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 […]
Boris Johnson’s extra income accounts for almost half of figure, of which vast majority was made by Tory MPs Analysis: Bumper income shows little has changed MPs have been paid £10m from second jobs and freelance work over the past year, largely driven by the size of Boris Johnson’s earnings […]
Metropolitan police approved their use at Notting Hill carnival and Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 The only events for which Metropolitan police chiefs authorised the potential use of baton rounds in the past six years were black-led gatherings, documents show. The weapons, intended to be a less lethal alternative […]
Armed forces stand ready, says junta representative, as west African country defies threat of military intervention by regional bloc Niger closed its airspace on Sunday until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from a regional bloc after coup leaders rejected a deadline to reinstate the country’s ousted president. […]
Installation appears on hillside overlooking seaside town of Bray, where singer is to be buried A fleeting installation honouring Sinéad O’Connor has been unveiled on a hillside overlooking the Irish seaside town of Bray, where she is to be buried on Tuesday. A message in 30ft-tall letters spelling out “ÉIRE […]
Committee’s report says devices including home security systems used to coerce and control victims MPs have called on the UK government to tackle “tech abuse”, as they warned devices including smart home security systems were being used to coerce and control victims of domestic abuse. The culture, media and sport […]
Observer investigation finds system is in ‘worst state ever’ as senior figures warn of inmates ‘being warehoused’ The vast majority of prisons are providing inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment, according to an Observer investigation that has led to claims of prisoners being “warehoused” in a system in crisis. An analysis […]