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The Welsh throwing star, 34, turned the tables after last year’s silver medal by beating the Kuwaiti in the F63 shot put event in New Delhi. Sorouh stunned Davies in the French capital but was unable to emulate those exploits as the three-time Paralympic champion threw a distance of 16.44m at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium….
U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will give police new powers to place limits on repeated protests and is considering legislation to ban them outright, after weeks of demonstrations led to mass arrests and strained resources. The move comes a day after police arrested nearly 500 people in the latest protest in Trafalgar Square in support…
Air India (For representational purposes only) NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), a pilots’ body, on Sunday called for a thorough inspection of the electrical systems of all Boeing 787 planes operating in India “in the interest of air safety.”The FIP’s appeal to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) comes a day…
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The government has announced what it claims is the biggest shake-up to the homebuying system in history, promising to slash costs for buyers and cut…
Consumer group Which? has brought the claim on behalf of around 29 million UK Apple and Samsung smartphone users. It will focus on whether Qualcomm held market power and, if so, whether it abused its position as a dominant company. The trial will run for five weeks from October 6 at the Competition Appeal Tribunal…
The social investment arm of the magazine said its link with Lenovo will support day-to-day operations, help organisations increase efficiency and improve how effectively they can serve local communities. Those receiving the devices include a charity dedicated to fighting digital poverty in Greater Manchester, a prison rehabilitation programme, and a London-based filmmaker with an outreach…
Peter Randle started giving blood when he was 18 when he was at university. The 69-year-old grandfather from Coventry has since given blood 138 times. Peter Randle has type O negative blood (handout/NHSBT) The financial adviser, who has O negative blood, told the PA news agency: “When I was in my 30s I became aware…
The Modern British And Irish Art Evening Sale at Christie’s London will see a number of works from private collections go on auction on October 22. Works on offer include 1928’s Going To The Match, valued between £2 million and £3 million; Industrial Landscape, finished in 1957 and valued between £250,000 and £350,000; as well…
That number was made up of 2,500 properties in the Republic of Ireland and around 100 in Northern Ireland. At the peak, the storm caused a loss of supply to hundreds of thousands of people. Alex Houston, NIE Networks operations manager, said: “The last remaining customers will be reconnected tomorrow and crews are being redirected…
Ukraine and Poland are becoming the largest suppliers of chicken eggs to Great Britain, while local producers are dissatisfied with this state of affairs. The Guardian writes about this, reports UNN. Details It is noted that, according to the government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency, in the first half of this year, Ukraine supplied 8…