Month: August 2024

Sir Keir Starmer has told Ukrainians the UK will back them “today and always”, as Kyiv marks 33 years since it declared independence from the Soviet Union. The Prime Minister described his seven-word message to front-line fighters and people who have sought refuge in the UK as “crystal clear”, and the Government confirmed community groups, councils and parishes have planned events to mark the anniversary. Ukraine’s supreme soviet agreed the […]

Some parts of the UK could see between 50mm and 70mm of rain on Saturday, with the Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning for much of the south east of England. The warning, which came into force at 6am and lasts until 1pm, stretches from Portsmouth, Hampshire, up to Ipswich in Suffolk. It follows widespread travel disruption caused by Storm Lilian on Friday. The warning comes ahead of what […]

Three people have been killed and at least five were seriously wounded in an attack at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, police said. Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9.30pm to an unknown perpetrator having wounded several people with a knife on a central square, the Fronhof. Police said that the perpetrator was on the run, German news agency dpa reported. It cited unidentified police sources as […]

His contract was terminated following claims he sent inappropriate messages to two female colleagues Jermaine Jenas has apologised and said he is “ashamed” after being sacked by the BBC, but insisted his behaviour was not illegal. The Match Of The Day and The One Show presenter was removed by the BBC from the presenting line-ups on Thursday after claims he sent inappropriate messages to two female colleagues. The BBC has […]

The school attended by two children who died in a house fire in Bradford has paid tribute to the “lovely pupils” who “were full of character and had bright futures ahead of them”. Bryonie Gawith, 29, died at the scene of the blaze on Wednesday and her three children, Denisty, nine, Oscar, five, and Aubree Birtle, 22 months, died from their injuries in hospital. Home Farm Primary School, where Denisty […]

NHS workers are being urged to accept a 5.5% pay increase – with a union describing the offer from the Scottish Government as the “best negotiable” under current circumstances. The Scottish Government tabled the offer, which is in line with that proposed in England, to NHS Scotland staff earlier this week. The deal could see almost 170,000 employees – including nurses, midwives, paramedics, allied health professionals, porters and others – […]

Magistrates have been ordered to delay jailing criminals in a bid to ease prison overcrowding as the number of people behind bars hit a new weekly high. Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Green, who is the deputy senior presiding judge for England and Wales, issued what is known as a listing direction to magistrates’ courts managers in the two countries, saying offenders likely to be jailed should have their […]

An animal welfare charity has called on the Scottish Government to urgently act upon fresh evidence of a loophole in fox hunting laws that it claims could allow mounted hunting to continue in Scotland. The Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act, which came into force last year, was designed to close loopholes in the earlier ban on fox hunting, introducing a two-dog limit for hunting and banning trail hunting. The law […]

Jude Bellingham faces a spell on the sidelines through injury and could miss the start of England’s Nations League campaign. The Real Madrid midfielder has suffered a leg injury and reports in Spain suggest the 21-year-old will not be available until after the international break. A statement from the Spanish club on Friday read: “Following tests carried out today on Jude Bellingham by Real Madrid’s medical team, the player has […]