A teenage girl riding an e-scooter has died following a crash with a van in east London. The rider, who police believe was 14 years old, was in collision with the vehicle on Green Street in Upton Park. She was treated by paramedics but died at the scene, at about 13:30 GMT. Detectives said the […]
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said it should never have taken the government so long to secure her release from prison in Iran. She told a news conference she had been overwhelmed with emotion to be reunited with her husband and daughter, describing the reunion as precious. But she said “what’s happened now should have happened six […]
There is a very big question hanging over tomorrow’s Spring Statement: just how much do the public expect the government to give a helping hand at a time of international emergency? The instinct of the chancellor, is that he can only do so much. In my travels from Ayrshire to Derbyshire over the past week, […]
A 17-month-old girl has died after being attacked by a dog in her home in St Helens, police have said. The girl died in hospital after the attack in Bidston Avenue, Blackbrook, at around 15:50 GMT. Merseyside Police said her family were “absolutely devastated” by her death and had only bought the dog a week […]