20 minutes ago About sharing There is a “growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule”, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned. Speaking to a round-table of police leaders, he said we “cannot allow a pattern of increasingly violent and intimidatory behaviour” to stop elected representatives doing their job. Mr Sunak did not spell…
Paul Connell was offered the role only a couple of days before the event Morven Mckinnon Glasgow and West Reporter 8 hours ago An actor who played Willy Wonka at a cancelled event in Glasgow says he understands why families were angry about the experience. Paul Connell said he was given the role just days…
32 minutes ago About sharing Odysseus at the moment of touchdown. A stantion to one leg at left is broken By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent @BBCAmos The first clear images of the Odysseus robot on the surface of the Moon have just been released. They show the American mission lying to one side, having broken…
7 minutes ago About sharing Emma Caldwell murder was one of Scotland’s best known unsolved cases By Megan Bonar BBC Scotland News Iain Packer has been jailed for at least 36 years for the murder of Emma Caldwell in remote woods 19 years ago. The 27-year-old’s death in April 2005 had been one of Scotland’s…
“It’s about time, I thought, to give my own side to what’s happened.” That is what Iain Packer told BBC investigative reporter Sam Poling during their first interview in November 2018. He had approached Ms Poling after she had filmed a documentary about Police Scotland. Packer had been described in the press as a “forgotten…
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Advocate depute Richard Goddard KC tells the court Packer has previous convictions, including an assault charge from January 2020. The former sign fitter is a twice-married father of three Lord Beckett tells Packer he his actions have had “terrible and enduring consequences” for his victims. Mrs Caldwell has been “haunted” by her daughter’s loss and…
49 minutes ago About sharing By Sam Poling & Anton Ferrie BBC Disclosure Police missed the chance to catch Emma Caldwell’s killer in the months after her murder because senior officers repeatedly dismissed him as a suspect, BBC Scotland can reveal. Iain Packer has now been found guilty of the crime, almost 19 years after…
A primary school and homes have been evacuated following the blast in Bury, Greater Manchester.