Man who killed 82-year-old in random attack given hospital order
A killer who stabbed a granddad to death on his front garden in a random attack while under a delusion he was a paedophile has been given a hospital order.…
Wasp spider seen in north of England latest ‘climate refugee’ amid global heating
She is an unlikely harbinger of the climate emergency: a venomous black and yellow spider who spins mysterious patterns in her webs and eats her mates for breakfast. Native to…
Burnham to find Chagos Islands resolution with Mauritius after Trump administration pushback
Burnham admitted that a deal is not yet in place over the Chagos Islands Andy Burnham has acknowledged that no resolution is currently in place regarding the Chagos Islands deal,…
Helen Jenner unveiled as Reform UK’s new leader in Wales after arrest of Dan Thomas
Nigel Farage dismissed the loss of Reform UK’s leader in Wales last week as a “bump in the road”, as the party unveiled a replacement. Helen Jenner becomes Reform UK’s…
Fourteen people linked to ‘evidential activity’ at time of Omagh bomb, inquiry told
The next phase of hearings at the Omagh Bombing Inquiry will begin on Monday, six months later than scheduled. Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died in the…
Dealer hysterically screams during arrest as police bust multi-million-pound drugs line
A dealer screamed hysterically as police arrested him for his involvement in running a drugs line across the Black Country and Birmingham that was worth more than a million pounds.…
Man jailed for life after confessing to brutal 1994 Manchester murder over 30 years later
Michael McDermott was brutally murdered in Manchester in November 1994 A man has been jailed for life after he walked into a police station and confessed his involvement in a…
Council leader found guilty of fraud and tax evasion
Ashfield District Council leader Jason Zadrozny has been found guilty of fraud and tax evasion. Zadrozny, of Stanton Hill, was accused of setting up a fake heritage group to defraud…
Fears over interest rate rise and jobs send UK consumer confidence to three-year low
Fears of a steep rise in mortgage payments and increasing job insecurity have sent UK consumer confidence tumbling to a three-month low, according to a leading survey. In a blow…
All the reasons Nicholas Brandram was not the ‘Putney Pusher’ – according to his family
The family of Nicholas Brandram issued an extraordinary statement attacking the Met Police after his body was discovered at his home in Chiswick When a woman was shoved into the…