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Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:38:10 GMT
RNLI and Border Force bring 99 people to safety as they cross English Channel
Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration Tom Pursglove said the rise in dangerous Channel crossings is ‘unacceptable’.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:37:35 GMT
Pedestrian killed in collision with lorry
The incident happened in Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh, on Friday evening.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:26:53 GMT
Fears of ‘glaring loopholes’ in crackdown on Putin’s allies sending children to UK private schools
Ministers under pressure to stop sanctioned individuals paying through shell companies, or from tax havens

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:23:54 GMT
Pedestrian critically injured in late-night crash
Police Scotland are appealing for witnesses to the incident to come forward.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 07:36:51 GMT
Boris Johnson news – live: PM says Putin will ‘double down’ on invasion
Live updates from Westminster

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 07:23:52 GMT
EXPLAINER: Putin's Balkan narrative argument for Ukraine war
Well before Russian tanks and troops rolled into Ukraine, Vladimir Putin was using the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s to ostensibly offer justification for the invasion of a sovereign European country

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 06:09:30 GMT
Dame Julie Andrews: I will miss Tony Walton more than I can say
Walton and Dame Julie, who were childhood sweethearts, married in 1959 but remained friends following their divorce in 1968.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 03:51:24 GMT
What the papers say – March 5
The death of Australian cricketing great Shane Warne features alongside Ukraine on the front pages.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 02:45:15 GMT
Nicola Sturgeon and Carmen Pieraccini to join international women’s day event
The event will be held in person and will also be broadcast on Scottish Parliament TV for the first time.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 02:14:38 GMT
Five arrested over ‘arson’ after blaze at Peaky Blinders historic mill
Police treat blaze at building that also featured in ‘Downton Abbey’ as arson

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 02:09:25 GMT
Gloucestershire man charged with murder of divorced parents
William Warrington due to appear in court on Saturday

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 01:13:47 GMT
PM warns of nuclear disaster risk after Ukrainian power plant shelled
Boris Johnson said ‘however long it takes, however arduous’, Russian president Vladimir Putin ‘must fail’.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 01:12:16 GMT
Ukraine: Vladimir Putin sees ‘no way out’ but to ‘continue with destruction’, Boris Johnson says
PM suggests ‘trauma’ of war has shown ‘real strength of the affection’ between UK and European Union

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:28:53 GMT
Influencer calls for direct donations to Ukraine through Airbnb bookings
Tommy Marcus, a social media influencer, told PA that booking an Airbnb ensures donations would be received by Ukrainians directly.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:01:31 GMT
We feel abandoned by the West: Ukrainian MP condemns UK and US response to war
Inna Sovsun said the rollout of sanctions against Russia ‘isn’t on the same speed as the rollout of the atrocities of the war’.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:01:08 GMT
Former RAF commander challenges western opposition to Ukraine no-fly zone
Former Air Marshal Greg Bagwell said a no-fly zone could be run by the United Nations, rather than Nato.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:01:00 GMT
Children’s hospitals in ‘Super Saturday’ drive to deal with pandemic backlogs
Lego will be put to good use to try and make youngsters feel more comfortable.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 23:11:24 GMT
British journalist shot and wounded in ambush near Ukrainian capital
The attack is thought to have been carried out by a saboteur Russian reconnaissance squad.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 23:04:55 GMT
Mother caused death of baby daughter through neglect in squalid flat
11-month-old died in foul room where she slept on urine-soaked bedding

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 22:54:25 GMT
Woman dies in helicopter landing incident
One person is being treated for their injuries and remains in hospital, while the second, a local woman in her 80s, has since died.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 22:30:00 GMT
Starmer: SNP and Tories use elections to re-run referendums
Sir Keir Starmer said a Labour government will ‘be in partnership with business and create work’.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 21:47:35 GMT
Risk ‘a new Iron Curtain will descend upon Europe’ as Russia’s isolation grows
Ben Wallace said the world faced the prospect of a ‘new Cold War’ after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 21:27:40 GMT
PM believes Putin intends to ‘double down’ on Ukraine invasion
Boris Johnson says the Russian president appears set on continuing with the ‘destruction’ in Ukraine.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:53:01 GMT
British businessman’s accounts frozen over suspected links to Russian oligarch
The National Crime Agency said it had obtained two account freezing orders in respect of five accounts held by Graham Bonham-Carter.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:49:19 GMT
Russian energy sector next in line for UK sanctions over Ukraine
Britain is to step up action against Russia’s oil and gas industries as part of its efforts to isolate Vladimir Putin’s regime globally.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:32:55 GMT
Ed Sheeran pays tribute to ‘amazing friend’ Shane Warne following his death
The Australian cricketer has died after suffering a suspected heart attack.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:08:25 GMT
UK ‘bolstering’ sanctions with ‘new powers’ to move further and faster, PM says
Boris Johnson says changes will ‘ramp up the pressure on those criminal elites trying to launder money on UK soil’.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:57:57 GMT
Boris Johnson U-turn to speed up sanctions on Russian elite
Proposed 18-month grace period for registering property to be slashed to six months

