Author: Dave Carter

Police in Hampshire are searching for seven individuals following a protest that took place outside a hotel accommodating migrants in Aldershot. According to reports, a minority of the 200 demonstrators that had gathered outside the Potters International Hotel on Wednesday evening became involved in the disturbances. An image containing eight individuals that the police would… Continue reading Aldershot unrest: Eight protesters sought by police

An 80-year-old patient from Lincolnshire, whose medication is in critically short supply, says he has to drive hundreds of miles to find it. Phil Emmett needs Creon to digest food, and his medications are limited. He has an alternative prescription for Pancrex, which he should take 16 times a day, but he is taking only… Continue reading Medicine shortage: 'I drive miles looking for life-changing Creon'

London fashion designer, Nico Georgiou has cycled more than 264 miles (425 km) across London and Surrey to “GPS-draw” an artwork commemorating the Olympic Games. Georgiou created a Strava tracking model of the Greek discus thrower, inspired by the original artwork used in 1948’s London Olympics. The feat took 40 hours to complete, which Georgiou… Continue reading Man cycles 264 miles through London for 'GPS-drawn' Olympic artwork

On Wednesday, seven men were charged after disorder broke out in Hartlepool. All of the men were charged with violent disorder and one was charged with assaulting an emergency worker. Another was charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public space. The men, aged between 28 and 54, were remanded in custody and… Continue reading Southport: Seven charged over Hartlepool unrest

The largest single group leaving teaching in England are women in their 30s, according to a new report called Missing Mothers seen exclusively by the BBC. The report found that more than 9,000 of these teachers left the profession in England in 2022-23, compared with just over 3,400 men of a similar age. The researchers… Continue reading Exodus of new mums fuels teacher shortage in schools

After months of strikes and negotiations, the British Medical Association recommended that its 50,000 junior doctor members accept a new offer from the government. The pay dispute was the longest running and most intense in NHS history and led to hundreds of thousands of cancelled appointments and operations. The government’s final offer included an average… Continue reading The junior doctors' strikes may be over. But is trouble ahead?

The front pages of today’s newspapers are dominated by the Southport stabbings, with the teenage suspect’s name – Axel Muganwa Rudakubana – now made public. The Metro and the Daily Express both feature the unmasked suspect, with the latter also running a story on Andy Murray’s quarter-final defeat in the Olympics. Some papers have focused… Continue reading Newspaper headlines: Southport suspect 'unmasked'

BBC director general Tim Davie has defended the corporation’s decision not to dismiss Huw Edwards, the former star newsreader who was arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children in November 2023, despite the seriousness of the charges. Edwards pleaded guilty this week to three charges of making indecent images of children. Davie said… Continue reading BBC knew severity of Huw Edwards charges, says director general

Over 200 individuals in the television and film industry have written a letter to the BBC’s board for an immediate investigation into the “systemic problems of antisemitism and bias” at the corporation. The letter declared that a significant number of BBC staff, contractors, suppliers, and contributors from across the television and film industries, the majority… Continue reading TV and film industry letter accuses BBC of antisemitism