A pedestrian has been killed and a moped rider is fighting for his life following a collision on the South Circular in Clapham. Police were called just after midnight on Tuesday to reports of a moped crashing into a pedestrian on Poynders Road, at the junction with Clarence Avenue. Officers and London Ambulance Service attended … Read more
HS2 bosses have defended the need to shut the mainline railway in and out of Paddington after Christmas – while promising to “reset” their construction programme after concerns that disruption will last until the end of the decade. Paddington train station will be closed between December 27 and 29 to enable work to begin to … Read more
What was the catalyst that prompted Nigel Farage’s dramatic U-turn last week, when he announced that he was in fact going to stand as an MP and lead the Reform Party? Some have speculated that it could have been his friend Donald Trump’s criminal conviction putting him off his original plan of campaigning across the … Read more
A youth was caught with blood on his thumb less than an hour-and-a-half after he fatally stabbed 15-year-old Elianne Andam in a row over a teddy bear, a court has heard. Hassan Sentamu, 18, had lashed out with a kitchen knife after refusing to hand back belongings of Elianne’s friend, who he had split up … Read more
Headteachers have been forced to cut back their budgets “to the bare bones” because of financial pressures on schools. Education union leaders have also warned that teachers across Wales are buying their own classroom supplies for pupils because school budgets are so bleak. Laura Doel, the national secretary for school leaders’ union NAHT Cymru (National … Read more
FAT splodges of rain heralding the arrival of Storm Darragh scattered across the windscreen as we left Chepstow towards Tredunnock. The wind buffeted trees and bushes along the way. A storm was brewing. Government warnings about Armageddon barked from our mobiles simultaneously as we fought our way out of the car in the worsening wind, … Read more
Watch a live view of the exterior of a Pennsylvania jail where Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the case of murdered United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is being held on Tuesday, 10 December. The 26-year-old was named in connection to the killing of Mr Thompson, who was shot dead outside his Manhattan hotel early last … Read more
An amateur photographer has told a court about a “nasty” man with a “grimacing, frowning” face he saw walking away from the scene of a fatal stabbing on Bournemouth beach front. Nasen Saadi, 20, from Croydon, south London, is on trial charged with the murder of physical trainer Amie Gray, 34, at Durley Chine Beach, West Undercliff … Read more
A man is set to appear in court charged with the murder of 33-year-old Nash Clyne in Acton. Benjamin Matthews, 50, of Acton will appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court today (December 10) charged with murder after his arrest on December 9. It follows reports of a fight in Birkbeck Road shortly after 4am on December … Read more
A 23-YEAR-OLD with a history of offences against women has admitted assaulting a woman. Zachariah Roberts, of Marble Hall Road in Milford Haven, was accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against a woman on November 7. He was also charged with a lesser alternative offence of battery, where he was accused of assaulting the … Read more