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:41:38 GMT
Kyrell Matthews: Family’s tribute to boy, 2, ‘robbed of life’ by mother who abused and killed him
Phylesia Shirley and her then-partner Kemar Brown subjected non-verbal toddler to repeated attacks in the weeks before his death

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:29:47 GMT
Ukraine invasion: Russia blocks access to Facebook for its 146 million citizens
Sir Nick Clegg, vice president of global affairs at Facebook’s parent company Meta, has spoken out against the decision.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:18:03 GMT
BBC ‘temporarily suspends’ work of news journalists and support staff in Russia
It comes after the Russian parliament approved strict new media legislation on Friday.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:13:04 GMT
Putin should be tried in court not assassinated, says Boris Johnson
US Senator Lindsey Graham calls on Kremlin insiders to emulate officers who tried to kill Hitler

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:46:39 GMT
Ed Sheeran labelled a ‘magpie’ in court fight over copyright infringement
Lawyers allege Sheeran ‘habitually copies’ other artists.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:25:46 GMT
Priti Patel’s Borders Bill will trigger sexual abuse in offshore detention centres, torture survivor warns
Exclusive: ‘I was tortured till I was paralysed. In one incident they bashed my head against a wall, as a result, I became epileptic,’ says Nasrin Parvaz

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:07:33 GMT
Ed Sheeran previously settled a copyright claim in the US, court told
Details of the settlement were not revealed in the court papers at the time.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:56:04 GMT
Game Of Thrones actor John Stahl dies at the age of 68
The Scottish actor featured in numerous TV shows and theatrical productions during his career.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:54:59 GMT
Step-father bullied five-year-old before he was found murdered, court is told
Logan Mwangi was found dumped in a river in Sarn, Bridgend, in July 2021.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:47:08 GMT
Labour wins Birmingham Erdington by-election as Tory challenge flops
Paulette Hamilton becomes Birmingham’s first black MP as Labour retains safe seat

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:29:22 GMT
Immigration minister refuses to give evidence to MPs on Britain’s response to Ukraine refugee crisis
Kevin Foster being urged to reconsider refusal to answer questions given ‘urgency of the situation’

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:45:42 GMT
40-year-old son charged with murder over stabbing deaths of his parents
William Warrington has been charged with the murders of his father Clive and mother Valerie.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:31:14 GMT
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson – DUP’s door is open to departing councillor
North Down councillor Wesley Irvine resigned from the party last week.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:28:02 GMT
Living with Covid plan sees Sage stand down regular meetings
Sage is typically activated when an emergency requires science advice at pace, according to the Government.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:27:45 GMT
Activists who scaled government building to face fresh trial
Court told that Home Secretary Priti Patel was put at ‘additional risk’ by the protest.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:12:49 GMT
Three Russian commanders killed as Ukraine invasion force attempts to step up momentum
Russians switch to long-distance bombardment as tank columns get bogged down north of Kyiv

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:10:37 GMT
Patel: Ukrainians arriving in Poland are fleeing ‘most atrocious circumstances’
The Home Secretary travelled to the Polish border to mark the UK opening a new scheme for refugees fleeing the war.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:02:23 GMT
Masked man with axe screams threats at bystanders as truck ram raids jewellers
Mobile phone footage shows highways maintenance vehicle smashing through shop as bystander tries to intervene by throwing rubbish

