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…
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…
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…
Footage shows French police clashing with people on beach as they try to leave in small boat
Footage has captured the moment French police officers clashed with people on a beach in northern France as the authorities attempted to intercept a dinghy attempting to reach the UK.…
UK debt nears £3 trillion as government borrowing unexpectedly climbs
Most economists had forecast zero borrowing last month while the OBR had predicted a £500 million surplus Official figures showing an unexpected rise in government borrowing to £1.8 billion last…
Flash flood warnings for UK as heavy rain batters drought-hit ground
Further showers are forecast on Friday for most parts of the UK Heavy downpours returning to drought-stricken regions across the UK carry a risk of flash flooding, forecasters at the…
40kg python becomes first-ever snake to receive cancer treatment normally used on humans
The 23-year-old reticulated python has returned to her ‘bright and feisty self’ after receiving electrochemotherapy A 40kg, 15-foot python named after actress Jodie Foster is thought to be the first…