The Kennedy 'curse' strikes again: Sudden death of Kyle Kennedy, 42, is latest tragedy to hit dynasty

Nominations have closed for Hong Kong’s Election Committee election, setting the stage for the November 22 poll. The poll, the second since Beijing overhauled the city’s electoral system to ensure patriots rule Hong Kong, will return 1,500 members who will nominate and vote in next year’s chief executive election. Here’s all you need to know about the 2026 Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections, now that nominations have closed: from the hopefuls’ line-up and the heavyweights in the...

Mateusz Chmura, 33, from Wakefield, was competing at the PCA British Finals at the Telford International Centre in Shropshire on Sunday when he collapsed, organisers said.

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), one of Hong Kong’s largest developers, has sold out the latest batch of flats at its Sierra Sea project in the New Territories, where units were offered at discounted prices ahead of a possible US Federal Reserve interest-rate increase by year-end. By 5.40pm on Wednesday, SHKP had found buyers for all 128 flats offered at listed prices in Phase 2C(2) of the development in Shap Sze Heung, between Sai Kung and Ma On Shan, according to agents. Sales began at...

China’s Type 051C destroyer Shenyang has been spotted undergoing sea trials after a reported refit, as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) begins phasing out legacy warships following the commissioning of a massive wave of new vessels. Witness photographs circulating on social media appear to show the Shenyang, hull number 115 and lead ship of the Type 051C class, with its Russian-made hardware replaced by domestic air defence systems. While precise details have yet to be independently confirmed,...

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The court has released new CCTV footage for the murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon.

Clearsprings is offering property owners three-year deals worth more than double the amount paid by councils, raising fears that vulnerable tenants could be kicked out.

The Church Appointments (Repeal of Discriminatory Provision) Bill will repeal a ban on Catholic and Jewish prime ministers advising on senior Church of England appointments.

The European Parliament has voted to counter the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in a move criticised as Islamophobic by leftwing opponents.

The Government has signed off the North Sea drilling despite concerns from some of its own MPs - and rumoured resistance from Ed Miliband.

The actor, 50, stands accused of two instances of sexual assault, three charges of voyeurism and one of exposure.

The Prime Minister has described the scale of youth unemployment in the UK - with almost a million young people neither earning nor learning - as 'a moral failure'.