre-right
Bavaria’s conservative state premier, Markus Söder, endorsed centre-right Christian Democrat (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz on Tuesday as the opposition chancellor candidate for next year’s nationwide parliamentary elections. Söder, the chairman of the CD…
Meloni hails pick of far-right ally for next European Commission
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has expressed her satisfaction with the planned appointment of her far-right confidant Raffaele Fitto as one of the vice presidents of the European Commission. “Italy is finally a key player in Europe again,” she d…
German news organizations demand access to Gaza Strip
Media companies from Germany are demanding that the governments of Israel and Egypt grant their journalists access to report on the conflict in the Gaza Strip. In an open letter published on Tuesday the organizations say that after almost a year of war…
Downham Market parkrun organisers are encouraging more people to get involved
Organisers of a town parkrun are raising awareness of the free event – and are hoping to recruit more volunteers. Downham Academy parkrun is a free, weekly 5km event for runners of all ages and abilities which is held every Saturday morning. The run be…
Billionaire oligarch’s daughter conviction overturned after SFO offered no evidence
By Maria Ward-Brennan Anna Machkevitch, the daughter of a billionaire oligarch, has had her criminal conviction quashed after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) provided no evidence at her appeal. Back in 2020, Machkevitch was found guilty of failing to su…
Navy SEALs need to be pulled from military action to escort Trump: Tommy Tuberville
Following the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in two months, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) told Fox Business that more drastic measures are needed. Specifically, he argued to Larry Kudlow, Navy SEALs should be pulled away f…