Global investment firm Centricus is funding another British bid to buy Chelsea, saying it wants to “maintain and support existing management”. The Premier League club was put up for sale by Russian owner Roman Abramovich before he was sanctioned following his country’s invasion of Ukraine. This latest bid, backed by Centricus – which has £29bn […]
An 83-year-old Australian-Iranian imprisoned in Iran for more than two years on what his family said were false accusations of fraud has died. Shokrollah Jebeli died in Evin prison hospital in Tehran on Sunday, his son Peyman said. Amnesty International said his treatment in jail had in effect been torture. Iran has not commented. Mr […]
Nicaraguan opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro has been given an eight-year sentence after being found guilty of money-laundering. Ms Chamorro says the charges were politically motivated and designed to stop her from running in November’s election, which saw President Daniel Ortega win a fifth term in office. She was one of seven presidential hopefuls detained ahead […]
Russia’s most prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty in a fraud trial on charges rejected by supporters as fabricated. Navalny was jailed when he returned to the country last year, after surviving a poisoning he blames on the Kremlin. He was initially given three and a half years in a penal colony […]
New school buildings for 28 post-primary schools in Northern Ireland have been approved at a cost of £800m. But Education Minister Michelle McIlveen admitted the schools would not be built “until the end of this decade at the earliest”. She also said that construction would depend on funding being available in the future. Only 30 […]
The Metropolitan Police has sent out over 100 questionnaires as it continues to investigate parties that took place in Downing Street while Covid restrictions were in place. The force said it had now begun interviewing witnesses and may need to contact more over the gatherings. The Met launched its investigation in January after a string […]
The police have failed to “bring in enough talent from black communities and ensure they thrive,” the lead for tackling racism within UK forces says. Sir David Thompson, chief constable of West Midlands Police, told BBC Newsnight racist incidents involving officers had been damaging. He added it was a shame the police were not “an […]
Two women in their 50s have died after a violent attack at a secondary school in the southern Swedish city of Malmö, police say. An 18-year-old student at the school has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Local media report that he was armed with a knife and an axe, though police are yet to […]
An “Islamist terrorist” accused of murdering Sir David Amess MP carried out reconnaissance on other potential targets including cabinet minister Michael Gove, his trial heard. Sir David, MP for Southend West, was stabbed during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 15 October. Ali Harbi Ali stabbed Sir David repeatedly in an “assassination for terrorist […]
Rising inflation led to government interest payments hitting a fresh record in February, official data show. Interest payments reached £8.2bn last month, the highest amount for a February since records began in April 1997 and up £1bn on last year. The payments are pegged to the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation – which […]