Month: August 2024

Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election. In a letter made public on Thursday, a lawyer for the former president and current Republican nominee suggested that sentencing Mr Trump as scheduled on September 18 — about seven weeks before Election Day — would amount to election interference. Trump lawyer Todd Blanche wrote that […]

Authorities have arrested at least one person in connection with Matthew Perry’s death from an accidental ketamine overdose last year, a law enforcement official has told The Associated Press. The official was not authorised to discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity. Authorities have scheduled a news conference in Los Angeles to announce details in the case later on Thursday. Los Angeles police […]

The number of students accepted on to UK degree courses has risen this year, Ucas figures show. A total of 425,680 applicants (of all ages and domiciles) have gained a place at university or college – up 3% on the same point last year, according to data published by the university admissions service. Ucas said 82% of all applicants have gained a place at their first choice university or college, […]

A 15-year-old boy has become the first person to be charged with riot following the recent nationwide disorder. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is due to appear at South Tyneside Youth Court on Thursday where he will be asked to enter a plea to the charge. Rioting is an offence that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison […]

Former Love Island star Davide Sanclimenti has said almost £1 million worth of items have been stolen from his LA home. The 29-year-old said on Instagram on Thursday that he had lost “precious and personal belongings” worth about £933,312 in the theft, which he claimed took six minutes. He told fans he is “trying to stay positive” and added that he will be moving house as a result of the […]

Thousands of prosecutions for alleged fare evasion brought by train companies are set to be declared void after a judge’s ruling. Four train companies including Northern Rail and Greater Anglia brought prosecutions against thousands of passengers using the single justice procedure (SJP), despite not being permitted to do so. At a hearing in June, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring told Westminster Magistrates’ Court he believed the prosecutions were “void” and “probably […]

The proportion of A-level entries awarded top grades is up on last year and remains above pre-pandemic levels, national figures show. Hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their exam results on Thursday in a year when grading was expected to be restored to 2019 levels in all three nations. More than a quarter (27.8%) of UK entries were awarded an A or A* grade, […]

School leavers are waking up to their A-level results in a year when young people had their education disrupted by the concrete crisis. Hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving grades to help them progress on to university, an apprenticeship or employment. Last year, more than a quarter (27.2%) of UK A-level entries were awarded A or A* grades, down on 36.4% in 2022. […]

Health leaders have sounded the alarm over a rise in cases of drug-resistant gonorrhoea. Cases of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) have soared and are now at their highest level since records began in 1918. The latest figures for England show there were 85,223 cases of gonorrhoea diagnosed in 2023. As well as a rise in cases of the STI, health officials have also found an increase in treatment-resistant gonorrhoea. While […]