Police arrest and charge 20-year-old man with murder of ex-Tory activist’s aspiring lawyer son

Police arrest and charge 20-year-old man with murder of ex-Tory activist’s aspiring lawyer son, 22, who was fatally stabbed in ‘completely unprovoked’ attack outside Waitrose as he went to buy a bagel Rashid Gedel was arrested on Wednesday and is due to appear in court today He is charged with murdering 22-year-old Sven Badzak in … Read more

Council bosses want to charge grieving families £84 to livestream and record funerals

Council bosses want to charge grieving families £84 to livestream and record funerals if they can’t get to the service Perth and Kinross Council hopes to impose fee after coronavirus lockdown ends It will cost £60 to use the crematorium webcam to stream and £24 to record The move has since been branded as ‘insensitive’ … Read more

Britain’s first Amazon grocery store… where tracking sensors will charge you via an app

Revealed: Britain’s first Amazon grocery store… where you can pick up food and walk out without stopping to pay (but hidden tracking sensors will then charge you via an app) First UK Amazon Go store is understood to be unveiled in Ealing, West London   The shops have been billed as providing a glimpse into the … Read more

Emerald goes for gold: The Crown star leads British charge at the Golden Globes

Emerald goes for gold: As The Crown star Emerald Fennell leads British charge at the Golden Globes, how her partnership with Phoebe Waller-Bridge was forged on the set of a little-known film 10 years ago Emerald Fennell, 35, is nominated for two awards and this years’ Golden Globes   TV Series The Crown, which Miss Fennell … Read more

Jeep to revive its Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl ad after DWI charge were thrown out against The Boss

Car manufacturer Jeep has decided to revive its blockbuster Super Bowl ad featuring Bruce Springsteen after charges of DWI and reckless driving were thrown out against the singer by a New Jersey judge on Wednesday. The 120-second ad, titled The Middle, which debuted at Super Bowl LIV, was pulled by Jeep on February 10 after … Read more

Biden substance of impeachment charge is not in dispute as he calls for unity

President Joe Biden has reacted to the Senate acquittal of Donald Trump by calling for unity, even as he insists that the ‘substance’ of the charge of incitement to insurrection is ‘not in dispute.’ ‘While the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute,’ Biden said … Read more

Roads agency faces manslaughter charge over grandmother’s death on smart motorway

Highways England could be taken to court for corporate manslaughter following the death of a grandmother on a smart motorway. The dramatic development comes less than a month after the notorious roads were condemned by a coroner as death traps. Yesterday another coroner referred Highways England to prosecutors after it was revealed no one had … Read more

Hospitals charge NHS workers £500 to use staff car park

Hospitals charge NHS workers £500 to use staff car park while they battle Covid pandemic that has killed colleagues Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust introduced charges in a bid to ‘manage demand’  One worker said staff are ‘angry’ about move as colleagues have died in Covid  Trust said that it had free parking in … Read more

Hospitals charge NHS workers £500 to use staff car park

Hospitals charge NHS workers £500 to use staff car park while they battle Covid pandemic that has killed colleagues Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust introduced charges in a bid to ‘manage demand’  One worker said staff are ‘angry’ about move as colleagues have died in Covid  Trust said that it had free parking in … Read more

Police Scotland charge man, 35, over ‘offensive’ Captain Tom tweet

The decision by Police Scotland to charge a man over an offensive tweet about Captain Sir Tom Moore provoked a free speech outcry today.  A tweet sent shortly after war hero’s death last Tuesday read: ‘The only good Brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella, buuuuurn.’  Joseph Kelly will appear at Lanark Sheriff … Read more