Northern England has been confirmed as the most dangerous area to live in the UK, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. While many may have earmarked London and Greater Manchester as the most violent, crime-afflicted areas in
The public’s legal right to know what damage water companies are causing to the nation’s waterways is at risk, campaigners have warned. Fish Legal has written to Environment Secretary Therese Coffey demanding that polluting companies continue to provide details of sewage discharges
A German politician from the coalition-leading Social Democratic Party has criticised the UK’s record on helping Ukrainian refugees. Niels Annen was responding to criticism levelled against Germany, including the country’s initial reluctance to send heavy weaponry to Ukraine. Questioning the UK’s own
Heritage Minister Lord Parkinson said more and more items are being lost to private ownership due to the wording of the Treasure Act 1996. Under the current definition, an item is treasure if it is at least 300 years old and made
Britain’s longest-serving female prisoner – dubbed the “prison system’s forgotten inmate” after spending 35 years behind bars for murdering her ex’s new lover in jealous rage – could finally walk free. Maria Pearson, who is now 66, will find out within weeks
Defence experts in both the UK and abroad fear the British Armed Forces are now not capable of playing a leading role in combatting Russian aggression after years of cuts. As the UK prepares to take over leadership of NATO’s rapid-reaction force
Lord Frost has defended Brexit against “Bregret” claims as he set out two reasons behind doubts over the UK’s exit. The former Brexit minister highlighted how “so many other bad things have happened” with the Covid pandemic, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Abu Agila Masud is accused of building the explosive used in the Lockerbie bombing, but has pleaded not guilty in a US court. The man is alleged to have been involved in the disaster which took place in 1988. Masud is charged
The UK’s electric vehicles dreams have been handed a fresh lifeline after an Australian startup won the bid to take over the collapsed UK battery company Britishvolt. The company, which went into administration last month, was building a £3.8billion gigafactory in Blyth,
Former British prime minister Liz Truss blamed on Sunday the economic “orthodoxy” in the country’s finance ministry, other nations and in parts of the governing Conservative Party for derailing her premiership and “plan for growth”. Truss’s tenure was cut short last year