Anja Popp

In Iraq, at least 18 people have been killed overnight in violent clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in Baghdad as anger escalates over government corruption and widespread unemployment. More than 100 people have lost their lives since the clashes began 6 days ago. The scale of the protests has shaken the Iraqi government,…

An Australian-British blogger and her boyfriend have returned home after three months in detention in Iran on suspicion of spying.

Police are investigating the death of a baby who was born at Britain’s largest women’s prison after an inmate reportedly gave birth alone at night.

Three police officers and an administrative worker have been stabbed to death at a police headquarters in central Paris. The attacker, who is reported to have worked with the victims, was shot dead by police. 

It promised to be the greenest high speed railway of its kind in the world. But HS2 has been plagued with doubts, delays and overspend since its inception, and now leading wildlife organisations have come together to call for the government to rethink their high speed line, claiming it will destroy ancient woodland. They say…

For women suffering the debilitating side-effects of the menopause, it’s a life-changing treatment.

Police forces across the UK observed a minute’s silence this morning, a week after the death of PC Andrew Harper. The Thames Valley Police Constable died while responding to reports of a burglary. His family also paid tribute – and said the general public’s response to his death had helped them “keep faith in the…

Too many homeless children are growing up in dangerous converted shipping containers according to a new report.

Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew is “appalled” by reports of alleged sex crimes by the US financier Jeffrey Epstein, once again dismissing any suggestion that he would “condone, participate in, or encourage” any such behaviour as “abhorrent”.

A staff member at a London care facility could face prison – after he refused to co-operate with an inquest into the death of a teenager with mental health issues. 19-year-old Sophie Bennett took her own life at the Lancaster Lodge psychiatric facility in 2016. Duncan Lawrence – who described himself as her ‘clinical lead’…

Half a million children across England are at risk of going hungry during the long summer holidays, when schools are closed and free school meals aren’t available.

Police stop and search powers are to be expanded, along with tougher sentences for violent offenders, according to the Prime Minister.

The National Grid has promised to ‘learn lessons’ from yesterday’s power cut, which brought transport chaos to much of the country, and almost a million customers were left without power.  

Transport and communications infrastructure, homes and businesses suffered power cuts this evening in large parts of the country. The National Grid said issues with two generators brought blackouts to London and the South east as well as the Midlands, the South West and Wales, the North East and North west of England too. They said…

Around the UK there’s a heated debate going on about the place of strip clubs in modern society.