Armed police have stormed a Manchester Metropolitan University building this afternoon. Six armed response teams were called to the Grosvenor East building, off Oxford Road in Manchester on Friday, May 17. One student reported seeing a “fake sword”. Officers carrying guns rushed
Boris Johnson appears to have been erased from a photo tweeted by Grant Shapps. The Business Secretary took to Twitter ahead of the rocket launch from Spaceport Cornwall to share a picture of a 2021 visit. But social media users were quick
Virgin Orbit has begun investigating the failure of yesterday’s rocket launch — but have vowed to “return to orbit” as soon as the root cause has been identified and corrected. The initial stages of the so-called Start Me Up mission went smoothly,
The attack left the woman with horrific injuries around her body and after being rushed to hospital, was diagnosed with a brain bleed and mild hypothermia. Hours after coming home, Woods told his mum he “may have murdered someone” and asked her
Rishi Sunak will today unveil new anti-strike laws for “minimum safety levels” during industrial action. The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill – which would force key public services to maintain a “basic function” when workers stage walkouts – will be formally presented
A train driver caused a crash while he was reading messages on his mobile phone. Mark Hubble was distracted by a picture message when he smashed the train, which was carrying passengers, into buffers, causing it to derail before it was struck
The UK is considering supplying Ukrainian forces with British tanks for the first time, in their conflict with Russia. Defence sources have confirmed “talks are ongoing” with the government in Kyiv regarding the possible supply of British Army Challenger 2 main battle
Prince Harry has criticised his stepmother Camilla in his memoir Spare and branded her media connections as “dangerous” during an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes to promote his book. But do you think the Duke of Sussex has gone too far with
A charity boss queued outside WHSmith since midnight to buy a copy of Prince Harry’s book because he was “extremely curious” to find out why the royal left “the country he loved”. Professor Chris Imafidon arrived at London Victoria station at 9.30pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is refusing to send advanced tanks to Ukraine, sparking frustration from Western allies, including the UK and the US. Last week Germany announced it would supply Ukraine with around 40 Marder armoured personnel carriers. EU members France and
One of Vladimir Putin’s warships wielding “unstoppable” hypersonic Zircon missiles is playing war as it heads towards the British Isles via the Norwegian Sea. A promotion on Russian state TV showed the frigate named Admiral Gorshkov “repelling a simulated enemy’s air strikes”