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The Queen has kick-started the 38th annual London Marathon in what could be the race’s hottest year on record. At 10am, the Queen started the event from Windsor Castle by pressing the traditional red button – sending more than 40,000 runners out on to the streets of the capital.Sweltering highs of 23C (73.4F) are possible throughout the day, forcing organisers to advise runners to rethink their fancy dress plans and drop their target finish times.More ice, water and run-through shower stations have also been positioned along the 26.2 mile course, which will be lined with around 800,000 spectators.Among the runners…

Rowers on board the boats were practising for a race in the Taohua River in the city of Guilin when the accident happened, the Xinhua news agency said.Television pictures showed one of the long, narrow boats going over on a stretch of a river where the current appeared to be strong.Another dragon boat arrived at the scene and it too capsized, the pictures showed.The accident happened where two flows of the river converge causing a powerful current.Xinhua said 57 people had gone into the water and 200 rescuers were sent to help.Most of those who went into the river were…

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of CongoThe rangers of Kahuzi-Biega National Park take part in a parade every morning before setting out to do their jobs guarding one of the world’s most critically endangered group of gorillas. The parade is aimed at bolstering discipline and morale in a group of men and women who know that every time they step into the jungle their lives are at risk.Earlier this month, five rangers and a staff driver were killed during an ambush at the sister operation in the Virunga National Park. The risk is real…

The Health Secretary has accused social media networks of “turning a blind eye to a generation of young people” by failing to protect them when using their platforms online.  Jeremy Hunt says he is “disappointed” by the lack of progress made in areas such as age verification, screen time limits and cyber bullying.He met with the bosses of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter in November, but in a strongly-worded letter he told the companies not enough progress has been made.”I fear that you are collectively turning a blind eye to a whole generation of children being exposed to the…

The Canadian gambling group behind the online PokerStars platform is in advanced talks about a takeover of Sky Bet‎ that would gatecrash a £3bn London float of the English Football League sponsor. Sky News has learnt that negotiations between Toronto-listed Stars Group and Sky Betting & Gaming about a deal worth approximately £2.6bn have been underway for weeks.An announcement of an agreed transaction is expected to be made as early as Monday, according to insiders.If completed, the takeover will be the latest in a rapidly consolidating global industry adapting to an explosion in ‎consumer betting on digital platforms and devices.Sky…

Against a backdrop of 2017’s escalating tensions and threats of attack, North Korea’s announcement that it is suspending all nuclear and missile tests seems a dramatic change of course. On the face of it, in the words of Donald Trump: “This is very good news for North Korea and the World.”Leaders in Japan, South Korean and China have all welcomed the announcement as a positive step towards denuclearisation on the peninsula.That may be true but it’s also a shrewd move by Kim Jong Un. Look carefully at what he is saying.:: Trump warns North Korea talks could be called off…

If you live in London or Leeds, you may have already spotted one on a street corner near you. At just under three metres tall, and with two large LCD advertising displays, the imposing aluminium structures are hard to miss. They’re called InLinks and are billed as the payphone for the smartphone generation.Behind the shiny facade are four powerful computers, allowing the InLinks to offer calls, ultrafast WiFi and USB charging. All for free – paid for by advertising.”It’s intentionally not like any other phone box,” explained Matt Bird, general manager of InLinkUK. “There’s no box, no door – because…

Ireland’s economy is booming and so too are its house prices. In some parts of the country the property market is among the fastest growing in the world, with valuations almost as high as they were during the “Celtic Tiger”.But what some see as a boom, others view as a crisis – with many simply unable to get on the property ladder.The statistics are certainly sobering.Nationally house prices have risen by nearly 72% from their low point five years ago.In Dublin they have gone up a staggering 88%, that’s on average by £130,000. Image: Sivakumar Ramachandran queued with dozens of…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says Pyongyang has suspended its nuclear and long-range missile tests, and will shut down its atomic test site. “From April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs),” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.”The North will shut down a nuclear test site in the country’s northern side to prove the vow to suspend nuclear test.” Image: The North has carried out six nuclear weapon tests during Mr Kim’s regime The decision was made in a meeting of the ruling party’s full Central Committee, which had convened to discuss…

A man wanted in connection with a failed burglary in south east London has been arrested more than two weeks later in Kent. Police detained Billy Jeeves, 28, on Friday in connection with the burglary on 4 April, in which two men entered the home of Richard Osborn-Brooks in Hither Green, Lewisham.Henry Vincent, another intruder, died after an altercation with Mr Osborn-Brooks, who was not charged in connection with the death. Image: The family of Henry Vincent, marked his 38th birthday with balloons and flowers at the scene. Pics from Olivia Kinsley Scotland Yard said: “Police recently appealed for information…