Pair also charged with concealing birth of a child and perverting the course of justice after infant was found dead on Wednesday A couple have been charged with gross negligence manslaughter, concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice after the remains of a baby were […]
Month: March 2023
Comments come as official inquiry finds agency missed ‘significant opportunity’ to prevent 2017 atrocity The families of victims of the Manchester Arena attack accused MI5 of a “devastating” failure after an official inquiry found the agency missed a “significant opportunity” to stop the deadliest terror plot in Britain since the […]
The NPC, China’s rubber-stamp parliament, will gather this weekend to approve far-reaching changes, and Xi’s unprecedented third term as president Xi Jinping is preparing a profound overhaul of China’s government and party institutions at this year’s National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s rubber-stamp parliament, which begins its annual session on Sunday. […]
Leaked WhatsApp exchanges from then health secretary to top civil servant in 2020 reveal concerns over enforcement of rules Matt Hancock told Britain’s most senior civil servant they would need to “get heavy with the police” in order to enforce lockdown rules during the Covid pandemic, leaked messages have revealed. […]
Negative comments by former PM and senior unionists suggest revised Northern Ireland protocol has not won over key figures Rishi Sunak’s hopes of ending years of Brexit infighting with a revised deal for Northern Ireland have suffered a double blow as Boris Johnson came out against the plan while pressure […]
Police report discovery in connection with investigation into couple located in Brighton on Monday Police officers searching for a missing baby have discovered the remains of an infant near to where the child’s parents were arrested after weeks of evading authorities. Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were arrested on suspicion […]
Select committee accuses government of wilfully obscuring facts around ‘unsustainable’ trend As much as a third of the heavily cut UK overseas aid budget is now being spent on housing refugees in the UK, the international development select committee says in a report today. Describing the trend as unsustainable and […]
Government seeks to bolster confidence in public investigation amid claims process will take too long Ministers are battling to maintain confidence in the official Covid inquiry after it emerged that Matt Hancock entrusted more than 100,000 official WhatsApp messages to a journalist renowned as an outspoken critic of lockdown. The […]
After Virgin Orbit’s failed mission, Commons committee hears complaints about regulator Britain’s failed attempt to send satellites into orbit was a “disaster” and MPs are being urged to redirect funding to hospitals, with the country now seen as “toxic” for future launches. Senior figures at the Welsh company Space Forge, […]
Johnson backing campaign by family of Joanna Simpson against proposed release of her killer Robert Brown Carrie Johnson has spoken of her fear about the release of the serial rapist John Worboys as she made a personal plea to the justice secretary to keep Robert Brown, the killer of Joanna […]