Santander agrees to pay compensation on mis-sold car loans 25. April 2026 (16:42) Payouts are due on about 12.1 million mis-sold deals from various lenders at an average of £829 each, the Financial Conduct Authority said.(London News)
What counts as the woods? Judge axes Nova Scotia’s ban that defied ‘commonsense definitions’ 25. April 2026 (16:00) The court sided with a Canadian hiker who deliberately challenged the order imposed to curb spread of wildfiresAs wildfires raged across Nova Scotia last summer, the Canadian province made a simple plea to residents: stay away from the woods.As the situation deteriorated, authorities turned the request into a prohibition: anyone caught hiking under the shade of the forest canopy faced a C$25,000 fine – a figure more than half the average worker’s yearly salary. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Mississippi school kids stop school bus on highway after driver passes out 25. April 2026 (15:54) Students aged 12 to 15 steered bus to safety and called for help after driver lost consciousness from asthma attackMiddle school students in Mississippi acted quickly to halt their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a highway, prompting the operator to declare: “They saved my life.”The bus in question had just left the Hancock middle school in the Mississippi community of Kiln on Wednesday when the driver, Leah Taylor, suffered an asthma attack and lost consciousness. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Roommate charged with murder in deaths of University of South Florida doctoral students 25. April 2026 (15:12) Hisham Abugharbieh was arrested after standoff with police and charged with killing Zamil Limon and Nahida BristyThe man who was detained after two Bangladeshi doctoral students went missing from the University of South Florida (USF) has been booked with two counts of murder.Hisham Abugharbieh faces two counts of premeditated murder in the first degree with a weapon in the deaths of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, the Hillsborough county sheriff’s office announced on Saturday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Four Romanian men and teens and British boy, 16, are charged with raping teenage girl
Only Fools and Horses star David Jason 'mourns' death of high street as he claims 'small shops are hanging on by the skin of their teeth' amid rise in delivery apps