Adam Eley & Anna Collinson BBC News Investigations BBC Sam says she has walked to her gym 150 times in four years just to shower On a cold and wet evening, Sam Lewis walks to her local gym for a shower. It is a painful and slow journey, using a …
Read More »‘Brick wall’ as stepmum asks to meet killers
Tom Edwards BBC Hereford & Worcester Tanya Gupta BBC News, West Midlands Family Carl Dyche, 51, died three days after the attack A woman whose stepson was beaten to death in front of his family has said she is desperate to meet his killers in prison to understand why he …
Read More »Family ‘heartbroken’ as missing sailor named as London father Charles Todd
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Nadine Gowan Charles Todd, was a “loving” father, husband, brother, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather from London, his family said The family of a British sailor who went missing after his boat capsized off the south-west coast of France say they are “heartbroken by this sudden loss”. …
Read More »Church risks further crisis if it doesn’t act, says child abuse inquiry chair Alexis Jay
The Church of England risks further crisis if it fails to adopt a sweeping new independent system to keep people safe, the former head of a national inquiry into child sexual abuse has said. On Tuesday, after numerous abuse scandals, the Church’s national assembly votes on options to radically change …
Read More »PM backs pub campaign and ‘Farage deal for the birds’
A range of stories feature on the front of Tuesday’s newspapers including Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch who – in an interview with the Daily Telegraph – dismissed the idea of an election pact with Reform UK as “for the birds”. Catching the eye on the front is an image of …
Read More »Met Police officers rescue people and fight blaze at hostel
Nine Metropolitan Police officers have been commended for bravery after rescuing 20 people from a fire at a hostel in Euston, London. The officers were the first emergency responders on the scene when the fire started in the early hours of 8 February and searched the smoked-filled five-storey building, leading …
Read More »Essex police officer sacked over football match tragedy chanting
Katy Prickett BBC News, Essex PA Media Sgt Tyler Coppin was ejected from Anfield during Liverpool’s 2-1 victory over Chelsea A police sergeant who was banned from football matches for “tragedy chanting” has been formally dismissed from his force. Tyler Coppin, 29, from Colchester, pleaded guilty in court to a …
Read More »TV auctioneer Charles Hanson put wife in headlock, court hears
PA Media Charles Hanson arrived at Derby Crown Court on Monday A TV auctioneer used violence against his wife over a 10-year period which began after he put her in a headlock during an argument, a court has heard. A jury was told that Charles Hanson began using “sufficient force” …
Read More »Holmfirth Army veteran proposes at Invictus Games in Canada
An Army veteran from West Yorkshire said he got his “gold medal moment” at the Invictus Games in Canada when he proposed to his girlfriend. James Cairns, from Holmfirth, asked his partner of four years Hannah Wild to marry him at the opening of the Team UK wheelchair basketball match …
Read More »Alaa Abdel Fattah’s mother calls for Keir Starmer’s help as hunger strike continues
A mother who has been on hunger strike for 134 days to campaign for her son to be freed from an Egyptian prison has asked Sir Keir Starmer to continue to press for his release if she dies “in the coming days”. Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah – a British …
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