Hundreds of thousands demonstrate amid outpouring of anger over state’s handling of Tempe tragedy

Two years to the day since 57 people died and dozens were injured in Greece’s worst train crash in history, hundreds of thousands of protesters filled plazas around the country and a general strike paralysed the transport network in an outpouring of anger over the government’s handling of the tragedy.

By 11am on Friday, more than 100,000 people had already gathered in Syntagma Square in Athens. Thousands who could not get to the area due to packed metro trains instead vented their anger outside stations in the capital’s suburbs.

Charles Hanson had been accused of being violent towards wife, Rebecca Hanson, but is cleared of all charges

The celebrity auctioneer Charles Hanson has been unanimously cleared of coercive control and assault allegations made against him by his wife.

The trial heard allegations that Hanson, 46, put Rebecca Hanson in a headlock while she was pregnant with a baby she later lost, repeatedly “grabbed” her, locked her in a hotel room, pushed her and scratched her as she tried to snatch a mobile phone.

Buy a set of earplugs, maritime charity advises those hoping to sleep near Cornwall’s Longships Lighthouse

The distant sound of a lighthouse can be a part of coastal life that really adds to the maritime ambience.

For those living near Land’s End, however, any sense of whimsy has worn off. A fog alarm at Longships Lighthouse, just off the Cornish headland, has been going off every 13 seconds for the past week.

After more than 150 days without food, Laila Soueif says she will continue until there is some positive news from Cairo

Laila Soueif, lying in a hospital bed after refusing all food for 152 days in a bid to free her jailed son, agreed on Wednesday night to be put on a glucose drip, although it is only likely to delay her full collapse by days.

She said she had taken the step as part of a deal she had reached with her children that they would be allowed one chance to intervene before she collapses.