News comes shortly after Met says there is no evidence suspended presenter committed criminal offence Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter suspended over allegations he paid for explicit images, after a media scandal that has rocked the national broadcaster and left him in hospital. The episode has […]
Month: July 2023
Sergei Naryshkin says he and Bill Burns discussed the mutiny and ‘what to do with Ukraine’ in phone call last month Russia’s foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin has said that he and his CIA counterpart discussed the shortlived mutiny a week earlier by Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and “what […]
Survey of estate agents reports growing reluctance among potential homebuyers to make a purchase Mortgages to cost 1m borrowers extra £500 a month by 2026, BoE warns Renting a room in UK tops £700 a month on average The steep rise in mortgage interest rates and anxiety about the prospect […]
‘It’s about minimum standards,’ says former England player Saturday 3pm games on TV, equal FA Cup prize money suggested A landmark review of women’s football in England has called for wholesale change across the game; from enhancing minimum standards for professionals to “rapid growth” in the development of young talent. […]
Archbishop of Canterbury among peers behind amendments to illegal migration legislation as standoff with government continues A standoff over the Conservative government’s controversial plans to tackle the small boats crisis has continued at Westminster as the Lords overnight inflicted a string of defeats backed by the archbishop of Canterbury. Justin […]
Chancellor thought to have ruled out providing extra cash if PM decides to accept pay review bodies’ recommendations Jeremy Hunt has told ministers there will be no extra money to give millions of public sector workers an average 6% pay rise, potentially leaving departments facing a difficult choice between raising […]
Russia’s FSB arrests man, 64, on suspicion of killing Stanislav Rzhitsky, who was accused by Ukraine of deadly strikes in war Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates A senior Russian draft officer and former submarine commander accused by Ukraine of deadly strikes on its territory has been shot dead while […]
Separate allegations emerge as police force investigates whether there is a criminal case to answer The Metropolitan police have asked the BBC to pause its inquiries into a suspended male presenter while specialist officers decide if there is any justification for a criminal investigation. The BBC director general, Tim Davie, […]
Van Houten, now 73, is out on parole after her conviction for participating in the 1969 LaBianca murders at age 19 Leslie Van Houten, who was sentenced to life for participating in the infamous murders by the Charles Manson cult when she was 19, walked free from a California prison […]
Boy, 15, charged with attempted wounding with intent and possession of a bladed article on school premises A 15-year-old boy has been charged with attempted wounding with intent and possession of a bladed article after a maths teacher was stabbed at a school in Gloucestershire, police have said. Jamie Sansom […]