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A football coach stepped in to use his body as a shield to protect a student during a high school massacre, it has been reported. Aaron Feis has been hailed a hero after losing his life as he tried to stop Nikolas Cruz killing youngsters at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Seventeen people are confirmed to have died and more than a dozen are injured after the attacker opened fire on Wednesday afternoon. Reports emerged soon after the shooting about Mr Feis’ bravery with many current and ex-pupils hailing his actions. One, who called herself Angelica Losada,…

Embattled South African president Jacob Zuma has said he is resigning “with immediate effect”. In a press conference, Mr Zuma said he did not “fear exiting political office” after facing a no-confidence motion from his party, the African National Congress (ANC). He said: “I have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the Republic with immediate effect, even though I disagree with the decision of the leadership of my organisation. “I have always been a disciplined member of the ANC. “As I leave, I will continue to serve the people of South Africa as well as the…

The EU economy grew at its fastest rate in 10 years in 2017, registering a 2.5% increase on the year before. It is the highest annual growth since 2007, when the economy expanded by 2.7%. The bloc of 28 countries put in a strong performance in the final quarter of the year, growing 0.6%, mainly driven by good economic results from Germany, Spain and France. However, Eastern European states including Slovakia and Bulgaria also contributed. The figures, released by the European Union statistics office Eurostat, showed that the eurozone – which encompasses the 19 countries using the single currency -…

The Prime Minister will travel to Northern Ireland today as efforts to restore devolved government at Stormont reach a critical stage. Her Irish counterpart, Leo Varadkar, is also expected in Belfast, fuelling speculation that a deal on power-sharing could be imminent. In a statement, Downing Street said Theresa May “will take part in a series of meetings with the political parties… and encourage them to reach a resolution for the benefit of the people of Northern Ireland. “She will make clear that the UK government remains fully committed to the restoration of power sharing devolution and the Belfast Agreement. Theresa…

London City Airport has been closed after an unexploded Second World War bomb was found in the River Thames. Police were called to the scene at the George V Dock, North Woolwich, just after 5am on Sunday. The ordnance had been discovered as part of pre-planned work that was taking place at the airport. At 10pm, the decision was taken to put an exclusion zone in place to allow the Royal Navy to deal with the explosive that meant flights would be affected. The airport tweeted: “Following the discovery of a World War Two ordnance in King George V Dock…

Britain’s biggest high street lender‎ will this month become the first FTSE-100 company to set a formal target for the number of non-white people it employs in senior posts. Sky News‎ has learnt that Lloyds Banking Group will announce alongside its annual results next week that it wants 8% of its top 7,000 staff to be identified as black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) by 2020. The target will be unveiled as part of a new Helping Britain Prosper blueprint to be implemented by Lloyds over the next three years, which will include new goals in areas such as lending…

All 71 people travelling on a Russian plane which crashed near Moscow have been killed, according to Russian authorities. The AN-148 aircraft had disappeared from radars within two minutes of taking off from Domodedovo Airport in Moscow. Two bodies have been found at the site, according to an official at Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry. An emergency services source told Tass news agency there are no survivors. The Emergencies Ministry said it had sent crews to the crash site, in Stepanovskoye. Russian media reports the crews could not get to the site by vehicle and had to go by foot. Tass…

Eurostar has announced that a new direct service between London and Amsterdam will begin on 4 April. There will initially be two trains per day from London’s St Pancras station, each taking three hours and 41 minutes to reach Amsterdam Centraal. Return journeys will require a change at Brussels, a temporary measure until the UK and Dutch governments reach an agreement on passport procedures. Until then, passengers will need to go through security and get their passports checked in the Belgian capital. But Eurostar said that, with up to 10 trains a day from Brussels to London, the connection “should…

The Bank of England has signalled that interest rates are to rise earlier and more sharply than previously thought as it upgraded forecasts for UK growth. Rate-setters unanimously voted to leave rates on hold for now at 0.5% but gave new guidance on their future path which sent the pound up by a cent against the US dollar to $1.40. The Bank’s upgrade for UK growth in its quarterly inflation report comes as the global economy expands more quickly than expected. It said that monetary policy would now “need to be tightened somewhat earlier and by a somewhat greater extent”…

January was the second-worst month on record for NHS A&E departments, with 85.3% of patients seen and treated or discharged within the four-hour target. The figure is well short of the target of dealing with 95% of patients within that timeframe, but a slight improvement on the December figure of 85.1%, which was the joint-worst on record. While there was a slight improvement across all emergency departments, performance at Type 1 A&Es, defined as consultant-led 24 hours facilities, was the worst-ever at 77.1%. Type 1 departments see close to 70% of patients and include most large hospital emergency departments where…