UK news
Former Arsenal player charged after £600,000 of cannabis seized at Stansted
A former Arsenal and Queens Park Rangers footballer has been charged in connection with an attempt to smuggle £600,000 of cannabis through Stansted airport.Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was arrested by National...
Crime
Met investigates four officers over case of double domestic murderer
Four Metropolitan police officers are facing a misconduct investigation after two women were murdered by a man they...
UK news
Death Of Boy, 5, Who Drowned In Holiday Park Swimming Pool Was An Accident, Inquest Rules
The death of a five-year-old boy who drowned in a holiday park swimming pool after becoming separated from...
UK news
UK summer’s ‘last hurrah’ set to give way to heavy rainfall at weekend
The UK is enjoying “summer’s last hurrah” before heavy rainfall is expected to drench the country over the...
London
Met police budget ‘heading off a cliff’, commissioner warns in funding plea
Scotland Yard needs hundreds of millions of pounds in new funding to drag itself out of crisis as...
‘We don’t want golf just to be for retired guys … it’s for everyone’: Nigel Oddy of American Golf
For most chief executives, a round on the golf course is a quiet Friday afternoon treat after the business of the day is done....
Lucy Letby: mother of murdered baby demands apology over hospital ‘failings’
The mother of a baby girl murdered by Lucy Letby has demanded an apology from the hospital for “dozens” of failings that allowed her...
B&Q owner Kingfisher reports weak demand for kitchens and bathrooms
The chief executive of Kingfisher, which owns the B&Q and Screwfix chains, has said demand for kitchens and bathrooms in the UK has plateaued...
Parents forced from small boat plead to join children taken to UK without them
Two parents separated from their children while attempting to cross the Channel by small boat have urged the Home Office to allow them to...
UK universities call for higher fees and more funding in face of budget deficits
Universities have called for an increase in student tuition fees and government funding to fill a financial hole, according to reports.Universities UK, which represents...
UK’s smart meter targets leaving energy users short-changed, says Martin Lewis
Energy customers are being short-changed by “perverse” government targets to install electronic smart meters in homes across the UK, according to the consumer campaigner...