Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Dan Jervis-Bardy Communications minister says ban will roll out in one month, saying young people should ‘take steps to prepare’ In her own statement to mark one month until the ban’s start, the communications minister, Anika Wells, heralded the national education […]
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Lindsay Sandiford flown home after 12 years on Indonesian death row
A British grandmother who spent 12 years on death row in Indonesia after being convicted of drug trafficking flew home on Friday, as part of a deal between the UK and Indonesian governments. Lindsay Sandiford, 69, was sentenced to death on the island of Bali in 2013, after she was found with nearly 5kg of […]
Hurricane Melissa death toll nears 50 as Jamaica relief efforts intensify and storm heads north | Hurricane Melissa
The death toll from Hurricane Melissa has reached 49 as the storm continued to tear through the Caribbean, heading past Bermuda, and workers in Jamaica ramped up efforts to clear roads and reach people in isolated and cut-off areas. In Haiti, the death toll has risen to 30, with another 20 missing, the civil defence […]