The maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals is to be reduced from £100 to between £2 and £50, the Government has announced. Ministers have announced new restrictions on controversial betting machines, which campaigners blame for a rise in problem gambling. A widespread fixture in high street betting shops, they currently allow punters to spend £100 […] The post Govt

Spain’s high court has summoned sacked Catalan leader Carles Puidgemont and 13 other members of his dismissed government to appear later this week. It also gave them three days to pay a deposit of €6.2m ($7.2m) to cover potential liabilities. The summons comes after Spain’s chief prosecutor on Monday said he would press charges including […] The post Catalan

Five friends from Argentina were among those killed in a truck attack in New York on Tuesday. Eight people were killed and 11 injured when the driver of the truck hit people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan. A 29-year-old man, reported to be an Uzbek immigrant, was shot and injured by police as […] The post New York truck attack: Five Argentine friends killed