Category: UK News

The issue of reparations for countries that were affected by slavery has been a topic of discussion among candidates to become the next head of the 56-nation Commonwealth organization. However, Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the United Kingdom’s Labour Party, has ruled out compensation for the UK’s historical role in the slave trade. Downing… Continue reading Keir Starmer rejects calls for slavery reparation talks

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An incident at a care home in Swanage, Dorset has resulted in three deaths and four hospitalizations. Emergency services were called to Gainsborough Care Home in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased have yet to be named, but authorities are treating the case as “unexplained.” All residents of the building, which is run by… Continue reading Swanage care home: Three found dead after incident

A man who died as a result of a train collision in mid Wales has been identified as Tudor Evans. Evans was in his 60s and hailed from the Aberystwyth area of Ceredigion. Four others suffered serious injuries in the incident near Llanbrynmair in Powys on Monday evening, with a further 11 requiring treatment in… Continue reading Wales train crash passenger who died named locally as Tudor Evans

The UK’s Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, has announced that firearms officers who face trial for shooting suspects will be given anonymity until they are convicted. The reform comes after a police officer, Martyn Blake, was cleared of murdering Chris Kaba. Blake shot Kaba during a vehicle stop in Streatham, London, in September 2022. Cooper says the reform… Continue reading Firearms officers to get anonymity in shooting legal proceedings – Cooper

A former soldier accused of breaking out of a UK prison, Daniel Khalife, has been caught on CCTV reading about his jailbreak. The footage was shown at the Woolwich Crown Court in west London, where Khalife has been on trial for allegedly escaping Wandsworth prison and collecting classified information for Iran. The jury saw him… Continue reading CCTV shows Daniel Khalife read newspaper about alleged prison escape

In a recent exchange between Labour’s Deputy Leader Angela Rayner and the Tory Deputy, Oliver Dowden, the two politicians indulged in some light-hearted banter regarding their shared hair color. Rayner jokingly referred to their exchange as a “battle of the gingers” during a conversation about the roles of King Charles and the late Queen in… Continue reading Rayner 'will miss' Dowden 'battle of the gingers' exchanges

Calcourt Farms in Wernllwyd, Powys, became the site of a very rare discovery when a dairy cow gave birth to quadruplet calves. This kind of pregnancy is said to have a one in 700,000 chance of happening in cattle, with the chance of all four calves being born alive being just one in 11 million.… Continue reading Powys dairy farm cow gives birth to rare quadruplets

Beloved Scottish presenter Jim McColl, who hosted the BBC Scotland show The Beechgrove Garden since it began in 1978, has passed away at the age of 89. After 41 years on screen, he retired in 2019. Fellow gardeners across Scotland were touched by his passion for gardening, which he referred to as “part of the… Continue reading Television's Beechgrove Garden presenter Jim McColl dies

Donanemab, a drug that slows the progress of Alzheimer’s disease, has been deemed too expensive for the NHS to use given its small benefits, according to the drugs spending watchdog, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Last year, Donanemab was celebrated as a turning point in the disease, but the drug offered… Continue reading Donanemab: NHS will not fund new drug to slow Alzheimer’s