Call the copse! HS2 activists get caught in a stand-off with security officers at treehouse camp in woodland that inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox Private security guards became involved in a stand-off with environmentalists Demonstrators have been fighting against the construction of HS2 Nearly half of the ancient Jones’ Hill Wood near Great Missenden, … Read more
India and China have agreed that their troops should ‘quickly disengage’ from a tense border standoff following a months-long stand off. The two country’s foreign ministers agreed to maintain proper distance and ease tensions in the Ladakh region where the two nuclear armed countries in June had their deadliest clash in decades. India’s S. Jaishankar … Read more
Brexit trade talks are on the brink of collapse today with Boris Johnson warning that ‘contradictory’ EU divorce terms must be overhauled. Michel Barnier is arriving in London for a make-or-break round of negotiations amid mounting gloom about the prospects of a breakthrough. The standoff turned nasty yesterday as Brussels voiced fury at UK threats … Read more
An organizer of New York City’s Black Lives Matter protests has turned himself in to police hours after he was besieged inside his apartment by officers seeking to arrest him for attacking a cop. Derrick Ingram, the founder of social advocacy group Warriors in the Garden, reported to the NYPD’s Midtown North Precinct on Saturday … Read more
Standoff between Black Lives Matter protesters and officers outside north London police station after 14-year-old was arrested on suspicion of carrying cannabis Police arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of cannabis possession The youngster was taken to Colindale Police station in north west London A group of demonstrators are protesting outside the police station this evening … Read more
Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo meets Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab amid growing stand-off with China Donald Trump ‘s top diplomat was in London to discuss China and other issues Came amid growing tensions over Hong Kong and persecution of minorities Mr Pompeo arrived in a Stars and Stripes mask to meet backbenchers By David … Read more
Jeremy Vine has furious stand-off with Fiat 500 driver after he undertakes a car on a box junction, with the Radio 2 star telling him: ‘You’ve only gained 15ft!’ Jeremy Vine filmed a male driver furiously honking his horn at a female driver who didn’t want to get stuck on a box junction in West … Read more
Almost 200 migrants rescued by a humanitarian aid boat in the Mediterranean Sea began to leave the vessel in Sicily late on Monday after nine days stuck on the ship which saw some attempt suicide and others threaten the crew. A journalist aboard the Ocean Viking watched as the migrants, in single file and carrying … Read more
Police in North Carolina surprise protesters during standoff when 60 cops kneel in support of their call for justice in George Floyd case Some 60 officers in Fayetteville knelt during march on Monday Witnesses say both officers and protesters were moved to tears Similar scenes have played out across the country as leaders call for … Read more
A father has blocked a bin lorry in the street in a 30-minute standoff after being told his recycling could not be emptied because it had an empty Pot Noddle tub. Robert Watts, 44, claimed when his wife Linzie, 29, offered to remove it, bin men still refused as the rubbish would now be ‘contaminated’. … Read more