The average Brit faces a £100 council tax hike this year as 95% of local authorities raise bills by the maximum amount. The County Councils Network (CCN) says 129 of the 136 unitary local authorities across England will increase council tax bills
A male prisoner scaled two fences at a maximum security prison to see his female lover who was held in the same jail. The man was found naked in her cell at the Clarence Correctional Centre in Australia on Saturday after attempting
Several of Hamilton’s colleagues on the grid were stunned at the recent rule change, as his team-mate George Russell – a director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association – said that the new maximum fine seemed “obscene”. “In my first year of
Sandro Tonali is facing a three-year worldwide ban from football after admitting to betting on AC Milan matches while still playing for the club. Tonali is likely to serve a lesser ban for his help with the investigation but will face strict punishment for his conduct. The
40 years ago (1983) We reported 38 IRA prisoners armed with handguns and knives had escaped from the maximum security Maze prison in County Antrim in the biggest mass jail breakout in British history. One prison officer died of a heart attack
Vladimir Putin has raised the maximum age restriction for mobilised troops in a move which could result in the deployment of 70-year-old Russians to the frontline. The new Moscow order allows reservist males, particularly those with high positions such as General, to
Despite all the fallout between Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, it could be a supreme irony that the PM ends up taking a leaf out his Mr Johnson’s playbook to get out of his latest sticky wicket. As Foreign Secretary, Mr Johnson
A man who told police he wanted to kill the queen of England has been charged with treason in the first case in decades to tackle the crime. Jaswant Sing Chail, 21, was arrested on Christmas 2021 at Windsor Castle trying to
A critical incident has been declared at a hospital in East Sussex as a surge in Covid and flu wreaks more havoc on the NHS. The Chief Executive at Eastbourne District General Hospital has warned that the “hospital capacity is at its absolute