Orla Guerin Senior International Correspondent Goktay Koraltan/ BBC The BBC joined Anton Yaremchuk as he evacuated people from the town of Pokrovsk As he prepares to set off on another rescue mission on Ukraine’s eastern front, 35-year-old Anton Yaremchuk is grateful for the fog. It will shield him and his colleague Pylyp from Russian drones…

Thousands of residents are fleeing Santorini after hundreds of earthquakes were recorded near the Greek island in the last 48 hours. About 9,000 people have left the island since Sunday, with additional emergency flights scheduled to leave on Tuesday. More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the past two days near the island, and…

BBC / Meleri Williams Teachers Fiona Elias, left, and Liz Hopkin were stabbed along with a pupil at the school The onus to do a daily check for knives in the bag of a 14-year-old girl convicted of attempted murder should not have been put on her father, Plaid Cymru’s education spokesperson has said. The…

Chelsea forward Joao Felix has completed a loan move to AC Milan until the end of the season. The Italian side have paid a £5m loan fee for Felix, with no obligation to buy the 25-year-old Portugal international in the summer. Though the deal was only announced on Tuesday, the required paperwork was submitted in…

Photo by Sandy Ravaloniaina on Unsplash Scientists in China experimenting with rice cultivars have been able to crossbreed a non-GMO variety that produces 70% less methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is emitted in large amounts through rice cultivation. The team is now seeking to demonstrate the importance of this new rice to the Chinese…

The Princess of Wales travelled by coach along with an enthusiastic group of five-year-olds as she joined them on a visit to an exhibition in central London. Rather than a formal arrival in a royal car, the princess stepped off the bus with the primary school class as they pulled up at the National Portrait…

The 280-ft-long pedestrian bridge will feature two 40-ft-high arches on each side – courtesy of Depena Studio/City of Charlotte North Carolina cyclists are rejoicing at the news that plans for a pedestrian bridge over I-277 have finally begun to materialize after 2 decades of procrastination. For almost 20 years, residents of various parts of Charlotte,…

The family of a 15-year-old boy stabbed to death at school have spoken of their heartbreak. The boy, named locally as Harvey Willgoose, died following an incident at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on Monday. Sister Sophie said her heart had been “broken into a million pieces”. A 15-year-old boy, who was arrested…

Lawyers for convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby have applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to investigate her case as a potential miscarriage of justice, the organisation said. Letby, now 35, is serving 15 whole life prison sentences after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others – including…

Happy 52nd Birthday to Oscar De La Hoya, nicknamed the “Golden Boy of Boxing,” and winner of many world titles at lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight, and middleweight. De La Hoya had won 17 title bouts, either for claiming belts or retaining them, before he tasted the first defeat of his career, a reign of dominance…