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Rangers fan dies in Lisbon after Europa League tie

Rangers fan dies in Lisbon after Europa League tie

Rangers fan dies in Lisbon after Europa League tie

08 March 2024

The Ibrox club has paid tribute to Thomas McAllister.


Parents of baby in court charged with murdering him in hospital

Parents of baby in court charged with murdering him in hospital

Parents of baby in court charged with murdering him in hospital

08 March 2024

Baby Brendon was only two weeks old when he died at the hospital.


Son’s death ‘has similarities’ to Nottingham killings, says mother after inquest

Son’s death ‘has similarities’ to Nottingham killings, says mother after inquest

Son’s death ‘has similarities’ to Nottingham killings, says mother after inquest

08 March 2024

Joanne Billington’s son Jacob, 23, was killed by paranoid schizophrenic Zephaniah McLeod during a 90-minute knife rampage in Birmingham.


Hugh Bonneville searches for the new Lenny Henry in W1A Red Nose Day sketch

Hugh Bonneville searches for the new Lenny Henry in W1A Red Nose Day sketch

Hugh Bonneville searches for the new Lenny Henry in W1A Red Nose Day sketch

08 March 2024

Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville returns as hapless head of values at the BBC, Ian Fletcher.


Main findings of the Operation Kenova interim report

Main findings of the Operation Kenova interim report

Main findings of the Operation Kenova interim report

08 March 2024

The document focused on Stakeknife, the Army’s prized spy within the IRA’s so-called ‘nutting squad’.


Labour’s Witney candidate, 22, seeking to become second openly trans MP

Labour’s Witney candidate, 22, seeking to become second openly trans MP

Labour’s Witney candidate, 22, seeking to become second openly trans MP

08 March 2024

Georgia Meadows, 22, is Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Witney.


Kenova shows state and IRA were ‘co-conspirators in murder’, lawyer says

Kenova shows state and IRA were ‘co-conspirators in murder’, lawyer says

Kenova shows state and IRA were ‘co-conspirators in murder’, lawyer says

08 March 2024

Kevin Winters, who represents 12 families directly impacted by the report, said there now needed to be a public inquiry.


Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

08 March 2024

The British food assurance body sparked uproar from farmers across the UK when it announced the Greener Farms Commitment (GFC) last year.


Mel B: ‘Women come up to me in tears in Aldi and open up about domestic abuse’

Mel B: ‘Women come up to me in tears in Aldi and open up about domestic abuse’

Mel B: ‘Women come up to me in tears in Aldi and open up about domestic abuse’

08 March 2024

Mel B described the difference in how she is now treated by fans when she is at home in Leeds after campaigning for domestic abuse groups.


Prisoner released ‘without support for mental illness’ before knife rampage

Prisoner released ‘without support for mental illness’ before knife rampage

Prisoner released ‘without support for mental illness’ before knife rampage

08 March 2024

Jacob Billington, 23, was killed and his lifelong friend Michael Callaghan was seriously injured by paranoid schizophrenic Zephaniah McLeod.


Overstretched NHS putting cancer patients at risk, ombudsman warns

Overstretched NHS putting cancer patients at risk, ombudsman warns

Overstretched NHS putting cancer patients at risk, ombudsman warns

08 March 2024

He urged the Government to act now to ‘protect more patients from harm’.


Deepfake abuse ‘new frontier’ of violence against women, peers warned

Deepfake abuse ‘new frontier’ of violence against women, peers warned

Deepfake abuse ‘new frontier’ of violence against women, peers warned

08 March 2024

Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge pressed for a law change to prevent the non-consensual creation of such nude images and video.


Judge criticises drill music after boy, 14, was fatally stabbed in gang feud

Judge criticises drill music after boy, 14, was fatally stabbed in gang feud

Judge criticises drill music after boy, 14, was fatally stabbed in gang feud

08 March 2024

Gordon Gault was killed in 2022 after rival groups in Newcastle’s West End carried out tit-for-tat violence.


Emma Caldwell murder case officers ‘will willingly work’ with inquiry

Emma Caldwell murder case officers ‘will willingly work’ with inquiry

Emma Caldwell murder case officers ‘will willingly work’ with inquiry

08 March 2024

Justice Secretary Angela Constance announced the probe after the killer was finally jailed almost 20 years after the 27-year-old’s death.


Priory Healthcare fined £650,000 after probe into death of mental health patient

Priory Healthcare fined £650,000 after probe into death of mental health patient

Priory Healthcare fined £650,000 after probe into death of mental health patient

08 March 2024

Matthew Caseby, 23, died when he was hit by a train after absconding over a fence in the courtyard of a Birmingham hospital.


Education Secretary says she would have ‘probably punched’ rude Ofsted staff

Education Secretary says she would have ‘probably punched’ rude Ofsted staff

Education Secretary says she would have ‘probably punched’ rude Ofsted staff

08 March 2024

The watchdog – which has launched a major consultation into its future direction – has come under greater scrutiny in the past year.


Duke of Edinburgh amused by rugby shirt reminding him of upcoming 60th birthday

Duke of Edinburgh amused by rugby shirt reminding him of upcoming 60th birthday

Duke of Edinburgh amused by rugby shirt reminding him of upcoming 60th birthday

08 March 2024

Edward and Sophie were posing for pictures with girls playing Rugby League at Headingley Stadium, in Leeds.


Concerns London ‘no-go zone for Jews’ taken extremely seriously – Downing Street

Concerns London ‘no-go zone for Jews’ taken extremely seriously – Downing Street

Concerns London ‘no-go zone for Jews’ taken extremely seriously – Downing Street

08 March 2024

The Government’s counter-extremism tsar claimed regular pro-Palestine protests had turned London into a ‘no-go zone for Jews’.


‘Stakeknife’ agent cost more lives than he saved, major report concludes

‘Stakeknife’ agent cost more lives than he saved, major report concludes

‘Stakeknife’ agent cost more lives than he saved, major report concludes

08 March 2024

Operation Kenova examined 101 murders and abductions linked to the Provisional IRA’s so-called ‘nutting squad’.


Government will not respond until after Operation Kenova final report

Government will not respond until after Operation Kenova final report

Government will not respond until after Operation Kenova final report

08 March 2024

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said it would not be right to comment due to ongoing related civil cases.


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