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Peter Mandelson has been sacked as the UK’s ambassador to the US by Sir Keir Starmer over his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The prime minister, who selected Lord Mandelson for the role, made the decision after new emails revealed the Labour peer sent messages of support to Epstein …

Becky MortonPolitical reporter EPA Lord Mandelson has been sacked as the UK’s ambassador to the US, following fresh revelations about his links to the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The Foreign Office said the move followed the emergence of emails showing “the depth and extent” of the pair’s relationship was …

Peter Mandelson has been sacked as the UK’s ambassador to the US by prime minister Sir Keir Starmer over his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Sir Keir, who selected Lord Mandelson for the role, made the decision after new emails revealed the Labour peer sent messages of support even …

Jennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter, BBC News Reuters Labour MP Andy McDonald has said there is “widespread revulsion” in the party over Lord Mandelson’s links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, amid growing calls for him to be sacked. McDonald called for Mandelson to stand down “immediately” as the UK’s ambassador to Washington, …

Brian FarmerBBC News, Bedfordshire, Luton Crown Court Bedfordshire Police The judge told Nathaniel Sereaton he must spend at least 20 years in jail A man convicted of murdering a registered sex offender has been told he must spend at least 20 years in jail. Nathaniel Sereaton, 43, was found guilty …

Julian O’NeillBBC News NI crime and justice correspondent BBC Alex Bunting lost a leg when an IRA bomb planted under his taxi exploded in Belfast A Troubles pension scheme campaigner has claimed the mental health of victims is being “destroyed” by the length of time it takes the payments board …

A man who blocked a road and refused to let a fire engine past as it raced to free people trapped in flood waters has been fined. Firefighters were on their way to rescue two people from a car in Lindridge, Worcestershire, on 6 January, when they found the A443 …

New York City police are hunting for a man on parole who is suspected of killing an elderly couple before setting their house ablaze. Jamel McGriff spent five hours inside the home of Frank and Maureen Olton in the borough of Queens, before burning it to the ground, said investigators. …

A convicted rapist has been jailed for nine months after his careless driving led to the death of an 82-year-old woman in Orkney. Ewan Paul Brown had earlier pleaded guilty to causing the death of Whilma Hutchison by driving without due care or attention on the A965, in Finstown, in …

A victim of Sam Eljamel on her long fight for justice. BBC News

Paul Burnell & PA MediaBBC News, Lancashire Google A judge at Preston Crown Court ruled John Cowen was not fit to stand trial A knife-wielding Countdown champion lunged at a rival player and stabbed him at a fan club tournament, a court has been told. Jurors at Preston Crown Court …

A man sexually abused two young boys while working at a Renfrewshire children’s home in the 1960s and 1970s. John Porteous, 92, was deemed unfit to be criminally tried or to appear in court following independent medical assessment. However an examination of the facts at Greenock Sheriff Court found he …

A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a woman in north London months after allegedly raping and violently assaulting another. Simon Levy, 40, from Tottenham, is accused of killing Sheryl Wilkins, a 39-year-old sex worker whose body was found in a car park last month. Ms Wilkins’s cause …

Seven Chinese nationals who smuggled Malawians to South Africa and subjected them to forced labour have been handed 20-year prison terms each. The four men and three women were found guilty of human trafficking and kidnapping earlier this year by a South African court. Their sentence comes nearly six years …

The oldest surviving victim of the Horizon scandal is angry Post Office minister Gareth Thomas was removed from his post during the recent government reshuffle. Betty Brown, 92, says she built a relationship with the minister and that is “all lost” now he is no longer in the job. “ …

Many Kenyans are in shock after the killing of a senior lawyer in a drive-by shooting on a busy street in the capital Nairobi. Mathew Kyalo Mbobu, a respected lawyer and former head of a political parties’ dispute tribunal, was driving home on Tuesday evening when a gunman on a …

The TransUnion data breach exposed the data of up to 4.4 million customers.  CNET Sensitive personal information belonging to 4.4 million customers, including their names and Social Security numbers, was exposed in a data breach on credit bureau TransUnion, in what is believed to be the latest in a string …

A deadly knife attack on a Ukrainian refugee aboard a train in Charlotte, North Carolina has triggered a federal investigation and warnings that the city could lose millions of dollars in transit funding. “If mayors can’t keep their trains and buses safe, they don’t deserve the taxpayers’ money,” US Transportation …

Dan MartinBBC News, East Midlands Derbyshire Police Armaan Afsar has been jailed for 10 years A woman died from catastrophic injuries more than seven months after she was hit by a speeding car as she crossed a road in Derby. Joanna Cieszynska, 35, was struck by Armaan Afsar’s Volkswagen Golf …

Alex SmithBBC News, Nottingham Yogesh Alekari Yogesh Alekari was 15,000 miles into his round-the-world motorbike challenge when the vehicle was stolen A man has been arrested after a content creator from India had his motorbike stolen 15,000 miles (24,140km) into a round-the-world challenge in the UK. Yogesh Alekari had travelled …