Badenoch warns nimbys: Let prisons be built near your homes
‘If everybody says “no prison near me”, we won’t get these built’, Kemi Badenoch warned Kemi Badenoch has urged members of the public to support prison-building in their area amid…
French patrol boat heard firing shots during interview
A French patrol boat has fired gunshots in the English Channel as the BBC was conducting a media interview on a boat nearby. Chris Philp MP was being interviewed about…
Ex-boxing world champion Joe Cordina to stand trial after denying assault charges
Joe Cordina is a former two-time world champion and boxed for Team GB at the 2016 Olympics Former two-time boxing world champion Joe Cordina has denied assaulting another man. Cordina,…
‘Burnham bounce’ takes Labour top of polls as party set for landslide victory in Manchester
Polling expert said latest polls ‘have changed the discourse of British politics’: ‘We are no longer talking about Reform becoming the government’ The “Burnham bounce” has seen Labour take a…
GP walk-in clinics see low attendance leading to accusations of failure
A series of walk-in GP clinics which the Scottish government said would end the “8am rush” for appointments have seen low attendance rates, first figures show. Public Health Scotland data,…
Marmite and Dove owner Unilever warns of price rises due to growing costs
Unilever has warned it will push through further price rises over the coming months, as the Marmite, Dove and Hellmann’s owner tries to recoup its own growing costs. The Anglo-Dutch…
Naga Munchetty to leave BBC Breakfast after 17 years for Radio 5 Live
Naga Munchetty is to leave BBC Breakfast after 17 years on the flagship television show to become co-presenter of Radio 5 Live’s breakfast show. The current 5 Live Breakfast hosts,…
French warship accused of firing shots as Tory frontbencher films in Channel
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp accused the French of ‘attempted intimidation’ A French warship has been accused of “attempted intimidation” after it appeared to fire warning shots within 300 metres…
Disgraced funeral director treated bodies ‘like a piece of meat’ as families left distraught
Robert Bush had kept 35 bodies in various states of decomposition at his funeral home in Hull A funeral director who kept 35 decomposing bodies at a site in Hull…
Rain brings hope of relief for fire crews fighting Cairngorms wildfire
There is hope that heavy rainfall will help efforts to tackle a wildfire that has been burning in the Cairngorms for two weeks. About 70 firefighters and nine fire appliances…