Category: UK
Birmingham fairground ride crashes to the ground, injuring several people
A person has been taken to hospital after a fairground ride “failed and crashed” in Birmingham. Officers and paramedics attended the scene at Centenary Square, [more…]
Police hunt for culprits after Christmas lights damaged in five Suffolk villages
An inflatable Santa Claus was punctured and wires on Christmas lights were cut in a spate of Scrooge-like incidents of criminal damage in five Suffolk [more…]
British businessman Sanjay Shah jailed for 12 years over £996m Danish tax fraud
The British businessman Sanjay Shah has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud against the Danish state – the longest sentence for a [more…]
Tory peer faces suspension over ‘Lord Poppadom’ remark
A Conservative peer is facing suspension from the House of Lords for calling a British-Asian peer “Lord Poppadom” and touching an MP’s braids without permission. [more…]
Housing must take priority over nature, says Starmer in green belt reform plan
Homes must have a higher priority than nature and the environment, the prime minister said, as ministers outlined reforms that could allow more building on [more…]
UK politics: Streeting says he ‘knows what it’s like to feel you have to bury a secret’ amid puberty blockers ban – as it happened
Labour former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer of Thoroton in the face of Tory criticism of the plan to boot out bloodline members, which has sparked [more…]
Gregg Wallace accused of sending ‘gross’ texts and ‘creepy’ voicemails to young female reporter
Gregg Wallace has been accused of sending inappropriate texts to a young female reporter asking her for “a snog” and leaving multiple “creepy” voicemails after [more…]
Sara Sharif murder: father’s family had protested his innocence
Urfan Sharif’s family refused to believe he killed his daughter, Sara, even after he told jurors: “I want to admit that it’s all my fault.” [more…]
Two ministers to sit on assisted dying bill committee
Two ministers are to be assigned to the assisted dying bill in a highly unusual move for a private member’s bill where the government is [more…]
Scotland lobbies Trump to exclude it from threatened tariffs on whisky
Scotland’s first minister is leading efforts to persuade President-elect Donald Trump to exclude Scottish whisky from his plans to ratchet up tariffs on imports to [more…]
