Reform UK says it would offer payments to countries like Afghanistan as part of a plan to enable hundreds of thousands of migrant deportations if it won power. Party leader Nigel Farage set out a five-year plan to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK without permission and suggested 600,000 people could…

This image of the teenager was used to identify him and confirm he was uninjured – credit, policja.gov.pl Police in the Polish town of Rybnik are calling this teenager a hero after he reacted when no one else did to a random act of violence and allowed the victim to escape. Located in the Silesia…

US aviation giant Boeing and Korean Air announced a deal worth about $36bn (£24bn) on Monday for 103 planes as President Donald Trump presses trading partners to do more business with American firms. The deal includes 787, 777 and 737 passenger jets, according to a joint statement from the two companies. The new jets will…

An islet cell (pink) in the midst of pancreas tissue (magenta) – credit CC 3.0. Polarlys A patient with type 1 diabetes has become the first in the world to produce his own insulin via transplanted cells edited with CRISPR. The edits halted his own immune system from attacking the cells, leading to production of…

Fleetwood has long been one of the best ball strikers in the world. He should have won the Travelers Championship in June when he led by two with three holes to play, only to allow US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley to profit. The PGA Tour’s newest winner also let slip a good chance when…

Moving the church by TorbjørnS – Own work, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia) In a “unique in the world” event, a Swedish town is moving its entire historic church, all 672 tons of materials, down the road to a new address. The move is necessary to protect it from falling into a sinkhole, the result of…

Peter Hoskins Business reporter, BBC News AFP via Getty Images Evergrande was once China’s biggest property developer Chinese property giant Evergrande’s shares were taken off the Hong Kong stock market on Monday after more than a decade and a half of trading. It marks a grim milestone for what was once China’s biggest real estate…

Cancer drugs that have been used for two decades were retooled until they were able to eliminate aggressive tumors in a “remarkable” clinical trial. Two of the patients—one with the deadliest form of skin cancer called melanoma and another with breast cancer—were told their tumors disappeared completely. Scientists at Rockefeller University in New York engineered…

PA Media Two people remain in a life-threatening condition in hospital following the blaze A teenage boy and a man have been arrested after a suspected arson attack at an east London restaurant left at least five people injured. Three women and two men were taken to hospital when a blaze ripped through the venue…

9 years ago today, the European Southern Observatory confirmed the existence of Proxima Centauri b, the closest exoplanet to Earth orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri. It’s just over the hedge at 4.2 light years from Earth, and its discovery has led to numerous research activities attempting to establish…