Man who murdered stepmother’s ex and ate finger jailed for life
Warning: this story contains graphic content which some readers might find distressing A murderer who stabbed his victim 22 times before cooking and eating his finger and setting his flat…
Proposed London datacentre will have annual carbon footprint of 27,000 flights to New York
A “hyperscale” datacentre in outer London would generate more than 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to the carbon footprint of 27,000 flights from London to New York,…
Banned driver killed great-grandfather after crashing stolen supercar into garden
John Bell had been working in his neighbour’s garden when he was fatally struck by Fraser Garden’s stolen vehicle A banned driver who caused the death of a great-grandfather by…
We would like to speak to people who have been homeless in England about what helped them off the streets
Andy Burnham has called on local leaders to offer all rough sleepers in England a route off the streets by Christmas, as he pledges another £100m to end street homelessness.…
Banned driver in stolen Maserati who killed pensioner in garden is jailed
A disqualified driver who caused the death of a great-grandfather after crashing into his garden and hitting him with a stolen car has been jailed for 13-and-a-half years. Fraser Garden…
Durham art gallery opens with works by Tracey Emin and Steve McQueen
Works by Tracey Emin, Steve McQueen and Olafur Eliasson have gone on display at a new contemporary art gallery and museum in north-east England which aims to show works of…
Retail sales in Great Britain fall despite heatwave increasing food and drink demand
Retail sales across Great Britain weakened last month despite the men’s football World Cup and record temperatures boosting the demand for food and drink. The Office for National Statistics said…
Wildfire-hit residents remove Greenpeace mural of Burnham from scorched mountain
Residents affected by wildfires say they were left “angry and upset” after a mural of Prime Minister Andy Burnham was painted on a blackened mountainside above their homes. Dubbing it…
Nurse ‘gave colleague scissors to defend herself against any Muslims’, tribunal told
Belinda Ellams, an agency nurse, was working at Millbrow Care Home in Cheshire, when she made comments such as Muslims are going to ‘kill all white people’ A nurse handed…
Rare Easter Island jewellery bought for £100 by British collector sells for £75,000 at auction
The collector has ‘made quite a good return’, Wiltshire auction house says A damaged wooden pendant bought for under £100 eight months ago has sold at auction for £75,000, after…