Category: UK News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced his plans to end “hare-brained” road safety schemes, including 20mph zones, to halt what he calls the “war on motorists”. The Prime Minister explains that he wants to ensure such measures are no longer “forced” on drivers. Plans would also include a review of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) in England… Continue reading Sunak vows to end 'hare-brain' road schemes

The Flying Scotsman locomotive collided with the Royal Scotsman at a station in the Highlands, resulting in two people being treated in hospital. The incident took place on the Strathspey Railway heritage line at Aviemore Station at a low speed. A man and woman sustained minor injuries and were taken to Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. Other… Continue reading Two injured after Flying Scotsman crash at Highland station

Police investigating the cutting-down of the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland have arrested a second suspect. A man in his 60s was arrested on Friday evening and remains in custody assisting with inquiries. A 16-year-old boy was arrested previously on suspicion of criminal damage and has since been released on bail. The tree, which… Continue reading Sycamore Gap: Man in his 60s held after Hadrian's Wall tree cut down

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has recently announced that a Metropolitan Police officer must undergo gross misconduct proceedings after he fatally shot an unarmed man in North London. Jermaine Baker, the victim, was killed in December 2015 during a thwarted prison van breakout near Wood Green Crown Court. The IOPC has upheld their… Continue reading Jermaine Baker: Officer who shot man dead must face hearing – IOPC

Over 700 sub-postmasters in the UK were wrongfully accused of theft, fraud, and false accounting between 2000 and 2014 due to issues with the Horizon computer system. The cases of Susan Sinclair and William Quarm were among six cases being considered in Scotland which found a group of Post Office workers guilty of embezzlement. However,… Continue reading Post Office scandal: Scottish victims have convictions overturned

It’s good news for baked bean lovers in the UK as the country has successfully grown its first commercial crop of haricot beans. The variety had previously been unsuited to Britain’s climate, but University of Warwick scientists developed a specially adapted seed called Capulet that can thrive on British soil. Farmer Andrew Ward, who grew… Continue reading British baked beans become reality after successful Lincolnshire harvest

A father of two, Iain Farrell, died after being knocked off a ledge into the sea on a coasteering trip near Swanage, Dorset, in May 2019. Farrell was one of nine participants on a commercially-run trip organized by adventure activity firm Land & Wave. The others, including his two sons, were rescued by a lifeboat.… Continue reading Dorset: Man's coasteering death was misadventure, jury says

GB News broadcaster Calvin Robinson has been suspended from the channel following his expression of support for Dan Wootton. Robinson stated that the broadcaster was “scared” of the “woke mob” and that if Wootton fell, “we all fall”. Laurence Fox’s comments about reporter Ava Evans led to the suspension of both Fox and Wootton. Since… Continue reading Calvin Robinson suspended as GB News presenter

The Mail on Sunday has been instructed to publish a correction by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) for an opinion piece written by Home Secretary Suella Braverman. Braverman had claimed that UK child grooming gangs were “almost all British-Pakistani men”. Although the correction still linked the claim to high-profile cases like Rotherham, it was… Continue reading Suella Braverman UK-Pakistani grooming claim misleading, says press regulator

A police misconduct hearing has been told by athlete Ricardo dos Santos that he does not typically provoke police officers. In July 2020, Mr dos Santos and his partner Bianca Williams were stopped by five Metropolitan Police officers while driving in Maida Vale with their three-month-old baby. During the stop, the couple were handcuffed for… Continue reading Bianca Williams: Ricardo dos Santos denies he routinely provokes police