A convicted murderer who dodged deportation to Jamaica with a last-minute appeal has been awarded £93,000 in legal aid, it can be disclosed. Michael Antonio White was taken off a Home Office flight last month after his lawyers submitted new claims shortly before take-off. Now in his 50s, he was sentenced to life in prison … Read more
Glastonbury and other hit music festivals could be axed this summer unless Government provides Covid-19 insurance, industry experts warn Glastonbury and other music festivals could be cancelled without state support Study by UK Music warned without help industry is heading for summer washout Most live music events were also wiped out last year by the … Read more
Tesco offers to help aid Covid jab rollout by providing use of its distribution arm while Boots says it will open vaccination sites in Halifax, Huddersfield and Gloucester Tesco offered its distribution arm to help with rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca Boots to open vaccine sites in Halifax, Huddersfield and Gloucester, this month Boris Johnson said there … Read more
Stocks jumped to record highs at the start of the final week of 2020 after President Donald Trump unexpectedly signed a $900 billion COVID-19 economic aid package. The Dow Jones rose 240 points higher, or 0.8%, to 30,440 points as of 11.30am EST. The benchmark briefly climbed to 30,525.56, its first intraday record in 10 days, before … Read more
Roger Federer WITHDRAWS from Australian Open as the six-time champion continues recovery from two operations on his right knee ahead of first Grand Slam in 2021 Roger Federer is withdrawing from the Australian Open taking place in February His agent says it’s to aid Federer’s recovery after his operations on his right knee Federer’s agent claims … Read more
Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money have been wrongly spent on legal aid, the Daily Mail can reveal today. Huge sums of public cash have been siphoned off by dodgy lawyers and their clients. And the quango which controls legal aid payments wasted up to £20million on unjustified handouts last year, according to its own … Read more
Is Legal Aid worth the £900million cost? Independent review will probe whether scheme gives taxpayers value for money Launching in January, review will be led by former judge Sir Christopher Bellamy The long-term sustainability of the criminal legal aid market will be the focus Comes after killers of PC Andrew Harper were given £720,000 in legal … Read more
Playboy Playmate who accused Bill Cosby of rape rushed to aid of man who was shot in Southern California By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 05:34 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 05:34 GMT, 22 December 2020 Victoria Valentino, a one-time Playboy Playmate who accused Bill Cosby of rape, helped treat a man who had been shot … Read more
The United Nations humanitarian aid agency Unicef has launched an emergency response in the UK for the first time in its 70-year history. Unicef will help feed children left in difficulty as a result of the coronavirus crisis by providing food boxes to struggling families. The UN agency launched the domestic emergency response for families in … Read more
Legal aid cash for PC Andrew Harper’s smirking killers balloons to £720k as lawyers fight a series of appeals Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole were found guilty of manslaughter over the death of PC Andrew Harper The young men dragged the policeman behind a car for more than a mile They are now … Read more