Friday evening news briefing: Nottingham killer assaulted two people weeks before knife rampage but wasn’t arrested
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Nottingham killer assaulted two people weeks before knife rampage but wasn’t arrested
Leicestershire Police confirmed that six weeks before Valdo Calocane took the lives of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates, officers were called after the 32-year-old assaulted two security guards at a warehouse where he was working.
At the time, Calocane had already been on the run for several months after he failed to appear in court in August 2022 to face charges over assaulting a police officer in Nottingham.
UN employees sacked for alleged involvement in Hamas attack on Israel
The United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) says it has fired several employees following reports of their involvement in the Oct 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
The agency said in a statement on Friday it received information from Israel about the alleged involvement of some of its workers in the attacks.
King ‘doing well’ after procedure to correct enlarged prostate
The procedure has taken place, with the King now due to spend the night in hospital to recover.
A source said he is “doing well”, as the Queen left his bedside after six hours.
Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Sport | Jurgen Klopp has announced that he will stand down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season.
US | Murderer Kenneth Smith who survived first execution attempt killed with nitrogen gas
Business | Ryanair accused of fuelling Ireland’s property crisis
Russia-Ukraine war | Kremlin denies Putin wants to end war
Science | BBC removes Dragons’ Den episode over businesswoman Giselle Boxer’s ‘unfounded’ ME cure
Arts | Bob the Builder becomes ‘Roberto’ as cartoon handyman gets the Hollywood fix
Watch: Drone crashes at Fatboy Slim concert
A music fan who crashed his drone into the stage at a Brighton music festival has been convicted in a landmark case.
Comment and analysis
Ross Clark | The electric vehicle fiasco has become dangerous
Isabel Oakeshott | Britain will lose the next world war. It’s too woke to fight
Julian Jessop | Even lacklustre Britain is outperforming failing EU economies
David Frost | Trump has captured the new conservative zeitgeist
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Electric cars cannot save China from another shock
World news: Seven-foot shark washes up on Spanish beach
The ocean predator, weighing 200kg, was found near a tourist hotspot after getting into trouble in shallow waters.
Feature of the day
‘In my time as Telegraph radio critic I’ve learnt that BBC bosses are touchy, and audiences often know best’
As our radio critic Charlotte Runcie bows out after five years, she shares her final thoughts on the medium she loves.
Business news: Bernie Ecclestone now Britain’s second-highest taxpayer – after paying £650m tax fraud bill
Bernie Ecclestone has become Britain’s second-highest taxpayer after admitting fraud and paying out hundreds of millions of pounds in a settlement with HMRC.
The former Formula One boss handed the taxman a record £650m in back taxes and penalties after pleading guilty to tax fraud and failing to declare £400m overseas trust last year.
Live markets news: Electric car maker slashes hundreds of jobs
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Music | Jess Glynne interview: surviving burnout, confronting sexism and girlfriend Alex Scott
Judith Woods | I’m with Amanda Holden – the mother-daughter bond is the best
Sport briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Jamie Carragher | Thank you for changing our lives, Jurgen – but I worry how Liverpool fill the vacuum
Cricket | Against India, England are undercooked and have overpromoted players
Jason Burt | Xabi Alonso understands Liverpool – he should succeed Jurgen Klopp
Scyld Berry | For once, Ben Stokes’ England captaincy was not very good
Tennis | Novak Djokovic loses first Australian Open match since 2018 to brilliant Jannik Sinner
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