Tag: UK News

Private schools in the UK could face an additional tax if Labour wins the upcoming election. The party has said it would impose VAT on fees from private schools and give the proceeds to state schools to hire more teachers. The move has drawn support from those who see it as a fair way to… Continue reading The debate: Would Labour’s plan to tax private school fees work?

A group of five young candidates, all under the age of 30, are hoping to make a difference as they run in next month’s general election. Pedro Da Conceicao, 18, is running as an independent in west London and is thought to be the youngest candidate in the election. He decided to run to be… Continue reading Five of the youngest general election candidates

During the recent BBC Wales TV general election debate, the leaders of Welsh Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru called on the next UK government to abolish the two-child welfare benefit limit, a policy which was introduced in 2017. Under the policy, child tax credit and universal credit are limited to the first two children in… Continue reading Tories and Labour pressed on two-child benefit cap in TV debate

Two environmental activists have been charged by police in Essex after spraying private jets with orange paint at Stansted Airport. Jennifer Kowalski, 28, and Cole Macdonald, 22, have been accused of committing more than £5,000-worth of damage. The pair have been charged with criminal damage, aggravated trespass, and interfering with national infrastructure. Both individuals will… Continue reading Two women charged after jets sprayed with paint at Stansted

The search for a missing British teenager in Tenerife has entered its fifth day as police and rescue teams focus on a rural village and valley below it. Despite the use of drones, dogs, and helicopters, no trace of nineteen-year-old Jay Slater has been found. Slater, from Lancashire, was on holiday on the island and… Continue reading Jay Slater: Search for Brit missing in Tenerife focuses on Masca village and valley

The Hinduja family, one of the UK’s wealthiest families, has been sentenced to prison in Switzerland with terms ranging from four to four-and-a-half years. The verdict was handed down by a Swiss court after an accusation by workers who were brought over from India. The workers alleged that the family paid them as little as… Continue reading Hindujas: UK's richest family convicted of exploiting servants

The Plymouth Moor View ward political race has taken a contentious turn as Conservative candidate Johnny Mercer accuses his Labour rival Fred Thomas of lying about his military record. Thomas served in the Royal Marines for seven years, while Mercer is a former Army officer and Veterans Minister. Mercer alleges that Thomas falsely claimed to… Continue reading Plymouth Moor View: Row over candidate's military service record

A man from the UK has died after being stabbed outside a nightclub in Calella, a Spanish beach resort town. Another British man was injured in the attack and taken to the hospital. The fatal attack occurred outside the Oxygen nightclub, situated 30 miles north of Barcelona. The suspects involved in the stabbing are still… Continue reading Spain: UK tourist killed outside Calella nightclub

The Horizon system used by the UK Post Office to manage accounting and stocktaking is “very robust,” according to George Thomson, former head of the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters (NFSP). Though the inquiry examines why more than 900 sub-postmasters were prosecuted for theft offenses between 1999 and 2015 based on incorrect data from Horizon, Thomson… Continue reading Post Office: Horizon is robust, says ex-boss of postmasters' union

A teenager has been detained for life with a minimum term of 13 years for the murder of Alfie Lewis, another 15-year-old boy from Leeds, who died in hospital after being stabbed twice in the heart and leg in November 2023. Bardia Shojaeifard, who was 14 at the time of the attack, can now be… Continue reading Alfie Lewis: Leeds teenager detained for life for murder