Author: Henry

There is a particular kind of desperation that settles over a country when the thing it once took for granted a home, a place to belong, a foundation from which to build a life — begins to feel permanently out of reach. That desperation is now a defining feature of Canadian life in 2026, and no amount of political reassurance has yet managed to dispel it. The numbers, at this point, are almost too familiar to shock. Average home prices in Toronto and Vancouver have long since passed the point where median-income earners could reasonably aspire to ownership. Rents in…

A Moroccan asylum seeker already serving a life sentence for murder has been charged with attempted murder following two separate incidents inside British prisons, counter terrorism policing has confirmed.Ahmed Ali Alid, 47, faces charges of attempted murder, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon. The charges relate to incidents at HMP Full Sutton on 8 August last year and at HMP Wakefield approximately two months later.Alid was convicted in October 2024 of the murder of Terence Carney, 70, who was killed on a street in Hartlepool.He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court tomorrow.This is…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told MPs the government will not allow companies to exploit rising energy costs driven by the Iran conflict, as she unveiled a package of measures aimed at easing pressure on household bills — while signalling that any direct financial support will be targeted at lower-income families.Speaking in the Commons, Ms Reeves confirmed she would maintain her fiscal rules despite the economic turbulence caused by the ongoing Middle East conflict, which has disrupted global oil and gas supplies following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.The centrepiece of her statement was a new anti-profiteering framework, granting the…

Health authorities have widened their vaccination programme in Kent to include Year 11 pupils at four schools, as new data confirms a Canterbury nightclub at the centre of the meningitis B outbreak that has claimed two lives and left four people in intensive care.The UK Health Security Agency confirmed on Tuesday that 20 of the 23 confirmed and probable cases are known to have visited Club Chemistry in Canterbury between 5 and 7 March. The remaining cases all involve University of Kent students living in halls of residence. The earliest case linked to the outbreak has been traced to 9…

A United States Air Force bomber activated an emergency distress signal while flying over the south coast of England on Monday, prompting concern among aviation monitors tracking the aircraft.The plane, believed to be a Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, was observed circling at around 10,000 feet in airspace east of Southampton after transmitting a 7700 squawk code — the internationally recognised signal used by pilots to declare a general emergency on board.The aircraft was seen beginning to descend following the activation of the signal. No further details regarding the nature of the emergency have been confirmed by US or British authorities at…

Global oil markets swung sharply higher on Monday after Iran flatly rejected Washington’s assertion that diplomatic contact between the two countries had taken place, reigniting fears over the future of a critical international shipping route.Brent crude climbed four per cent to $103.94 per barrel in Asian trading on March 24, recovering much of the ground lost in the previous session when prices had fallen by more than ten per cent. That earlier drop had come after Donald Trump suggested military action against Iranian energy facilities had been put on hold.The rebound came as Iran’s foreign ministry denied that any communications…

Negotiations over a replacement agreement between Britain and France to tackle small boat crossings are intensifying this week, as figures show close to a thousand migrants have reached UK shores in less than a week. According to GB News figures, 17 small boats carried a total of 982 people across the English Channel over a six-day period, with the recent surge driven largely by a window of calmer weather that opened last Wednesday. Crossings took place on five of those six days before conditions worsened again on Monday evening, rendering the Channel impassable for migrant dinghies for the time being.…

Police in Brussels have evacuated Gare du Midi station after two suspicious packages were discovered on separate train platforms on Monday morning. Both the train and metro sections of the station were cleared as officers launched searches of the premises. Authorities confirmed the packages were found on different platforms, though no further details about their contents or origin have been released. Gare du Midi is one of Brussels’ busiest transport hubs, serving international Eurostar and Thalys rail services alongside domestic and metro connections. This is a developing story and further updates are expected from Belgian authorities.

Colombian Military C-130 Hercules Crash Near Peruvian Border Leaves 110 Soldiers Unaccounted For With 57 Rescued Rescue operations are underway in southern Colombia after a military transport aircraft carrying more than 110 soldiers went down shortly after takeoff, prompting an emergency response from Colombian authorities. The aircraft, reported to be a Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules, came down near Puerto Leguízamo, a town in the Putumayo province close to the Colombian-Peruvian border. Two sources have confirmed that 57 people have so far been pulled from the crash site. Colombia’s Defence Minister Pedro Sánchez described the incident as “a tragic accident” that…

Leonid Radvinsky, the Ukrainian-American businessman who owned and controlled the subscription-based content platform OnlyFans, has died at the age of 43 following a prolonged illness.An OnlyFans spokesperson confirmed on behalf of the company that Radvinsky had passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer, and said his family had asked for privacy during what it described as a difficult time.Radvinsky’s connection to the platform began in 2018, when he acquired Fenix International Limited, the company that owns and operates OnlyFans. The platform itself had been founded two years earlier, in 2016, by British businessman Tim Stokely. Under Radvinsky’s ownership,…