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A 36-year-old Indian national, Sandhu Ponnachan, has been charged with multiple serious offences after a car rammed into pedestrians in Derby city centre, leaving seven people injured.Ponnachan faces charges including six counts of grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, one count of attempted GBH with intent, dangerous driving, and possession of a bladed article, the BBC reported.Prosecutors said there is sufficient evidence and that pursuing the case is in the public interest.The incident took place around 9:30 pm on March 28 on Friar Gate, a busy street in Derby city centre. Police said a black Suzuki Swift mounted the pavement and struck pedestrians, causing panic in the area. Witnesses reported hearing loud bangs and screams as emergency services rushed to the scene near the Bishop Blaise pub.Seven people, including four men and three women aged between 36 and 52, sustained injuries. However, the injuries were non-life-threatening, and several victims have since been discharged fr..

Three men, including a British‑Pakistani teenager, were arrested on Wednesday in connection with a arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green, north London, police said.The suspects, aged 20, 19 and 17, were detained at separate addresses in east London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life, the Metropolitan Police confirmed. Two are British nationals, while the third holds dual British-Pakistani citizenship.The attack occurred in the early hours of March 23, in Golders Green, a neighbourhood with a large Jewish community. Explosions caused by oxygen and gas canisters inside the ambulances shattered nearby windows and forced some residents to evacuate. The four targeted ambulances belonged to Hatzola, a volunteer-led Jewish emergency service.Earlier, two British men in their 40s were also arrested but later released on police bail. The investigation is being led by Counter Terrorism Policing London, though the incident is not currentl..

AdvertisementUS, Israel war on IranWorldMiddle EastTrump claims Iran president wants ceasefire, no response from TehranTrump said he could walk away from the war in two to three weeks once he felt confident Iran would not be able to build a nuclear weapon
4-MIN READ4-MIN ListenAssociated PressPublished: 9:32pm, 1 Apr 2026Iran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait’s airport on Wednesday, while air strikes battered Tehran even as US President Donald Trump said he was nearly ready to wind down the war and claimed that Iran’s president wanted a ceasefire.
Iran had no immediate response to Trump’s claim on social media that “Iran’s New Regime President” was seeking a ceasefire, which Trump said would only happen once the Strait of Hormuz was “open, free, clear”.
It was not immediately clear who Trump was referring to in Iran, which still has the same president.
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AdvertisementEducation in Hong KongHong KongEducationUS church launches search for new HKIS school head amid legal row with operatorCo-founder Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod accuses school management of creating ‘risk of leadership interruption’
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenWilliam YiuPublished: 9:10pm, 1 Apr 2026A US church that co-founded a prestigious Hong Kong international school has said it will take the lead in searching for a new head as the operator had failed to nominate candidates since 2022, accusing it of creating the “risk of leadership interruption” in the latest salvo in a war of words.
The move by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) was revealed in a letter to parents on Sunday from Hong Kong International School (HKIS) management, which called the search part of church actions “designed to create distraction and uncertainty around the school”.
LCMS, which co-founded the school in 1966, confirmed with the South China Morning Post that it was now conducting its own searc..