Category: UK News

Gigi Perez, a 24-year-old singer-songwriter, had been dropped by her record label in the middle of a promotional trip to London and moved back to her parents’ house in Florida. She decided to give herself a year to learn how to record and produce her own songs, and then everything happened. Gigi created a global… Continue reading Sailor Song: Where did breakout star Gigi Perez come from?

A new type of school report card is being trialed in Camden, north London, which could lead to changes in the forthcoming national report card set to replace recent one-word judgments. The pilot report card has been developed to allow bespoke searches by parents anywhere inside the M25 with descriptions, pictures, data and an Ofsted… Continue reading First look at app-style reports to help parents compare schools

Leaseholders in England are paying an average of £600 ($828) more per year in service charge fees than they were five years ago, according to a BBC investigation. In some cases, homeowners have seen the fees increase by more than 400%, leading them to struggle to pay and in some cases leaving them unable to… Continue reading Why do we have leasehold properties and service charges?

easeholders of a block of flats in London have told the BBC that they are being overcharged for shoddy or non-existent work commissioned by their managing agent, Eagerstates, which is owned by Assethold, the company that owns the freehold of the building. Through analysis of approximately 140 official court documents from the past five years, the BBC… Continue reading Leaseholders tell BBC of fight with major freeholder Assethold

Police investigating the murder of Harshita Brella, 24, have released CCTV footage showing her and her husband, Pankaj Lamba, 23, walking together near Corby Boating Lake in Northamptonshire. The footage was taken on 10 November, the night police believe Brella was killed, and Lamba is being treated as a prime suspect. Brella’s body was found… Continue reading Harshita Brella murder: CCTV shows her walking with husband

The aviation and defence firm Thales is being investigated for suspected bribery and corruption, with authorities in the UK and France conducting a joint probe into the company. Thales is one of the UK government’s most important defence contractors, with Thales UK employing over 7,000 members of staff. During the summer of 2019, police in… Continue reading Fraud probe launched in defence and aviation firm Thales

The former CEO of the Captain Tom Foundation, Jack Gilbert, has spoken out against the charity and described his surprise at the questionable practices he unearthed there. Speaking in his first interview since leaving the role, Gilbert claimed that the daughter of charity namesake Sir Tom Moore had been partly motivated by self-interest. Gilbert had… Continue reading 'I was shocked' by Captain Tom charity, says ex-boss

A mother has been found to have given her child unprescribed medication over the course of a year, leading to a life-threatening infection. The girl was hospitalised and required a long stay at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and 10 blood transfusions. The judge found that the mother’s actions caused the girl, who is now 15, to also suffer… Continue reading Girl left near death after being drugged by mother

The first official photo of the cast of Gavin and Stacey has been released ahead of the show’s upcoming finale on BBC One this Christmas Day. The image portrays the characters of Smithy, Gavin, Stacey, and Nessa standing against a brick wall, which pays tribute to the photos that were taken in the south Wales… Continue reading Gavin and Stacey: Christmas special photo gets gang back together

The UK government has pledged to revamp the leasehold system for private property by the close of this Parliament. A new default way of owning property – known as “commonhold” – is to be implemented, so that a lease will not become invalid in time. A ground rent owned by the freeholder will no longer… Continue reading Leasehold reforms set out amid concerns over delays