Tag: UK News

A Catholic priest has been given a suspended 20-week prison sentence for stealing approximately £200 from his church’s donation plates. Fortunato Pantisano, an Italian national who had been a priest at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Fulham, west London for ten years, was caught on CCTV footage taking the money on January 7. Pantisano appeared to… Continue reading Catholic priest sentenced for stealing cash from Fulham church

BBC’s director-general, Tim Davie, has said that he cannot see former news presenter, Huw Edwards, working at the corporation again after being given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for admitting charges of making indecent images of children. Edwards was the highest-paid journalist at the BBC, earning between £475,000 and £479,999 between April… Continue reading Tim Davie says Edwards 'won't work for BBC again'

The UK’s business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has defended Labour’s proposed Employment Rights Bill, saying that allowing home working and flexible hours would lead to a more productive and loyal workforce. The bill includes proposals such as granting workers the right to disconnect outside working hours, banning zero-hours contracts and permitting staff to work contracted hours… Continue reading Working from home boosts productivity, Jonathan Reynolds says

A man has been charged with the murder of a mother and two of her daughters who were fatally injured in a crossbow attack at their home. The victims, Carol Hunt, 61, Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25, were found dead in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on July 9th. Kyle Clifford, 26, from north London, had… Continue reading Man charged with three murders after Bushey crossbow killings

BBC Children’s and Education has revealed that Balamory will make a return to screens more than two decades after the last episode aired. The popular pre-school TV show was set in the fictional Scottish town of Balamory but has not been in production for over 20 years. The show, centred around a nursery school and its teacher Miss… Continue reading 'What's the new story in Balamory?' – kids' show gets a reboot

A group of nurses who were driven out of their neighborhood in County Antrim due to racist attacks found themselves living in a disused hospital building with their young children. Eight families left the Ballycraigy estate after enduring several racist attacks including anti-immigrant posters taped to their windows and car windows being smashed. Three of… Continue reading Racism: Attacked nurses lived in disused hospital building

Jamie Theakston, co-host of Heart Breakfast, revealed that he has been diagnosed with stage one laryngeal cancer. In a statement, the 53-year-old presenter said that he underwent an operation to remove a lesion from his vocal cords and that the prognosis was positive. He went on to say that the cancer was identified by a… Continue reading Jamie Theakston reveals he has laryngeal cancer

Reality star Gemma Collins has claimed to be a distant relative of the infamous Jack the Ripper after tracing her family history on the BBC show Who Do You Think You Are? Collins discovered that her ancestors lived next to the site where several of the Ripper’s victims were murdered in Spitalfields, east London, during… Continue reading Gemma Collins finds link to Jack the Ripper murders in BBC show

An increasing number of low-income pensioners are seeking warm clothing from a clothes bank in the UK, following the government’s announcement that it would cut the winter fuel allowance. Last week, the MK Storehouse in Stacey Bushes, Milton Keynes, gave away 89 jumpers and 39 coats, a rise that was “previously unheard of”. Around 10… Continue reading Pensioners 'panicking' about winter – Milton Keynes clothes bank

A new project in Denbighshire is aiming to boost biodiversity in the region by cultivating rare species of native trees. The wild service, or “chequers”, tree, which was once used to make a type of beer and whose fruit was eaten as sweets, is among these. There are currently only 16 recorded wild service trees… Continue reading Rare wild service trees harvested in Denbighshire for biodiversity