Tag: UK News

PC Craig Carter, a former Metropolitan Police officer from Harlow, Essex, has been sentenced to 16 months in jail for stealing around £115 from the wallet of Italian filmmaker and actor Claudio Gaetani, who had collapsed and died while on his way to visit friends in north London in September 2020. While on duty, Carter… Continue reading Ex-Met police officer Craig Carter jailed for theft from dead man

PC Perry Lathwood, a Metropolitan Police officer, has had his conviction quashed after being fined for assault for the wrongful arrest of a woman for bus fare evasion in Croydon, south London. PC Lathwood’s appeal was upheld at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, and he was initially convicted of common assault on 17th May after… Continue reading Met PC's assault conviction for bus fare arrest is quashed

Police have arrested a man aged 18 on suspicion of murder, following the discovery of three deceased people in the Marsh Farm area of Luton. Officers were responding to concerns about the welfare of some residents when they discovered the injured people at a flat in the 15-storey Leabank building at approximately 05:30 BST. All… Continue reading Man arrested after three die in Luton block of flats

Sam Tompkins, a Brighton-based singer, has pleaded for the return of his father’s cross necklace after burglars took it in a raid on his house. The musician’s father, John Tompkins, passed away last year, and the necklace, which he wore for over a decade, was of “sentimental value”. Tompkins revealed the items had been lost… Continue reading Sam Tompkins 'just wants dad's necklace back' after Brighton burglary

Former senior managers at the Countess of Chester Hospital have apologised for keeping victims’ families in the dark but denied suppressing concerns about nurse Lucy Letby, who attacked and killed babies at the hospital. The Thirlwall Inquiry heard that they had no suspicions about her before June 2016 and none of them had previously experienced… Continue reading Hospital bosses deny suppressing concerns raised about Lucy Letby

An 18-year-old named Umar Mahmood has passed away alongside a 16-year-old boy after a car accident in Preston on Tuesday night. Mahmood was famously featured in a BBC show with Freddie Flintoff called Field of Dreams, where he was chosen to join an underprivileged group of individuals to create a new cricket team. The crash… Continue reading Teen who appeared in Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams show dies

A recent review by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has raised concerns that the number of transgender people in the UK may have been overestimated in the 2021 census. According to reports, roughly one in 200 people in England and Wales over the age of 16 identified as a different gender to their sex… Continue reading Number of trans people may have been overestimated in census, ONS says

The Ministry of Justice has released figures showing the prison population in England and Wales has dropped by 2,188 in the space of a week, following the mass early release of offenders to combat overcrowding. As of 6 September, there were 88,521 prisoners, a record high, with only 1.2% capacity left in the system. However,… Continue reading Prison population falls by more than 2,000 after early release scheme

The Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) has announced that its CEO, Mridul Wadhwa, has resigned following a report by Rape Crisis Scotland. The investigation discovered that Wadhwa, a trans woman, failed to maintain her professionalism in her position as the head of the ERCC. The report also revealed that she “did not understand the limits… Continue reading Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre CEO stands down after report into failings

Russia has revoked diplomatic accreditation for six British diplomats over allegations of spying. According to a statement from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), evidence had been received of the UK’s involvement in inflicting “a strategic defeat” on Russia. The diplomats have been named and pictured on Russian state TV, though the UK Foreign Office declined… Continue reading Russia revokes six British diplomats' accreditation