Emma Tustin sentenced to minimum of 29 years as boy’s father is jailed for 21 years for manslaughter A woman who killed her six-year-old stepson, who had been poisoned, starved and beaten in the weeks before his death, has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of […]
Connor Gibson, 19, offers no plea in appearance at Hamilton sheriff court and is remanded in custody A teenager has been charged with murdering and sexually assaulting his sister whose body was found in a park in South Lanarkshire. Connor Gibson, 19, appeared at Hamilton sheriff court on Friday accused […]
Met asked to investigate reports of alleged breaches of Covid lockdown rules at No 10 Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The prime minister has been reported to the police by Labour MPs over allegations there were at least two parties in Downing Street during lockdown restrictions […]
Louie French becomes MP for the suburban London seat, after a vote that saw the Tories’ majority of nearly 19,000 slashed to just 4,478 The Conservatives have held the safe seat of Old Bexley and Sidcup in the first in a series of closely watched parliamentary byelections. Louie French was […]
Exclusive: Mone is alleged to have called man of Indian heritage ‘a waste of a man’s white skin’ in WhatsApp exchange The Conservative peer Michelle Mone has been accused of sending a racist message to a man of Indian heritage who alleged in an official complaint that she told him […]
Jabs offer far higher protection than that needed to prevent hospitalisation and death, Cov-Boost trial lead says Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Covid booster shots can dramatically strengthen the body’s immune defences, according to a study that raises hopes of preventing another wave of severe disease […]
Exclusive: Sharon Graham, Unite’s boss, believes money would be better spent on union campaigns Unite will use ‘brains as well as brawn’ to fight bad employers, says boss Labour’s biggest funder, Unite, will cut political donations to the party and divert the money to union campaigns, its new general secretary, […]
Member for Barking since 1994 also chaired the public accounts committee and criticised ex-leader over antisemitism in the party Margaret Hodge, the veteran Labour MP and former chair of the public accounts committee, has announced she will not stand again for parliament at the next election. Following a career in […]
Extra Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna jabs for 2022 and 2023 ordered to ‘future proof’ vaccine programme Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers in the UK have secured new contracts to buy 114m more Covid-19 vaccines for the next two years. The deals, for 2022 and 2023, were […]
Home Office acknowledges people involved in tragedy may have tried to call for help as investigations continue The occupants of a boat that sank last week in the Channel causing the deaths of at least 27 people may have tried to contact the UK authorities, the Home Office has acknowledged. […]