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:57:34 GMT
£6m raised for Ukraine appeal in Scotland in under 24 hours
The Disasters Emergency Committee is co-ordinating efforts to help Ukrainians.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:56:36 GMT
Shane Warne remembered as a ‘true cricket legend’
Australia great Shane Warne, one of the finest bowlers of all time who revived the art of leg-spin, has died at the age of 52.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:51:32 GMT
Man and elderly woman killed in separate crashes
One incident occurred in Moray and the other took place on Orkney.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:48:49 GMT
Sinn Fein leader Mary-Lou McDonald expresses support for Noah Donohoe family
The 14-year-old, from Belfast, was found dead in a storm drain in the north of the city in June 2020.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:44:44 GMT
DUP leader vows he ‘won’t take no’ from Sinn Fein over Stormont Budget
Sinn Fein contends that Finance Minister Conor Murphy has ‘exhausted legal options’ to advance the Budget in the absence of an Executive.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:41:33 GMT
Sarwar: Labour must look outward and own the future to win again
The Scottish Labour leader said the party offers Scotland’s only hope of a bright future.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:31:12 GMT
We will have failed if future generations still experience prejudice – Sarwar
The Scottish Labour leader declared that ‘silence is no longer an option’ when it comes to tackling racism.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:23:56 GMT
Mikhail Watford: Ukraine-born oligarch found dead in Surrey mansion as police launch investigation
Police are investigating Mikhail Watford’s ‘unexplained’ death but say it is not thought to be suspicious

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:18:09 GMT
Tube strike union letting Government ‘off the hook’, claims Sadiq Khan
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union staged two 24-hour strikes on Tuesday and Thursday this week.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:14:52 GMT
Ukraine power plant attack unlikely to cause nuclear disaster – experts
Russian shelling of the Zaporizhzhia plant was probably not intended to trigger a meltdown, experts have said.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:11:39 GMT
Ukraine aid appeal hails ‘astonishing show of support’ as UK donates £55m
The Disasters Emergency Committee said ‘hundreds of thousands’ of people including the Queen had made contributions.

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:40:12 GMT
Brexiteer Tory MP says it is ‘monstrous’ that British businesses now have to fill in forms to trade with EU
Desmond Swayne calls for border to be made digital and ‘seamless’

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:06:00 GMT
Teenager paddleboarders rescued after being blown out to sea
Members of the public dialled 999 to raise the alarm near Portencross, North Ayrshire, on Wednesday.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:57:56 GMT
Ukraine war must not see Government action on protocol freeze, Donaldson warns
The DUP leader said he would stress the need for solutions to the protocol dispute in a meeting with Deputy PM Dominic Raab next week.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:57:50 GMT
Murder detectives appeal for help finding missing phone and ‘discarded’ clothes
June Fox-Roberts, 65, was found dead at her home in the village of Llantwit Fardre on November 21 last year and her iPhone 11 is missing

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:57:44 GMT
Lorry driver who killed ‘vibrant’ nurse while texting at the wheel is jailed as her sister pays tribute
Nicholas Liever had attempted to delete data from his phone which was later retrieved.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:52:45 GMT
Labour calls for Tories to sack co-chair over Russia links
Keir Starmer said if Ben Elliot did not step back, he should be forced out.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:52:01 GMT
Mother accused of killing son was ‘caring and loving’ parent, witnesses say
Angharad Williamson, her partner John Cole and a 14-year-old boy are accused of the murder of five-year-old Logan Mwangi in Bridgend.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:47:42 GMT
Attack on Ukrainian nuclear site is a ‘new red flag’
Last night’s firefight at Europe’s largest nuclear power station could have spelt disaster for the entire continent, Simon Coveney said.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:43:24 GMT
Universities to face five more days of strike action
Further walkouts announced after 10 days of strike action in February over pay and conditions.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:41:57 GMT
Police sergeant jailed for 10 years for raping drunk woman
He lied to the victim about having had sex but she later gave birth and a DNA test showed he was the child’s father.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:41:11 GMT
Toddler with brain tumour ‘hours from death’ after doctors dismissed swollen head as ‘normal baby stuff’
Molly Mai Wardle-Hampton was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer which went unnoticed by GPs

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:29:48 GMT
UK snow forecast in your area and when Met Office expects wintry conditions to return
Country to see return to unsettled conditions including strong winds

