Class action legal claim on behalf of 20 million householders in England and Wales could top £800m in compensation The public could receive hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation in the first class action against water companies which are alleged to have failed to reveal the true scale of […]
Month: August 2023
Economic experts say it will take until third quarter of 2024 for output to return to pre-pandemic peak Rishi Sunak will fight the next election against a backdrop of an economy suffering from five years of lost growth and a widening of the gap between the prosperous and less well […]
All officers’ names and ranks erroneously published online for up to three hours, but private addresses thought to be safe A “monumental” data breach has exposed the names and rank of every serving police officer in Northern Ireland. A spreadsheet was mistakenly published online detailing the surname, initial, rank or […]
Canadian musician was found guilty last year for three felonies related to the shooting which injured the rapper in the foot Musician Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for the shooting of fellow artist Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar […]
District attorney Fani Willis had indicated to her staff they were sufficiently prepared to go to trial tomorrow The Fulton county district attorney investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia is expected to present evidence to a grand jury and ask it […]
Global study suggests connection has strengthened over time across every country and continent Air pollution is helping to drive a rise in antibiotic resistance that poses a significant threat to human health worldwide, a global study suggests. The analysis, using data from more than 100 countries spanning nearly two decades, […]
Police have charged Matthew Rycroft, 36, with causing or allowing the death of a child in a collision with a car on Saturday A man has been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child after a 12-year-old boy died in a collision on the M62, police said. […]
As first 15 people move on to Bibby Stockholm, lawyers say they are intervening to halt transfer of dozens more People seeking refuge who were ordered to live on a controversial giant barge have been reprieved after legal challenges claimed the vessel was unsafe and unsuitable for traumatised people. As […]
Police are reviewing all the evidence after the destruction of The Crooked House near Dudley, West Midlands shortly after sale An 18th-century building thought to have been the wonkiest pub in Britain has been reduced to rubble after being gutted by a fire at the weekend. Images posted on social […]
Mountain rescue teams and coastguard helicopters searched for two men and a woman on Aonach Eagach in Glen Coe The bodies of three hillwalkers have been recovered from a mountainside in the Scottish Highlands after they failed to return from a trek, police have said. Police Scotland said concerns were […]