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Braverman urged to launch full inquiry into Carrick case

Braverman urged to launch full inquiry into Carrick case

Braverman urged to launch full inquiry into Carrick case

16 January 2023

Baroness Casey, who is reviewing the culture of the Metropolitan Police, has called for an inquiry and offered to lead it.


Tory MP tables Bill to move House of Lords close to Strictly ballroom

Tory MP tables Bill to move House of Lords close to Strictly ballroom

Tory MP tables Bill to move House of Lords close to Strictly ballroom

16 January 2023

Tory former minister Paul Maynard introduced his Relocation of the House of Lords (Report to Parliament) Bill on Monday.


Murder-accused shared pictures of himself with a knife on TikTok, court told

Murder-accused shared pictures of himself with a knife on TikTok, court told

Murder-accused shared pictures of himself with a knife on TikTok, court told

16 January 2023

Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai is charged with the murder of Thomas Roberts in March 2022.


More than 100 bids received in latest round of offshore oil and gas licensing

More than 100 bids received in latest round of offshore oil and gas licensing

More than 100 bids received in latest round of offshore oil and gas licensing

16 January 2023

A total of 115 bids have been received for exploration and potential development.


Call for tighter gun laws after funeral shooting leaves girl, seven, critical

Call for tighter gun laws after funeral shooting leaves girl, seven, critical

Call for tighter gun laws after funeral shooting leaves girl, seven, critical

16 January 2023

Mourners at a memorial service for a young woman and her mother came under gunfire outside St Aloysius Church in Phoenix Road in central London.


Children younger than five experiencing sexual harassment, research finds

Children younger than five experiencing sexual harassment, research finds

Children younger than five experiencing sexual harassment, research finds

16 January 2023

Crimestoppers said the majority of those who experience sexual harassment first encounter it during adolescence or childhood.


Boris Johnson set to write memoir

Boris Johnson set to write memoir

Boris Johnson set to write memoir

16 January 2023

Boris Johnson is set to write a book detailing his time as prime minister, after HarperCollins said it had acquired his memoir.


Concerns raised over Damien Bendall’s association with girl year before murders

Concerns raised over Damien Bendall’s association with girl year before murders

Concerns raised over Damien Bendall’s association with girl year before murders

16 January 2023

Wiltshire Police contacted probation about Bendall’s involvement with the vulnerable teenager in March 2020.


Minister hails ‘extraordinary’ HS2 bridge

Minister hails ‘extraordinary’ HS2 bridge

Minister hails ‘extraordinary’ HS2 bridge

16 January 2023

Huw Merriman visited the site where HS2’s 2.1-mile-long Colne Valley Viaduct is being built just outside north-west London.


Queen voted Children’s Word of the Year for 2022

Queen voted Children’s Word of the Year for 2022

Queen voted Children’s Word of the Year for 2022

16 January 2023

Girls were more likely to choose the word Queen than boys, a survey suggests.


Royal College of Nursing announces two further strike dates

Royal College of Nursing announces two further strike dates

Royal College of Nursing announces two further strike dates

16 January 2023

Nurses at 55 NHS trusts in England are already scheduled to walk out on Wednesday and Thursday this week.


Jeremy Clarkson made Christmas Day apology to Harry and Meghan over article

Jeremy Clarkson made Christmas Day apology to Harry and Meghan over article

Jeremy Clarkson made Christmas Day apology to Harry and Meghan over article

16 January 2023

The TV presenter said in his column in the Sun that he ‘hated’ the Duchess of Sussex.


Man charged with murdering Elle Edwards in pub shooting to face June trial

Man charged with murdering Elle Edwards in pub shooting to face June trial

Man charged with murdering Elle Edwards in pub shooting to face June trial

16 January 2023

Connor Chapman is charged with nine offences related to the incident at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral, on December 24.


Northern Ireland Protocol ‘scoping work’ to continue amid UK-EU ‘gaps’

Northern Ireland Protocol ‘scoping work’ to continue amid UK-EU ‘gaps’

Northern Ireland Protocol ‘scoping work’ to continue amid UK-EU ‘gaps’

16 January 2023

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic held virtual talks on Monday.


Deep meditation can ‘improve gut bacteria’ – study

Deep meditation can ‘improve gut bacteria’ – study

Deep meditation can ‘improve gut bacteria’ – study

16 January 2023

This in turn could offer benefits for physical and mental health, researchers said.


‘Difference of opinion’ among top police on moving officer after Covid cover row

‘Difference of opinion’ among top police on moving officer after Covid cover row

‘Difference of opinion’ among top police on moving officer after Covid cover row

16 January 2023

Former PSNI chief superintendent Emma Bond – now an ACC in Police Scotland – has taken a sex discrimination case against the PSNI.


Man denies planning robbery of Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish, court told

Man denies planning robbery of Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish, court told

Man denies planning robbery of Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish, court told

16 January 2023

Balaclava-clad intruders broke into Cavendish’s home in Ongar, Essex, while he was asleep upstairs with his wife Peta.


Man died on lockdown walk after being trampled by cows near home, inquest hears

Man died on lockdown walk after being trampled by cows near home, inquest hears

Man died on lockdown walk after being trampled by cows near home, inquest hears

16 January 2023

Michael Holmes and his wife left their house in the West Yorkshire village of Netherton to take one of their regular routes, the inquest heard.


O2 Academy Brixton has licence suspended for three months after deadly crush

O2 Academy Brixton has licence suspended for three months after deadly crush

O2 Academy Brixton has licence suspended for three months after deadly crush

16 January 2023

The decision was made after security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were fatally hurt when fans tried to enter an Asake gig.


‘Decades-old’ faulty gas pipe join thought to be source of deadly house blast

‘Decades-old’ faulty gas pipe join thought to be source of deadly house blast

‘Decades-old’ faulty gas pipe join thought to be source of deadly house blast

16 January 2023

Doreen Mace died in the explosion at her partner’s house in Kingstanding, Birmingham, in June 2022.


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