Laurence Holloway, a former musical director on Strictly Come Dancing and talk show Parkinson, has died aged 86, his family have confirmed. The English composer, who started off as a pianist in dance bands, died after a “short illness” on Thursday, his daughter Abigail Holloway told the PA news agency. During his career, the jazz … Read more
Judges and magistrates are to be told to consider sparing thousands of criminals from being sent to jail amid the prison overcrowding crisis. The sentencing council, which advises all criminal courts in England and Wales, is to issue new guidance telling judges and magistrates to “think very carefully about the non-custodial options” available. The council … Read more
A TikTok video has shown police officers pursuing a loose horse in Abbey Wood. The animal with a dappled cream and black coat gave chase to a number of the emergency responders along Yarnton Way and St Katherines Road on January 9. In the TikTok, two police cars could be seen with their lights on, parked … Read more
A north Wales family say they have been living upstairs in their home for 18 months because they keep getting flooded during periods of heavy rain. Gavin Hicks and his wife and young daughter were flooded again in December when their home was caked in foul-smelling sewage for a fifth time after their drainage system … Read more
A councillor has called for members of the public to be shown the full extent of some of the pressures faced by care services in the Vale of Glamorgan. Vale of Glamorgan Council learning and culture scrutiny committee member Cllr Helen Payne made her comments after she and her scrutiny committee colleagues were told the … Read more
Justice Juan Merchan sentenced President-elect Donald Trump to an unconditional discharge on Friday. The measure is a rare and lenient sentence in the New York state court system that still means that Trump will enter office on January 20th as a felon. If Trump had been sentenced to a conditional discharge, he would have had … Read more
-Credit:Leon Bennett/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images The former owners of Wrexham AFC have questioned a planned shortcut from the club that aims to achieve Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s dream of European football sooner than ever thought possible. Wrexham are one of four Welsh EFL sides looking to boost their chances of qualifying for … Read more
The UK and Welsh governments will announce an agreed position next week setting out a direction of travel in seeking to address decades of under investment in rail enhancement projects in Wales. While it will not set out a financial funding commitment, or which projects could be backed, it will be the first time that … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or face any other punishment for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday. The sentence of unconditional discharge places a judgment of guilt on Mr Trump’s record and closes a case that had loomed over his … Read more
Donald Trump has been handed an unconditional discharge after being convicted of 34 charges relating to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. It was, according to Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan, the “only lawful sentence” he could impose because of Mr Trump’s impending second term as president. He will take office on … Read more