Tag: UK News

North Yorkshire Police have made an unexpected discovery when they pulled over a BMW X5 that was towing a suspected stolen caravan on the M1. The driver of the vehicle was an 11-year-old boy. Officers arrested the boy, on suspicion of theft, burglary and motoring offences including dangerous driving. They received a call at around… Continue reading Boy, 11, found driving BMW towing caravan on M1

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A former police inspector has revealed that sexual predators are still operating unchecked within the service. Rebecca Kalam served in the West Midlands Police firearms unit until she won an employment tribunal case in 2023 in which she cited multiple instances of such abusive and inappropriate behaviour. She pointed out that sexist, misogynistic, racist and… Continue reading 'Sex predators within police operate in plain sight'

A Metropolitan Police officer, identified as Martyn Blake, has pleaded not guilty to killing 24-year-old Chris Kaba during a Met operation in Streatham, south London, in September 2022. Blake, a firearms officer known by the codename NX121 after receiving threats, had previously been granted anonymity, but this was lifted by Judge Mark Lucraft after media… Continue reading Chris Kaba shooting: Martyn Blake named as murder-accused police officer

Freddie Scappaticci, also known as ‘Stakeknife’, was a West Belfast man who led a dangerous double life as both an IRA executioner and an Army spy. He was alleged to have been involved in multiple killings while working as a spy, passing on intelligence about the IRA. Scappaticci denied these allegations, but his unmasking as… Continue reading Freddie Scappaticci: Who was the Army's spy inside the IRA?

Theresa May, former UK Prime Minister, has announced that she will not be standing as an MP for the next election. May will leave her Maidenhead seat after representing constituents for 27 years. Modern slavery and human trafficking causes that May champions regularly have been taking up more of her time, leading to her resignation.… Continue reading Theresa May to stand down as MP at next election

The UK’s counter-extremism tsar, Robin Simcox, has claimed that London is becoming a “no-go” area for Jewish people, as pro-Palestinian demonstrations are said to be intimidating for those in the community. Mr Simcox, who is an independent adviser to the Home Office, argues that government has not stepped in to tackle extremist groups operating without… Continue reading Newspaper headlines: 'Pension pinchers' and 'Red Bullish'

The UK government’s counter-extremism commissioner, Robin Simcox, has commented that London has become a “no-go zone for Jews” during pro-Palestinian demonstrations, prompting him to call on ministers to “be bolder and be willing to accept higher legal risk” when combatting extremism. In a recent speech, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned of forces “trying to tear… Continue reading Adviser warns London a 'no-go zone for Jews every weekend'

Campaigners are calling on the UK government to provide new fathers with more time off at better pay, as new paternity leave rules come into effect. Statutory paternity leave, which has a weekly maximum of £172.48, will enable fathers in England, Wales and Scotland to take two weeks’ leave in separate one-week chunks, at any… Continue reading Paternity leave: Call for more help as fathers cannot afford time off

Donald Campbell’s famous Bluebird hydroplane will soon be returned to the Lake District, nearly 60 years after Campbell’s fatal crash while setting a water-speed record. Campbell’s daughter Gina, who had previously accepted that her father’s last resting place was the bottom of Coniston Water, was called by an amateur diver in 1996 who wanted to… Continue reading Donald Campbell's Bluebird: The battle back to Coniston