Divers find 162-year-old Guinness in shipwreck off the English coast
How far would you travel for a pint of Guinness? If the answer is to the bottom of the sea, you might be in luck. There’s just one catch –…
Girl, 11, found dead after search at Midlothian beauty spot
An 11-year-old girl has died after being found in the water at a beauty spot in Midlothian. A major search was launched over reports of concern for the girl in…
Primary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemployment
Primary schools in England should be required to identify children at risk of leaving education at 16 without finding a job, a government review is to recommend. Alan Milburn, who…
Germans hogging the sunloungers? Poll finds Italians and French are worse
Germans are sunlounger hoggers, or so the longstanding stereotype goes. But not only is that cultural trope mostly confined to British – and, even more so, German – perceptions, surprising…
What can Dublin teach us? Milburn goes on a quest to solve youth jobs crisis
Alan Milburn is guiding a metal loop along the serpentine wire of an electrical buzzer game as he explains the challenge of Britain’s youth jobs crisis. “We have got more…
England footballer Toney charged with assault in Soho
England footballer Ivan Toney has been charged with assault at a nightclub in central London. The 30-year-old, who plays for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli, was charged on 31 July…
Police make further arrests as Thetford disorder continues
More arrests have been made over disorder linked to anti-immigration protests that saw crowds attempt to storm the homes of suspected asylum seekers and a police officer “seriously bitten”. Asylum…
Kemi Badenoch’s weird week: defence of ex-neo-Nazi raises questions over Tory direction
There was a moment in the middle of this week when a news alert raised eyebrows among the politically committed. It read: “Kemi Badenoch: Former neo-Nazi candidate would just be…
Tory plan to ban foreign nationals from social housing condemned as ‘divisive’
Plans to ban foreign nationals from social housing under a Conservative government have been condemned as “divisive”. Under proposals revealed on Friday, the party said about 230,000 homes would become…
Brothers jailed for killing man and injuring his son while racing cars home
Two brothers racing each other home before a crash that killed a father-of-two and seriously injured his nine-year-old son have been jailed. Rhys Jenkins died at the scene of the…