The UK’s Methodist Church has made a public apology after an investigation uncovered nearly 2,000 reported cases of abuse – including 914 allegations involving sexual abuse. The independent inquiry looked at the Church’s response to complaints and allegations dating back to 1950. General secretary, the Revd Dr Martyn Atkins, said abuse would “remain a deep […]
Football’s governing body Fifa is due to open its annual congress despite warnings from sponsors that they may review ties over the arrest of senior officials on corruption charges. Visa says it will reassess its sponsorship unless Fifa makes changes. Coca-Cola and Adidas voiced concern. The European football body Uefa will decide whether to boycott […]
Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael has received the backing of his local party amid calls for him to resign. Mr Carmichael admitted he backed the leaking of a memo during the election campaign which wrongly suggested that Nicola Sturgeon wanted David Cameron as prime minister. He previously said he had not been aware of […]
A British man who attempted to join Islamic State in Syria has been jailed for six years. Zakariya Ashiq, 20, from Coventry, was found guilty of two counts of preparing acts of terrorism at the Old Bailey on Tuesday. He was arrested at Heathrow Airport in November after failing to cross into Syria from Jordan. […]
Two criminal investigations into corruption at football’s world governing body Fifa are under way, with seven senior officials arrested in Zurich on US charges. Separately, Swiss prosecutors have launched a criminal case into the bids for the 2018 and 2022 world cups, to be held in Russia and Qatar respectively. The seven are among 14 […]
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has used a speech in Edinburgh to attack the “scale and speed” of spending cuts planned by the UK government. Speaking ahead of the Queen’s Speech, the SNP leader also reiterated her party’s support for Britain’s continued membership of the European Union. She made the speech on a visit to Heart […]
No action is to be taken against a former Formula 1 team after test driver Maria de Villota suffered a severe crash in Cambridgeshire in 2012, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said. De Villota lost her right eye at Duxford Airfield while testing for Marussia and died a year later aged 33. The HSE […]
Malaysia has begun exhuming bodies suspected to be migrants buried in mass grave sites found by the Thai border. Authorities believe migrants were held for ransom in jungle camps, and those who died were buried in 139 graves. Thousands of migrants have left Myanmar and Bangladesh in recent weeks on boats and overland through Thailand […]
Former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has rejected calls for him to resign over a leaked memo. The document, released before the general election, incorrectly suggested that Nicola Sturgeon wanted David Cameron to remain as prime minister. On Friday, a report revealed the Lib Dem MP for Orkney and Shetland had given permission for it to […]
The hunt for a man suspected of killing his six-year-old sister, his mother and her partner has entered its second day. Police are continuing to search parts of Oxfordshire for 21-year-old Jed Allen who they want to question in connection with the deaths. The bodies of Janet Jordon, 48, her six-year-old daughter Derrin and Philip […]