A former Labour minister who was famously confronted by Joanna Lumley in a live TV showdown has died from brain cancer aged 66. Phil Woolas was MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 until 2010 and held several ministerial posts under Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. But his political career ended in controversy […]
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The public has been asked to vote on which of six shortlisted artists should create an artwork from the wood of the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree in a “nationally important” commission. It comes after the National Trust in September called on artists, organisations and creative agencies to present their ideas for the future of
The family of a man who died waiting for life-saving brain surgery at one of the country’s leading hospitals say they’re “furious” the department which treated him is now under rapid investigation. John Brackenbury died in 2016 after doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge prioritised another patient for treatment. Despite several recommendations being made after
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An uninsured driver who killed a four-year-old girl after making a “split-second decision” to overtake has been jailed for five years and four months. Mayar Yahia was walking home with her family from Eid celebrations on 14 April, 2024, when she was struck by a Vauxhall Corsa being driven by Javonnie Tavener, 23. Two women
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned petrol retailers of a “shared obligation” to keep prices down for motorists amid soaring prices and war in the Middle East. The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) had threatened to pull out of the Downing Street meeting with Ms Reeves and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband hours before, citing “inflammatory language”. That
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A third horse has died at this year’s Cheltenham festival. The 12-year-old Envoi Allen collapsed and died after finishing ninth in the festival’s flagship race, the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup. His owners, Cheveley Park Stud, had previously confirmed that he would have retired following his run in the blue riband, his eighth career appearance at
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A convicted murderer, who once escaped from prison using a grappling hook, orchestrated a plot to collapse a £45m international drug smuggling trial by claiming the jury had been bribed. William Todd, 61, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after he was found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. He
Dozens of MPs are calling for the government to formally apologise for Britain’s actions during its administration of Palestine in the first part of the 20th century. In September, the Britain Owes Palestine campaign group submitted a 400-page legal petition to the government, but has yet to receive a response. Politics latest: Reeves rows with
A driver who went on a skiing holiday months after killing two teenage passengers has been sentenced to 14 months’ youth detention. Madeleine Lonsdale, 18, had been racing another car at 100mph before she struck a tree in Marston, Lincolnshire, on 20 June last year, killing passengers Harrison Carter, 18, and George Stephenson, 17. She
A seven-year-old boy has died after being struck by a car in Nottinghamshire. Police were called to a collision between a car and a child along the A38 Kings Mill Road East, near Kingfisher Way, in Sutton-in-Ashfield at 8.26pm on Tuesday, 10 March. Logan Parker, who lived in the area, died at the scene, Nottinghamshire
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