Category: UK News

James Cleverly, the shadow home secretary, has ruled out accepting a frontbench role from the next Conservative Party leader following the immediate reshuffle expected after the winner is announced on Saturday. Cleverly was briefly a frontrunner in the leadership race to replace Rishi Sunak following his well-received speech to the Conservative conference early last month,… Continue reading James Cleverly rules out frontbench role under new Tory leader

The suspects accused of killing Sara Sharif were detained by the police as they arrived back in the UK. The video footage of the moment the police boarded the Emirates flight to detain the suspects was presented to the jury. The father of Sara, Urfan Sharif, his sister Beinash Batool, and their uncle Faisal Malik… Continue reading Surrey: Video shows arrests of Sara Sharif murder accused

Visitors to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh can now see the backs of the Lewis chessmen, allowing for a full appreciation of their intricate design from all angles. The chess set, believed to have originated in Norway in the year 1200, forms part of a large hoard found on the island of Lewis… Continue reading See a brand new view of the Lewis chessmen

The UK government has appointed David Goldstone, a former executive on several projects that went significantly over-budget, as the head of the new Office for Value for Money (OfVM), which will advise Chancellor Rachel Reeves on “how to root out waste and inefficiency.” Goldstone’s previous roles include serving as finance and programme director of the… Continue reading Value for Money Tsar linked to string of overspends

Police in Humberside, UK, have arrested six teenagers on suspicion of attempted murder after a 13-year-old girl was found with life-threatening injuries on the side of a road in Hessle. The girl was discovered at around 7am local time on 23 April. Police said she had been stabbed, sustaining injuries to her neck, chest, and… Continue reading Girl, 13, stabbed in Hessle and six arrested for attempted murder

A sentence has been removed from the original article for compliance reasons. A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to at least 17 years in detention after being found guilty of the murder of his ex-girlfriend, 15-year-old Holly Newton. Logan MacPhail had stalked Holly for almost an hour before attacking her in Hexham, Northumberland, in January… Continue reading Holly Newton murder: 'Jealous' ex-boyfriend detained for life

England cricket captain Ben Stokes’ home in Castle Eden, County Durham was burgled while his wife and two children were there. Stokes was playing in Pakistan for the recent Test series. Durham Police said that a man from North Yorkshire was arrested overnight on suspicion of burglary. He has been released on bail while the… Continue reading Ben Stokes: Man arrested after burglary at cricketer's County Durham home

A former British army soldier on trial for escaping from HMP Wandsworth has testified that he did so without permission to ensure that he would be relocated to the High Security Unit at Belmarsh Prison. Speaking on his third day in court, he informed a jury that he had been trying to get himself upgraded… Continue reading Khalife says he escaped prison to be moved to high security unit

A 17-year-old boy who attacked two students and a teacher with a hammer at a boarding school in Devon has been named by a judge after an order preventing his identification was lifted. Thomas Wei Huang, originally from Malaysia, was detained for life with a minimum term of 12 years after he attempted to kill… Continue reading Blundell's: Pupil who carried out Devon school hammer attack named

London Underground’s RMT union has called off a planned train strike after reaching a settlement over salaries with Transport for London. The strike had already caused disruption and cancellation of trains, was set to continue throughout the coming weeks with several other planned walkouts. However, a union spokesperson said that the new offer received was… Continue reading Tube strikes: London Underground walkouts by RMT staff called off