Purgatory News

Max Verstappen was proclaimed as the winner of a farcical Belgian Grand Prix after only two laps were completed behind a safety car..

The IOC announced his death on Sunday, with current incumbent Thomas Bach saying: “His joy in sport was infectious.”.

Scotland has recorded another record number of new coronavirus cases, with 7,113 people testing positive for the first time..

A Conservative MP who served in Afghanistan has called the situation in the country and the Government’s handling of the withdrawal of troops a “catastrophe”..

The victim of a shooting has died in hospital two days after being shot in the chest by a gunman in a targeted attack as young children played in the street..

US ‘has capacity to evacuate 300 Americans remaining in Afghanistan’..

British wheelchair star Hannah Cockroft picked up the sixth gold medal of her illustrious Paralympic career by powering to T34 100 victory in a world-record time of 16.39..

Two decades of engagement in Afghanistan by British troops has come to an end as the final members of UK military and diplomatic personnel left Kabul airport on Saturday night, ending the largest evacuation mission since the Second World War..

The organiser of Reading and Leeds Festivals has said the events offer young people “liberation” and a chance to not have to think about coronavirus..

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf is urging under-40s to get their second Covid vaccination and not “leave the job half done” amid rising cases..

Rochelle Humes has said the upcoming series of The Hit List was “a lot more emotional” because the £10,000 prize money meant more to contestants after a year in which many people lost their jobs..

The families of Afghan interpreters who have fled the Taliban to the UK will be offered free English courses as part of a comprehensive package to help them settle in their new home..

Boris Johnson has told members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and loved ones of those who died serving in the military it was not down to “chance or good fortune” that the UK had been safe from attacks launched from Afghanistan for 20 years..

A former Royal Marine who founded an animal shelter in Kabul left an expletive-laden message for a Government aide as he sought to place his staff and pets on a flight out of Afghanistan, according to reports..

An Army major is to march 1,200 miles barefoot across the US as part of a £2.5 million campaign to fund a ground-breaking gene therapy treatment for his nine-year-old daughter..

US President Joe Biden vowed to keep up air strikes against the Islamic extremist group whose suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed scores of Afghans and 13 American service members..

British wheelchair star Hannah Cockroft picked up the sixth gold medal of her illustrious Paralympic career by powering to T34 100 victory in a world-record time of 16.39..

The Royal College of Nursing has said its upcoming annual conference will be held online only following “serious allegations of sexual harassment”..

At least 22 people have died when a Bangladeshi passenger boat sank with more than 100 on board..

The Scottish Greens will join the SNP in the Scottish Government after party members voted in favour of the “historic” powersharing deal..