Month: August 2024

Thousands of Taylor Swift fans have begun queuing for the US singer-songwriter’s Wembley Stadium show as she takes to the stage for the second night of her August run in London. Swift returned to the venue on Thursday, as the European leg of her Eras Tour comes to an end in the capital next week. Her comeback to the UK following a slew of shows in June, which the Prince […]

Police found “no crime” took place at a Reginald D Hunter comedy gig following a report of a hate incident at his Edinburgh Fringe show. Two Israelis were reportedly heckled out of his Sunday performance by the audience following their objection to the 55-year-old US comedian’s joke. Eastwood Theatre in Giffnock, which was not the venue where the incident took place, announced on Friday that it would not go ahead […]

Hundreds of Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport are to take industrial action for 23 days from the end of the month. Around 650 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) will walk out from August 31 to September 3, then work to rule and refuse to work overtime until September 22. The action is over a long-running dispute about changes to terms and conditions. The union said […]

The number of UK-based students in clearing who are trying to find higher education courses a day after exam results were released has fallen to its lowest level for three years – though plenty of places are still available, figures show. By Friday morning, 46,880 UK-domiciled 18-year-old applicants were recorded as being “free to be placed in clearing”, according to the admissions service Ucas. This means they missed the conditions […]

A second riot charge has been brought by police as violent disorder suspects across the country await news on whether they will be accused of the more serious offence. Northumbria Police said on Friday that Kieran Usher had become their second suspect to be charged with riot in connection with disorder in Sunderland city centre on August 2. It followed the force’s announcement that a 15-year-old boy had been charged with the […]

Petrol prices have fallen to their lowest level in six months, new analysis shows. The AA said the average price of a litre of the fuel was 143.0p this week. Mid-February was the last time it was this low. Diesel prices have fallen to an average of 147.9p per litre, a level not seen since late January. The AA claimed the figures are “little cause for celebration”, noting that the […]

British actress Sheridan Smith has been pictured embodying real-life double jeopardy campaigner Ann Ming on the set of ITV’s I Fought The Law. The forthcoming four-part series tells the story of Ms Ming’s determination to change the law and bring her daughter’s murderer to justice. In photos from the set in Shiremoor, North Tyneside, the TV and stage star, 43, is seen with short blonde hair wearing a quilted dark […]

Train drivers on LNER are to stage a series of strikes, claiming a breakdown in industrial relations and breaking of agreements. Hundreds of members of Aslef will walk out every Saturday between August 31 and November 9 and every Sunday from September 1 to November 10, a total of 22 days. The dispute is separate from the long-running row over pay, which is set to be resolved after a new […]

Pakistan’s Health Ministry said it has identified the first case of a new mpox variant that might be more easily transmitted, days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the spread of mpox a global health emergency. The case, in a man who had recently returned from a Middle Eastern country, is only the second confirmed case of the new variant outside of Africa. The first case was reported on […]