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Daren Buckley told armed police ‘somebody’s got to help’ people injured in Manchester Arena terror attack

A man has described attempting to give first aid to victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack but was told to leave by armed police, the independent public inquiry into the attack has heard.

Daren Buckley was leaving the Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017 with his son when the suicide bomb exploded, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds.

The hit French comedy about a celebrity talent agency is making a surprise return after its fourth season was scheduled to be its last

The acclaimed French comedy Call My Agent is set to return for a fifth season as well as a film.

Kimberly Potter was arrested and jailed on Wednesday as prosecutors prepared to charge her

Former police officer Kimberley Potter was arrested and jailed on Wednesday after prosecutors prepared to charge her with manslaughter for shooting dead 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop on Sunday in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis.

Peter Orput, the district attorney of Washington county, Minnesota, is prosecuting the fatal incident. Details of the charges would be released later in the day, the authorities said.

Bernie Madoff, who carried out one of the most notorious Ponzi schemes in history, has died while serving his prison sentence in North Carolina. He bilked thousands of investors out of their savings.

Empire of Pain author Patrick Radden Keefe says the Sackler family has "thrown a lot of energy" into trying to thwart his reporting about the family's involvement in the opioid crisis.

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Ruling in Amsterdam overturns company’s decision to exclude operators for alleged sharing of account details

Uber has been ordered to reinstate five British drivers who were struck off from its ride-hailing app by robot technology.

The five drivers, backed by the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) and the campaign group Worker Info Exchange, argued that they had been wrongly accused of fraudulent activity based on mistaken information from Uber’s technology, and that the company had failed to provide the drivers with proper evidence to support the allegations.

The late Duke of Edinburgh passionately supported invention and engineering, writes Roland Hill

Your obituary, editorial and other pages devoted to the Duke of Edinburgh (9 April) omitted his passionate support of design, invention and engineering.

It’s most often associated with mint sauce, but can be used for everything from a creamy broad bean pasta to a thirst-quenching lemon sorbet

There are many types of mint, with variations in taste and strength, all of which we can safely ignore: when you buy it in the supermarket, it just says “mint” on the packet. That’s all you need to know.