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Pub chain bans customers from using phones in bid to foster 'social conversations'
UK pub chain Samuel Smiths has banned people from using phones, in an attempt to foster "social conversations".
YELLOW vest protesters are rallying in France to support an activist injured in a confrontation with police and show they remain mobilised against...
The coffin of Prodigy star Keith Flint arrived at his funeral to the sound of heavy metal music, applause and a shout of "live forever".
A new book on the Titanic will show how one of the last people inspecting the ship before she hit an iceberg in the Atlantic was never called to testify in the inquiry into the disaster.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said yesterday Istanbul's Hagia Sophia should be re-titled as a mosque instead of a museum after tomorrow's elections, but did not say whether the status of...
Pope Francis yesterday issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for Vatican personnel and diplomats that requires the immediate reporting of abuse allegations to Vatican prosecutors, a...
George Clooney has called for a boycott of the five-star Dorchester in London and other luxury hotels owned by Brunei after the tiny oil-rich nation announced new laws making homosexual acts...
THE family of a man with Down's syndrome who died in hospital after they say he was left unfed for 19 days have said their brother "was allowed to...
A father who violently shook his four-month-old son to death has been jailed for a total of 15 years.
Pope Francis on Friday enacted sweeping new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse within the Vatican and other Holy See institutions in Rome, as well as by its diplomatic corps...
A small tanker hijacked by migrants off Libya docked in Malta's port of Valletta yesterday after Maltese special forces took control of the vessel, witnesses said.
A €388m superyacht belonging to a Russian billionaire in one of the world's costliest divorce battles has been released by a Dubai court after being impounded last year.
The Italian parliament has made it harder for judges to hand down tough sentences on people who shoot robbers on their premises.
Single-use plastic items such as straws, knives and forks, as well as cotton buds, will be banned in the European Union by 2021 following a vote by EU lawmakers as the bloc pushes manufacturers to...
Russia yesterday said it had sent "specialists" to Venezuela under a military co-operation deal but insisted they posed no threat to regional stability, brushing aside a call from US President Donald...
A bungling burglar who cut himself while breaking into a Pizza Hut restaurant then returned to the scene of the crime to try and wash away the...
A look at Theresa May's key moments as PM as she agrees to step aside if her Brexit deal passes through the House of Commons. She took over as Prime Minister on July 13 2016.
A giant fatberg lurking under a Devon seaside town has been successfully removed.
A Maltese special forces team has boarded a tanker that had been hijacked by migrants rescued at sea, and returned control to the captain, before...
Pope Francis allowed nuns and priests to kiss his papal ring during his weekly audience in St Peter's Square, two days after a video showing him pulling his hand away from several faithful drew criticism.
The Christchurch mosque massacre gunman donated cash to a far-right movement in Austria, it has been revealed.
A six-year-old boy in southern Poland has told how he caught a three-year-old who jumped from a window while his drunk relatives were asleep.
The maker of OxyContin and the firm's controlling family have agreed to pay $270m (€240m) in a deal with Oklahoma to settle allegations that...
Artists and publishers were celebrating a major victory over Silicon Valley last night, after the European Parliament approved new copyright rules designed to help them secure a greater share of...
A controversial Canadian academic had his offer of a fellowship rescinded by the University of Cambridge after he was pictured with a man wearing a T-shirt with the slogan 'I'm a proud...
A Muslim group is to sue social media platforms which allowed footage of the Christchurch massacre to be streamed, it said yesterday.
The jury in the trial of Hillsborough disaster match commander David Duckenfield yesterday retired to consider its verdicts.
A centre-Right alliance led by Matteo Salvini has seized control of the Italian region of Basilicata after 25 years of centre-left rule, with the...
Forensic investigations into the death of university student Libby Squire are ongoing after her body was found seven weeks after she went missing, an...
British Airways passengers were mistakenly flown to Edinburgh rather than Dusseldorf due to a paperwork error.
Norwegian officials have opened an investigation into why a cruise ship carrying more than 1,300 people set sail despite storm warnings, forcing a...
Fugitive speedboat killer Jack Shepherd will appear in court in Georgia on Tuesday, where he is unlikely to fight extradition back to the UK.
A naked man has reportedly been arrested in Moscow after trying to board a plane while shouting about how clothes made him less agile and...
A cruise ship which got into difficulties off the coast of Norway amid stormy seas has safely reached a port after around half of its passengers were evacuated.
Spoon-bending psychic Uri Geller wants to bend British Prime Minister Theresa May's will against Brexit using mass-telepathy.
An online petition urging the UK government to cancel Brexit has passed five million signatures.
A row has erupted in the pilgrimage town of Lourdes over the planned privatisation of dozens of tiny shops and stalls selling holy water and religious trinkets.
An infant boy in Italy has died as the result of a circumcision performed by his parents at home.
One of Germany's richest families, whose company owns a controlling interest in Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera Bread and Pret a Manger, plans to donate €10m to charity after learning of...
A cruise ship which got into difficulties off the coast of Norway amid stormy seas is sailing to port after around half of its passengers were evacuated.
Police in Berlin had to break up a mass brawl of more than 400 people - after fans of two rival social media influencers clashed in Germany.
Italy gave Chinese President Xi Jinping a lavish welcome with an escort of guards on horseback usually reserved for visiting monarchs, shrugging off concerns of European leaders at the Asian...
Emmanuel Macron was yesterday forced to wade into an escalating row over claims that French soldiers have been authorised to open fire at today's "yellow vest" protests.
The centre-right government in the Netherlands has lost its majority in the senate after voters flocked to a new populist party two days after a terrorist attack in Utrecht.
Two men have been arrested this afternoon after five mosques in Birmingham had their windows smashed on Thursday morning.
The main suspect in a deadly shooting in a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht has confessed to the attack and said he acted alone, prosecutors announced.
An Irish businessman has won the latest stage of a divorce court fight over money with his English lawyer wife.
A convicted bomber has named four men he claims carried out the 1974 Birmingham pub attacks after telling inquests he had been given permission to...
A teacher has been sacked for a string of inappropriate classroom incidents, including one where he made beeping noises while holding a...
Tributes have been paid to university student Libby Squire after her body was found in the Humber Estuary.
The British army has set up a command centre in an underground bunker as part of contingency plans for the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal.