National News

Officers from West Yorkshire’s Roads Policing Unit were carrying out a drink-drive patrol on Saturday when they came across a ‘suspicious’ lorry.

National Grid said teams would be in the hardest hit areas in the coming days, completing repairs.

Two other people were taken to hospital.

Formal identification is yet to take place but police said the family of Sam Burns has been informed.

Photographers in England caught a glimpse of the celestial spectacle.

For the Met Office to declare a white Christmas a single snowflake has to be observed falling in the 24 hours of December 25 anywhere in the UK.

Police said investigations remain ongoing.

Mr Swinney said the Budget focuses on the issues which matter most to people such as the NHS.

West Midlands Police had arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of blackmail last year.

West Midlands Police said the men, aged 55 and 21, were arrested in Birmingham on Thursday.

Three men were seen in the area at the time, one riding an e-scooter.

Sir Brian Leveson said the number of prosecutions waiting to be dealt with was ‘unsustainable’, with listings now running into 2027.

Sam Burns has failed to return to his van in the Cairngorm Mountain car park.

Yvette Cooper has said it would not be appropriate to grant asylum decisions on claims made against the Assad regime since it is no longer in place.

The James Bond star praised firefighters for saving her home from the blaze, dubbed the Franklin Fire.

Asked Labour’s vow to build 1.5 million homes is achievable, Barratt Redrow chief executive David Thomas said: “The short answer is no.”

The man was described as a ‘close confidante’ of Andrew.

Here are the stories making news headlines this Saturday.

Dr Charlotte Proudman, who specialises in family law, faced a BSB disciplinary tribunal over a 14-part Twitter thread criticising a judge’s ruling.

Oscar Fairs has died age 15.