Thousands of homes were left without power yesterday evening after a blackout struck the central part of the island. ...

A man was yesterday charged with stealing cheques and defrauding a number of people of more than Lm3,000....

Chemimart Ltd yesterday filed an official letter in court complaining that an application to open a pharmacy in Republic Street was unjustly turned down more than 17 years after the application had been formally submitted. ...

Maltese MEP David Casa (EPP-ED) will be sitting on the 60 MEP-strong Climate Change Committee of the European Parliament, created following the proposal made by the chairman of the EPP-ED Group, Joseph Daul, in March this year....

Labour MP Dr Karl Chircop said government policies had led to one out of every five children having to live in poverty....

Mr Francis Borg, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Employment yesterday launched a special publication about Palazzo Falson Historic House Museum for children. ...

The Court of Appeal yesterday reduced a one-year jail term imposed on a man convicted of aggravated theft to three years’ probation....

A man was yesterday conditionally discharged for two years after pleading guilty to possessing a false driving licence after obtaining it by way of bribes. ...

Two brothers yesterday pleaded guilty to seriously injuring a man and slightly injuring another when a fight broke out during the celebrations marking Hamrun Spartans’ promotion to the Premier League....

Police Commissioner John Rizzo yesterday filed a libel suit against MaltaToday editor Saviour Balzan over an opinion piece carried on last Wednesday’s newspaper edition. ...