Streeting apologises after early prisoner release comments heard on mic
Wes Streeting has said there was “no ill intent” behind comments he made about the early prisoner release scheme, which were caught on camera. In a video, published by Guido…
Wes Streeting apologises after prisoner comments picked up by microphone
The Defence Secretary made the remarks in a conversation with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the new Justice Secretary Alex Norris Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has apologised after comments he…
Convicted killer denies murdering two friends whose remains were found near his Cornwall cabin
A convicted killer accused of murdering two of his friends whose remains were found burnt and dismembered near his Cornish woodland cabin has insisted he did not kill them but…
Former Met police chief admits surveillance of Stephen Lawrence’s family was institutionally racist
A former Metropolitan police commissioner has admitted that the surveillance of the family of Stephen Lawrence by undercover officers was institutionally racist, the spycops inquiry has heard. While Paul Condon…
‘A great thrill’: baby puffin is first one seen on Dorset coast in three decades
For years, volunteers have craned their necks and tested their patience to peer into the crevices of the cliffs hoping for a glimpse of fluffy joy. Finally it all paid…
Ann Widdecombe was hit on head repeatedly with hammer, prosecutors say
Ann Widdecombe died after being hit on the head with a hammer 21 times at her Devon home, prosecutors have told Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Prosecutor Kashif Malik said that on…
The many many different faces in top UK Government jobs in the last ten years
Forget six PMs. The UK on its eighth chancellor, ninth foreign secretary and 10th education secretary in a decade The UK is now on its eighth chancellor, ninth foreign secretary…
Prisoner guilty of assisting convicted spy Daniel Khalife after jail break
Adeel Khan worked with Daniel Khalife in the prison kitchen A prisoner has been found guilty of assisting former soldier Daniel Khalife after his escape from HMP Wandsworth. Adeel Khan,…
London-based civil servants offered move to No 10 North in Manchester
Civil servants based in central London have been offered relocation packages to encourage them to move to the North of England, the BBC understands. A new branch of Downing Street…
Water shortages could stall plans to build more than one million new homes
Trade body warns there is not enough water for UK’s data centre plans England does not have enough water to build the 1.5 million homes pledged by the government this…