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:18:43 GMT
Teachers’ leaders call for Government to repair ‘damage’ to pay
All major teaching unions call for a pay settlement in line with inflation to curb staff shortages.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:18:24 GMT
Migrants brought ashore by RNLI and Border Force after crossing Channel
Those who arrived at Dover on Friday are the latest of more than 1,500 people to have made the crossing this year.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:04:47 GMT
Man charged with murdering 20-year-old sought by police
Dejour Jones, 24, has been charged following the disappearance of Jamie Gilbey in south London in January.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:01:49 GMT
Scotland records more than 9,500 cases of coronavirus and 24 new deaths
The figures were published by the Scottish Government.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:00:09 GMT
Ukrainian journalist says she wakes to ‘five seconds of fear’ every morning
Iryna Guley, who works as a news producer for Ukrainian TV channel 1+1, said she is devoted to telling the ‘human stories’ arising from the conflict.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:39:02 GMT
Ukrainian-born pop duo Bloom Twins launch fundraising event
It will take place in London next week in aid of the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:38:44 GMT
Man admits leaving offensive Covid restrictions voicemails on MP’s office phone
Shaun Harris pleaded guilty to three malicious communications offences after directing a tirade of foul-mouthed abuse towards MP Peter Bone.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:26:38 GMT
Sadiq Khan plans to extend £12.50 ULEZ charge to whole of Greater London
Capital’s mayor says charge needed to tackle air pollution, congestion and the climate crisis

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:18:27 GMT
Police say arson to blame as five arrested over fire at historic Keighley mill
The mill has been mill used as a filming location for Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:17:44 GMT
‘Life expectancy gap at least a decade for baby boys in some parts of UK’
Infants under one in Glasgow City had the lowest life expectancy in the UK for 2018-20, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:09:09 GMT
Ed Sheeran a magpie who borrows ideas for his music, High Court told
The singer denies using parts of another song in his hit Shape Of You.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:07:33 GMT
Wales unveils plan for living with coronavirus
All legal coronavirus measures in Wales could be removed by March 28 as part of the country’s long-term Covid-19 plan if rates of the virus fall

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:57:52 GMT
Man guilty of manslaughter after causing infant’s ‘catastrophic’ brain injury and blaming the mother
The girl’s injuries were likened to those caused by a ‘road traffic collision or multi-storey fall’

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:51:42 GMT
Gambling addict teacher who killed himself was ‘abused by parasites’
Jack Ritchie’s parents attacked gambling companies and the Government following the conclusion of an inquest into their son’s death in Vietnam.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:49:36 GMT
‘Realistic’ that Putin could end up in dock over Ukraine invasion, says Brown
Former PM Gordon Brown was joined at an online event by Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:47:24 GMT
We are here: Singing in parliament ‘sends message to world’, says Ukrainian MP
Inna Sovsun joined hundreds of fellow MPs in the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv on Thursday.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:34:01 GMT
SSE Airtricity announces 39% gas price rise
The increase is set to affect 186,000 customers in Northern Ireland.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:32:48 GMT
Police officers in half of British forces being investigated for exploiting powers for sexual purposes
‘It is clearly not a case of a few ‘bad apples’, abuse at this scale within the police force is a systemic issue, where abusive behaviour has become normalised,’ campaigner says

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:31:57 GMT
Ukrainian specialist warns ‘disinformation is one of war’s strongest weapons’
Valeria Kovtun said she has been fighting in the ‘information battlefield’ from her basement bunker in northern Ukraine.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:09:04 GMT
Labour outlines plans to root out Russian ‘dirty money’ in Scotland
Ian Murray said proposed new laws will not be backdated far enough.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:08:23 GMT
Rail conductors’ strike to disrupt train services on Sunday
Members of the RMT union on TransPennine Express are involved in a dispute over pay.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 12:43:55 GMT
Petrol and stamp price increases add further pressure to household budgets
Financial experts have warned that “at some point soon consumers will not be able to cope with even higher prices”.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 12:09:43 GMT
Gambling warnings “woefully inadequate” before teacher killed himself – corone
English teacher Jack Ritchie died in Vietnam in 2017 aged 24.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 12:00:17 GMT
Scottish Labour ready to march to victory in local elections, party told
General secretary James Kelly also said the SNP and Conservative governments are treating people ‘with contempt’.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:55:41 GMT
Attack on Ukrainian nuclear site a ‘reckless act’
Russian forces shelled the power station in the city of Zaporizhzhia.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:49:30 GMT
Police find body in hunt for missing hillwalker
David Low failed to return from a walk in Glencoe.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:48:06 GMT
Julia James: Man accused of murdering police community support officer to stand trial in May
Mother-of-two, who worked for Kent Police, was found dead in woodland near her home after taking dog for walk in April 2021

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:45:33 GMT
Ukraine war shows need to accelerate shift away from fossil fuels – Harvie
Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater spoke six months after the Greens entered government.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:45:23 GMT
Scottish officials ordered to withdraw from fishing talks with Russia
Scottish Environment Secretary Mairi Gougeon said discussions due to take place later this month should be postponed.



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