Category: UK News

A debate held on ITV News saw seven candidates from the UK’s major political parties argue over immigration, child benefit, tax, and trust. The questions came from an audience in Salford, as well as from each other, marking the midpoint of the six-week general election campaign. Representatives from the Conservatives, Labour, the SNP, the Greens,… Continue reading General election 2024: Parties spar over tax and child benefit in seven-way debate

As part of the Post Office Horizon scandal, sub-postmasters in Scotland who were wrongly convicted have been automatically exonerated with the passing of emergency legislation by the Scottish Parliament which received Royal Assent and came into effect on Friday. The legislation indicates that anyone convicted of fraud, embezzlement, or theft in connection with Post Office… Continue reading Horizon scandal: New law quashes convictions of Scottish sub-postmasters

A Conservative Senedd member, Laura Anne Jones, is currently under investigation by police over allegations concerning her expenses. Texts from her phone, which appear to request an employee to maximise her expenses claims, have been seen by BBC Wales. In one message, she asked a staff member to “always make more than I did”, followed… Continue reading Laura Anne Jones: Text messages emerge in Tory expenses row

Four members of a drug gang have been found guilty of orchestrating four ammonia attacks in Gateshead, north-east England. Andrew Foster, 26, was sprayed in the face at his home and later died after suffering a fatal asthma attack in August last year. The killers were also found guilty of three other similar chemical attacks,… Continue reading Drugs gang guilty of Gateshead ammonia attack murder

Police have arrested a 57-year-old woman on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of a baby girl over 40 years ago. In May 1982, a body was found in Northampton, and while the discovery was investigated at the time, nobody was prosecuted. However, new evidence has recently come to light following a cold… Continue reading Woman arrested over Northampton 1982 newborn baby death

The Green Party’s online manifesto has been removed temporarily following backlash over an image of an ill man being used to illustrate its HIV policy in the easy-read version of the document. The party aims to work towards ending new HIV transmissions by 2030. The easy-read version stated that “We will try to stop any… Continue reading HIV image in online version of Green manifesto removed by party

Sulphur dioxide levels in Edinburgh have reached their highest levels since the 1970s due to a volcanic eruption in Iceland. Experts believe emissions from the non-explosive fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula on May 29 may have caused an “unprecedented” spike in the pollutant. Researchers at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) said there… Continue reading Iceland volcano may have caused Edinburgh sulphur dioxide spike

Canoeists can now explore the UK’s longest, deepest, and highest canal tunnel, Standedge Tunnel, which has opened to the public for the first time in its 200-year history. Running for 3.5 miles (5.6km) beneath the Pennines between Marsden in West Yorkshire and Diggle in Lancashire, the tunnel was dubbed one of the seven wonders of… Continue reading Historic Standedge Tunnel opens to canoeists for first time

Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, was not adequately trained before the crash that killed 19-year-old motorcyclist Harry Dunn outside an American airbase in August 2019, according to Northamptonshire coroner Anne Pember. Dunn died as a result of injuries sustained during a head-on collision outside RAF Croughton, where Sacoolas’s husband was based at… Continue reading Coroner criticises US government in Harry Dunn case

A childminder has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in jail for the death of a nine-month-old boy. Karen Foster admitted to shaking and killing Harlow Collinge. Foster was a registered childminder with nine years of experience, and Harlow had been dropped off to her by his mother, Gemma Collinge. The incident occurred… Continue reading Harlow Collinge: Childminder jailed for 12 years for killing baby boy