News – World and UK

Britain is in line for nine new offshore wind farms after the Government’s latest renewables auction, but campaigners fear it may still fall short of clean power targets. The nine new projects compare to none last year, and include what will be Europe’s largest and second largest wind farm projects – Hornsea 3 and Hornsea 4 off the Yorkshire coast. They are part of a new wave of green power […]

A bereaved mother has been spreading smiles across the country by giving over 700 Lego sets to people with cancer following the death of her son from complications linked with a brain tumour. Jane Carpenter’s son James was diagnosed with a glioma, a type of primary tumour that starts in the glial cells of the brain or spinal cord, in 2013 and died on September 2 2022, at the age […]

The boy who died in Oldbury, near Birmingham, has been named as Jahziah Coke West Midlands Police have charged two teenage boys with the murder of 13-year-old Jahziah Coke. Jahziah died at his home in Oldbury, near Birmingham, last Thursday despite the efforts of paramedics to save him. A statement confirming charges have been brought against two teenage boys also confirmed that a man aged in his forties has been […]

Around 78,000 people had phones or bags snatched in the year to March 2024 The Government has pledged to crack down on phone thefts after the number of incidents soared by more than 150% last year. An estimated 78,000 people had phones or bags snatched from them on British streets in year to March 2024, according to data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. This represented a 153% rise when compared to the […]

A plaque paying tribute to writer, actor and musician Benjamin Zephaniah has been unveiled by Brunel University London. The dub poet, who appeared in hit BBC show Peaky Blinders as Jeremiah Jesus, died at the age of 65 in December 2023, shortly after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. The newly unveiled plaque has been placed in the university’s redeveloped outdoor community space, the Quad, now renamed Benjamin Zephaniah Square. At the unveiling, […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed back against a new wave of pressure to reach a ceasefire deal in Gaza after hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested and went on strike and US President Joe Biden said he needed to do more after nearly 11 months of fighting. Mr Netanyahu said he will continue to insist on a demand that has emerged as a major sticking point in talks […]

Jack Draper booked his place in a first career grand slam quarter-final as he demolished Tomas Machac in the US Open fourth round. Draper has always loved playing in New York, where the fast courts help his style, and he will now be dreaming big, having yet to drop a set in his opening four matches. His form is bringing back memories of Emma Raducanu, who famously flew under the radar […]

Disappointed Harry Potter fans booed after an annual announcement at London King’s Cross railway station did not happen. People gathered at the station hoping to hear a message on the public address system stating that the fictional Hogwarts Express would depart from platform 9 and three-quarters at 11am, as happens in JK Rowling’s books. The Back to Hogwarts tradition, which celebrates the start of each academic year at Hogwarts School […]

James Cleverly accused Sir Keir Starmer of an “act of vandalism” on defence spending as he repeatedly attacked the Prime Minster during his pitch to become the next leader of the Conservative Party. In what was billed as a major speech in his campaign, the former home secretary said his priorities as prime minister would be to boost national security, reduce migration and restore “confidence in capitalism”. Committing to spending […]