Category: UK News

A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with two counts of rape, non-fatal strangulation, and causing actual bodily harm. The allegations relate to a report of rape at a home in Islington, north London, last Monday. The accused officer, PC Andrej Sagaidak, who serves in south-east London, has been suspended from duty. He appeared before… Continue reading Serving Met Police officer in court charged with rape

Jeremy Miles, one of two contenders for the Welsh Labour leadership, has said he will not reverse the controversial 20mph limit in Wales if he becomes first minister. He has promised to conduct a review of the scheme if he wins, but only in terms of its implementation and how councils can exercise their discretion… Continue reading Jeremy Miles rules out 20mph U-turn if he becomes first minister

Hundreds of cannabis plants have been seized by police in the Rathfriland area of County Down in Northern Ireland. According to authorities, around 400 suspected cannabis plants, worth an estimated £200,000, were discovered on Friday during a search of a property suspected to be operating as a cannabis factory. Commenting on the bust, the Police… Continue reading Rathfriland: Man arrested over suspected cannabis factory

Former Conservative minister Chris Skidmore has resigned as an MP, citing his disagreement with the government’s energy plans. However, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has responded by saying he “profoundly” disagrees with the decision. The resignation came ahead of a vote on a bill to guarantee annual oil and gas licensing rounds on Monday. Skidmore has claimed… Continue reading Resigning ex-minister Chris Skidmore wrong on climate, says Jeremy Hunt

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that a 16-year-old boy will be charged with the murder of 16-year-old Harry Pitman. Harry was fatally stabbed while a crowd gathered to watch New Year’s Eve fireworks on Primrose Hill in North London. The defendant, who is from Westminster, has also been charged with possessing an offensive… Continue reading Harry Pitman: Boy, 16, to be charged with murder, says CPS

Despite hundreds of police interviews, there are still no answers in the case of a Welsh man who went missing over a decade ago. Kyle Vaughan, from Newbridge in Caerphilly county, was last seen alive on December 30, 2012, when he left home at the age of 24. His car was involved in a crash… Continue reading Kyle Vaughan: Decade of police interviews give no answers

The UK Health Security Agency has issued a cold weather warning, coinciding with flooding in parts of England as a result of a week of heavy rainfall. Temperatures are expected to remain low for several days, with the warning in place until Friday of next week. Around 250 flood warnings are also in place mostly… Continue reading Cold weather to last a week as flooding continues

Helen Rimell has been capturing the decline of her mother, Susan, since she was diagnosed with early onset vascular dementia in 2015. Moving back to south Wales to become her mother’s full-time carer, Helen continued to take pictures of her mum for her personal project titled No Longer Here, in an effort to process the… Continue reading Dementia: Photos lay bare agony of slowly losing mum

Musical researcher Colin Jagger is asking the public to help in the search for Gilbert and Sullivan’s lost opera, Utopia Limited. Created in 1893, the original score for the musical was sold in 1915 for 50 guineas to Sir Robert Hudson of Hill Hall in Essex. After Hudson’s death in 1927, the score’s whereabouts are… Continue reading Hunt for lost Gilbert and Sullivan opera launched

Newly unsealed court documents have revealed that Prince Andrew spent several weeks at the Florida mansion belonging to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to the evidence, Prince Andrew occupied the guest bedroom and was provided daily massages while at the property. The allegations form part of a federal lawsuit filed in 2015… Continue reading Prince Andrew 'spent weeks' at Epstein home – witness