Durham crown court hears pair knew coins worth an estimated £766,000 came from Viking hoard Two amateur history enthusiasts have been accused of trying to sell ancient coins from a Viking hoard to representatives of a mystery American buyer who were in fact undercover police officers. Roger Pilling, 74, of […]
Year: 2023
Callers wait so long that nearly one in five hang up, finds Liberal Democrat commissioned analysis Patients contacting NHS 111 in England are having to wait so long for medical help that they are abandoning millions of calls, with 3.6m ditched in the past 12 months, official figures reveal. The […]
Land Rover was monitoring a dissident republican parade commemorating the 1916 Rising The British and Irish governments have condemned petrol bomb attacks on police in Derry on the eve of Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland. A small crowd threw petrol bombs and other missiles at a police Land Rover […]
Disclosure already represents worst national security breach in years, and analysts suggest damage to US could get worse The recent leak of more than a hundred secret US defense documents could just be the “tip of the iceberg” of a trove of material that had started circulating long before it […]
Consumers reduce spending on groceries, clothes and eating out as they seek to balance budgets UK consumers cut back on groceries, clothes shopping and eating out last month but streaming and pay TV subscriptions jumped as cash-conscious viewers switched to nights in. The return of big hit series such as […]
Dismissal of Yoav Gallant triggered unprecedented surge of protest against plan to disempower judiciary As Israel faces a surge in violence on almost every front, the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has reversed his decision to fire the defence minister, Yoav Gallant, for warning that his judicial overhaul was harming the […]
Exclusive: More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated assault, data shows Social barriers faced by Roma, Gypsies and Travellers laid bare in equality survey More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated physical or verbal […]
Health and Safety Executive also issued several notices related to worker safety and explosive substances at JV Energen A green energy company set up by King Charles was investigated for numerous health and safety breaches after the unauthorised leak of more than 1,000 tonnes of global-heating gases. Methane, CO2 and […]
Return from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace will be more direct than five-mile journey of Queen Elizabeth II King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, will arrive at Westminster Abbey for the coronation on 6 May in the sovereign’s newest state carriage, and depart it in the oldest, during a […]
PM says ‘work to be done’ to restore government at Stormont ahead of Biden meeting on Tuesday The Good Friday agreement was “based on compromise”, which should be the defining message for the next chapter in Northern Ireland, Rishi Sunak has said on the peace deal’s 25th anniversary. The prime […]