Ministers have abandoned plans to delay elections for 30 English local councils, following what it says is new legal advice. Those 30 councils – a fifth of the overall 136 elections due to take place this year – will now have elections on 7 May as originally planned. Politics latest: Follow the latest updates The […]
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The police watchdog has paused misconduct proceedings against the officer cleared of murdering Chris Kaba ahead of a law change on the use of force. Mr Kaba’s family said they were “devastated” by the Independent Office for Police Conduct’s (IOPC) decision to delay serving Sergeant Martyn Blake with misconduct papers. The 24-year-old, who was not
A man has been found guilty of blowing up an ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) camera using a homemade bomb. Retired electrical appliances engineer Kevin Rees was found to have damaged a camera in Willersley Avenue, Sidcup, in southeast London, by using a low-sophistication, improvised explosive device at 6.45pm on 6 December 2023. A jury at
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The owners of the RAC have begun selecting bankers to spearhead a £5bn stock market listing which could become one of the London market’s biggest of 2026. Sky News has learnt that the breakdown recovery service’s trio of shareholders have picked investment banks including Goldman Sachs to lead a flotation. Money latest: The UK’s chicken
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A man has been found guilty of assaulting a woman after Donald Trump’s youngest son told UK police that he saw her being attacked on a video call. Barron Trump, 19, was in the US when he told a 999 call handler that a woman was “getting beat up” in London, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.
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A man died after his lorry crashed into a river on Tuesday during Storm Chandra. Hampshire Police said the lorry driver, who was in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident in the New Forest. “We were called just after 1pm on Tuesday to a report that a lorry had gone
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One of the first people in the UK to use Elon Musk’s brain chip says it “feels magical” and believes it could transform the lives of those with severe paralysis. “It is a massive change in your life where you can suddenly no longer move any of your limbs,” said Sebastian Gomez-Pena, a volunteer in
A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of a baby boy who ingested a “party” drug at his Aberdeenshire home. Three-month-old Olly-James Sievwright died in hospital in December 2019 as a result of consuming mephedrone, also known as M-CAT, combined with the effects of a peritonitis infection. His drug-dealing mother, Amy
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Notifications from Facebook and Instagram have been pinging to users’ phones, asking if they want to pay £3.99 a month for their platforms – or continue to use them for free. So what are you paying for? Essentially, it’s to get rid of personalised ads. Read all the latest Money news here This is the
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Heavy rain has tiggered a landslide in southern Sicily causing the edge of a town to collapse and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,500 people. On Wednesday, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited the town of Niscemi, where dozens of houses were left teetering on the edge of a cliff after the ground beneath collapsed.