Company owned by Sheffield United co-chairmen wound up A company owned by Sheffield United’s chairmen has been wound up at the High Court. COH Sports faced proceedings brought by United World, the Championship club’s former owners. The takeover of the club by COH Sports, headed by Steven Rosen and Helmy Eltoukhy, took place in December
Prime Minster sends sympathies to relatives after three die in ‘terrible tragedy’ at sea Andy Burnham has sent his sympathies to the relatives and friends of a girl who is fighting for her life after three of her family members died following an incident at sea off West Sussex. The Prime Minister warned of the
Surging energy prices push inflation up to highest level since March UK inflation has jumped to its highest rate since March after energy prices were pushed up by the Iran war, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rose to 2.9% in July, up from a
Rain in coming days will not solve drought overnight – forecaster The UK will see showers over the coming days but the rain is “not going to solve the drought situation overnight”, a forecaster has said. Some areas in the country will have the “first meaningful rain for a long time” this week, the Met Office said,
PM announces drive to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas Andy Burnham has pledged to work to “get everyone in for Christmas” as he continues to build on his vow to end rough sleeping. The Prime Minister is attempting a repeat of efforts during the coronavirus pandemic when the Everyone In scheme
Camilla longed to reveal King’s cancer diagnosis on ‘difficult’ charity visit The Queen has spoken for the first time about the difficult emotional experience of keeping the King’s cancer a secret before it was announced to the rest of the world. Camilla carried on with her royal duties by visiting a Maggie’s cancer support centre
Large emergency response to reports four people in difficulty in water off Sussex coast Emergency services are responding to reports that four people have got into difficulty in the water off the Sussex coast. Multiple ambulances and two air ambulances could be seen in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, near the RNLI station on Tuesday afternoon. A
Firefighters leave scene of Cairngorms wildfire after nearly five weeks Firefighters have completed work to tackle the Cairngorms wildfire nearly five weeks after it began. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said crews left the scene on Monday and handed the final affected area around the RSPB Abernethy Nature Reserve over to the RSPB.
‘Closed doors and dead ends’ in support for violence-fixated young people The Children’s Commissioner has warned of “closed doors and dead ends” for many education providers when they refer young people to the Government’s anti-terror programme. Referrals to Prevent involving children have risen in the past decade, from 2,918 in 2016-17 to 4,715 in 2024-25.
‘Simply not good enough’ says Defra as South East Water customers face outage A water company has been told to improve after thousands of customers faced supply issues once again. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said another disruption for South East Water (SEW) customers was “simply not good enough” as the