Month: August 2024

The company responsible for a building site where a 10-year-old boy died after falling down a manhole was unaware children had accessed it before they took it over, an inquiry heard. Shea Ryan died on July 16 2020 when he climbed through an unsecured fence on a building site in Drumchapel, Glasgow, and fell 20ft down a manhole shaft. David Swanney, representing Shea’s mother Joanne Ferguson, opened the second day […]

Retailers have called for tougher police action on shoplifting after it was revealed that only 431 fines were issued for the offence in a year. Figures from the Ministry of Justice show that, in the year to March 2014, 19,419 fines were handed out for retail theft under £100. This decreased year on year to 415 in the year to March 2023, and rose slightly to 431 in the year […]

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Convicted gangster Curtis Warren wants “peace” and to be out of the “public glare”, his barrister said as the 61-year-old was sentenced for breaching an order designed to prevent him committing serious crime. Warren appeared before Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to six charges of failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order. He admitted a further charge, which he asked to be taken into account […]

Three men have been arrested over the stabbing of a 32-year-old mother at the Notting Hill Carnival which left her in critical condition. The woman, who attended the family day of the Carnival on Sunday with her young child, was attacked in Golborne Road shortly before 6pm and police officers gave her emergency medical treatment until paramedics arrived. She was taken to hospital where she remains in critical condition. The […]

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Sir Keir Starmer warned that the Government’s forthcoming Budget will be “painful” as he asked the country to “accept short-term pain for long-term good”. In a speech in the Downing Street rose garden, the Prime Minister claimed his Government has done more in seven weeks than the Conservative government did in seven years. But he warned “things are worse than we ever imagined” because of a £22 billion “black hole” […]

They'll play gigs in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin Liam and Noel Gallagher are getting back together for Oasis’s long-awaited reunion with a worldwide tour in 2025. The Britpop band, who split nearly 15 years ago and released their chart-topping album Definitely Maybe around three decades ago, announced the series of dates will kick off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. The UK and Ireland tour will also visit Manchester’s Heaton […]

From today, people in England can call the helpline and speak to a trained professsional NHS 111 will now offer mental health support to people of all ages in crisis, including children. Health leaders welcomed the announcement, but said NHS trusts “remain deeply concerned” about levels of unmet need for those seeking mental healthcare. Ministers said the change forms part of “plans to help fix the broken health system”. From Tuesday, people in […]