Tag: UK News

On the front pages of the UK’s newspapers, headlines focus on a YouGov poll suggesting a potential landslide loss for the Conservative Party at the next general election. According to the Daily Telegraph, Rishi Sunak, the current sitting Prime Minister, may become the first PM in history to lose his seat during a general election.… Continue reading Newspaper headlines: 'Tory wipeout' and 'nothing sacred'

As the UK general election approaches, a leading healthcare think tank has declared that none of the three main parties has yet proposed convincing plans for improving the NHS. The Health Foundation has stated that, according to current projected spending, there is a £38bn-per-year shortfall in England alone, which would be needed by the end… Continue reading General election 2024: Plans on NHS unconvincing – health experts

Sue Taylor-Franklin, a powerlifter from Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, is working towards becoming one of the strongest women in the world once again. However, her career was put in jeopardy when a knee injury, sustained in a motorbike accident when she was 17, flared up in 2021, and she was told she would have to… Continue reading NHS: Powerlifter faced five-year wait for knee operation

The 2016 agreement which brought an end to a dispute over an Orange Order parade in north Belfast has collapsed. The dispute in question centres around a parade past the Ardoyne shops on the evening of 12 July, which a nationalist residents’ group have planned to protest against. The Parades Commission will rule on the matter… Continue reading Ardoyne: Agreement over north Belfast Orange parade breaks down

Disgruntled voters will vent their frustrations at all politicians during the upcoming UK general election, says Welsh Secretary David TC Davies. Despite opinion polls indicating a significant lead for the Labour Party, Davies believes there is little cause for optimism among voters. “I think people are really quite concerned,” he said in an interview. Challenges… Continue reading David TC Davies: Polls point to big Labour majority, says top Tory

An inquiry into the Scottish private boarding school, Gordonstoun, has unearthed historical child abuse cases. Lady Smith, the chairwoman of the inquiry, published her findings into residential care for children at the school; she concluded that children who boarded at the school and its associated junior school, Aberlour, were exposed to risks of sexual, physical,… Continue reading King's former school: Gordonstoun abuse flourished for decades

Police have confirmed that a baby girl has died after being attacked by her family’s pet dog in Coventry. The seven-month-old was bitten on the head and rushed to hospital on Sunday but later died. The dog was not considered to be a dangerous breed, and was removed from the house and put down. Warwickshire… Continue reading Baby girl mauled to death by her Coventry family's pet dog, police say

The coroner has concluded that convicted sex offender Neil Maxwell “unlawfully killed” teenager Leah Croucher more than three years after she disappeared while walking to work on February 15, 2019. Maxwell died in April 2019, but in October 2022, Ms Croucher’s remains were discovered in the loft of a property on Loxbeare Drive in Furzton… Continue reading Leah Croucher 'unlawfully killed' by convicted sex offender

Protesters painted part of Stonehenge in orange powder paint on the eve of the Summer Solstice. The Just Stop Oil group painted the ancient site in Wiltshire, England in an attempt to draw attention to their demand for the UK government to put an end to mining for oil, coal, and gas by 2030. Two… Continue reading Stonehenge covered in paint by Just Stop Oil protesters

A therapist has been ordered to pay over £200,000 in damages to a woman, known as Ella Janneh, who accused him of raping her during a 2016 therapy session. Ms Janneh brought the case against Michael Lousada, who denied the allegations. Lousada had previously said during the £750 session that his penis was “like a… Continue reading Ella Janneh wins High Court civil rape case against therapist