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Teenage girl on e-scooter dies in crash with van in east London

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 […]

March 22nd, 2022 | Posted in UK News | Read More »

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: I should have been freed six years ago

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 […]

March 22nd, 2022 | Posted in UK News | Read More »

Don’t expect much from Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement

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, […]

March 22nd, 2022 | Posted in UK News | Read More »

Dog bought a week ago kills 17-month-old girl in St Helens home

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 […]

March 22nd, 2022 | Posted in UK News | Read More »

Cimla fire: Couple return from holiday to damaged home

A couple have told how they returned from holiday to find their home and garden damaged by fire. David Rees and Sue Thomas were almost two hours from home when they received a video of the blaze at their house in Cimla, Neath, on Thursday. “It was the longest drive back from west Wales,” Mr […]

April 23rd, 2021 | Posted in UK News,Wales | Read More »

Covid: Welsh pubs and restaurants to open indoors in May

People in Wales will be able to have a drink inside a pub or restaurant for the first time in more than than five months from 17 May. All tourist accommodation, indoor entertainment and attractions in Wales are also set to reopen that day, in time for the Spring bank holiday. Indoor children’s activities and […]

April 23rd, 2021 | Posted in UK News,Wales | Read More »

Ryan Giggs charged with assaulting two women

Wales manager and former Manchester United player Ryan Giggs has been charged with assaulting two women. He is accused of causing actual bodily harm to a woman in her 30s and common assault of a woman in her 20s at an address in Salford last November. Mr Giggs, of Worsley, is also charged with coercive […]

April 23rd, 2021 | Posted in UK News,Wales | Read More »

Emma Faulds: Sister tells jury she knew ‘something was wrong’

The sister of a woman who was found dead in woodland has told a murder trial she knew something was wrong when she failed to answer her phone. Miriam Faulds, who works in Abu Dhabi, returned to Scotland to join the search for Emma Faulds after she was reported missing. The nurse was giving evidence […]

April 23rd, 2021 | Posted in Scotland,UK News | Read More »

Covid: Scotland’s R number falls for first time in four weeks

Scotland’s Covid R number has fallen for the first time in four weeks. The latest reproduction number estimate is between 0.7 and 0.9, down from the previous four weeks where it remained at between 0.8 and 1. The R is the number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to, on […]

April 23rd, 2021 | Posted in Scotland,UK News | Read More »

Covid-19: NI hairdressers and outdoor attractions reopen

Close-contact services such as hairdressers reopened and driving lessons resumed on Friday as Northern Ireland’s Covid restrictions ease. Outdoor visitor attractions opened their doors for the first time since lockdown was imposed after Christmas. Competitive sports involving 100 people can also resume after Stormont ministers agreed reopening dates earlier this month. Outdoor hospitality businesses and non-essential […]

April 23rd, 2021 | Posted in N. Ireland,UK News | Read More »