Tag: UK News

When Sofia Alonso-Mossinger received a parcel from fast fashion brand Shein, she was expecting a new pair of boots. What she didn’t expect was a live scorpion hidden inside. The electrical and electronic engineering student unzipped the parcel and saw something move, initially assuming it was a toy. After realising the scorpion was real, she… Continue reading Student finds scorpion crawling inside Shein parcel

Boki, a brown bear living in the Wildwood Trust near Canterbury, Kent, became the first bear to undergo brain surgery in the UK. The operation, which took five and a half hours instead of the expected two and a half, was performed on Wednesday after an MRI scan in Surrey revealed that he had hydrocephalus,… Continue reading Kent: Boki the bear 'not out the woods' after brain surgery

A UK National Health Service (NHS) trust implemented a blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for patients during the Covid pandemic, according to former Resuscitation Council UK president, Prof Jonathan Wyllie. The order, which means individuals are considered ineligible for potentially life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) solely due to their age or disability, was applied without individual assessment. While… Continue reading NHS trust put in place do-not-resuscitate rule, Covid inquiry told

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of eight years for attempting to murder a postman by pushing him in front of an oncoming train. Brwa Shorsh, a 24-year-old Kurdish migrant, was found guilty of attempting to kill Tadeusz Potoczek at Oxford Circus station on 3 February. The victim narrowly avoided… Continue reading Oxford Circus Tube pusher Brwa Shorsh jailed for eight years

A deadly explosion occurred at a flat located in Alloa, Clackmannanshire yesterday. The incident, which was captured on CCTV, resulted in the death of an unnamed man who was found at the scene. The explosion happened while the man was inside the property. The tragedy also left three others injured who were immediately transported to… Continue reading Fatal flat explosion in Alloa captured on CCTV

A former UK soldier has stood trial charged with gathering sensitive information for Iran and offering his services as a double agent to MI6. Daniel Khalife sent two emails to MI6 offering to work for them as a double agent while he was gathering information for Iran. Woolwich Crown Court also heard that Mr Khalife… Continue reading Daniel Khalife: Alleged Iranian spy contacted MI6 to become double agent, court hears

Schools in the UK are voluntarily limiting the use of smartphones by students, according to Technology Secretary Peter Kyle. Kyle said that he did not know of any schools in his constituency, located in the South East of England, where devices were used “freely” throughout the school day or in classrooms. Though the government did… Continue reading 'Argument won' on smartphones in schools, minister says

Martyn Blake, a Metropolitan Police firearms officer, has expressed his deep regret for the distress that the family of Chris Kaba, the 24-year-old unarmed man he shot and killed, have experienced. Despite insisting that his actions were lawful, proportionate and necessary, Blake asserts his remorse for taking another person’s life and can empathize with the… Continue reading Chris Kaba: Officer truly sorry for necessary shooting – court

The latest figures from the Home Office show that religious hate crime recorded by the police in England and Wales has increased by 25% in the last year. The majority of hate crime offences recorded, approximately 70%, were motivated by race. The rise in religious hate crimes has mainly been driven by a rise in… Continue reading Religious hate crime at record high after Israel-Hamas conflict

The Prince and Princess of Wales have made an official visit to Southport where they met with the families of three children who were killed in a knife attack earlier this year. Unexpectedly, the Princess joined her husband during the visit, making it Catherine’s first official public engagement since she completed her chemotherapy treatment. Sources… Continue reading Kate makes first official public engagement since ending chemo