Tag: UK News

Millions of pensioners in the UK will lose winter fuel payments from this autumn, according to Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the UK’s Labour Party. The payments are currently worth between £100 and £300 and are given annually to older people in England and Wales not on pension credit or other means-tested benefits. Opposition parties… Continue reading PMQs: Keir Starmer defends cutting winter fuel payments

Following a report that was just released, it has been concluded that the reason 72 people lost their lives in the tragic Grenfell Tower fire is due to the dishonesty of companies, lack of action by the fire service, and negligence by multiple governments. PM Sir Keir Starmer made a statement in which he pledged… Continue reading Watch: PM apologises to Grenfell families

The final report of the Grenfell Inquiry has revealed that the government and private sector’s failure led to the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in London becoming a death trap for 72 people. The report was published after a six-year public inquiry into the incident. The cladding, which was found to be the “principal” reason… Continue reading Grenfell Report: Key findings from the inquiry

Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the Chair of the Grenfell inquiry, has bereaved the names of all the 72 victims of the fire disaster in 2017. In his report, Sir Martin has claimed that the people who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the residents have failed to do their job and as a result, the… Continue reading Grenfell victims' names read out as inquiry concludes

The Grenfell Inquiry has released its final statement stating that the tragic deaths of all 72 individuals in the building fire could have been prevented. The chair of the inquiry, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, went on to explain that the residents of the tower were let down for many years by those responsible for their safety.… Continue reading All Grenfell deaths were avoidable – inquiry chair

A 14-year-old boy who was arrested on suspicion of murder after an attack on an 80-year-old man in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, has been granted further time for questioning by detectives. Mr Bhim Kohli was attacked while walking his dog and died later in the hospital. While the boy remains in police custody, four… Continue reading Bhim Kohli: Police given more time to hold murder suspect, 14

Sir Brian May, the 77-year-old guitarist of Queen, has revealed that he suffered a minor stroke which resulted in him not being able to use his left arm. In a video posted on his website, he said that he regained enough movement to play the guitar again. Sir Brian went to Frimley Hospital in Surrey… Continue reading Brian May: Queen guitarist suffers minor stroke but says he's OK

British athlete Sarah Storey won her 18th gold medal at the Paris Paralympics cycling time trial event, but described the course as “appalling”. Storey, who is taking part in her ninth Games, won the women’s road event, her fifth successive Paralympics title, on a C5 race course of just 14.1km. The Paralympian said she hoped… Continue reading Paris 2024 Paralympics: Sarah Storey wins 18th gold on 'appalling' course

A couple of mixed ethnicity has shared that they were forced to sell their home after being subjected to racist abuse. The couple, who lived in East Belfast at the time, had no option but to move after a neighbour began threatening to kill them. The man had shouted racial slurs and made it clear… Continue reading Mixed ethnicity couple forced to sell home

At least 12 people, including children and a pregnant woman, have died after their overcrowded inflatable boat began taking on water in the English Channel earlier this week. The issue of people crossing the Channel in small boats is complex and multifaceted, involving human, moral, practical, political, and diplomatic concerns. It is a crisis that… Continue reading Channel migrant crossings will be part of how Labour is judged