Post Office paid widow in instalments for silence
The Horizon scandal inquiry reveals details of the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK legal history.
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Girl, 13, in court on attempted murder charges
6 minutes ago About sharing Teachers Fiona Elias (left) and Liz Hopkin (right) were injured at the school on Wednesday By Aled Scourfield & Catherine Evans BBC News A 13-year-old girl has appeared at Llanelli Magistrates’ Court, charged with the attempted murder of three people at a school in Carmarthenshire. Teachers Fiona Elias, Liz Hopkin…
MeToo founder defiant after Weinstein wins rape appeal
58 minutes ago About sharing By Alys Davies BBC News “This is not a blow to the movement,” MeToo founder Tarana Burke stated defiantly as she responded to the overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction in New York. “It is a clarion call and we are prepared to answer that call,” she proclaimed. Her…
Teacher admits murdering partner and burying body
11 minutes ago About sharing Fiona Beal had admitted manslaughter, but had denied murder By Phil Shepka BBC News, Northamptonshire A primary school teacher has admitted murdering her partner whose tied-up body was found in their garden. The partly-mummified remains of 42-year-old Nicholas Billingham were found in Northampton in March 2022, four months after he…
John Lewis job applicants get questions beforehand
The retail group hopes giving candidates sight of questions will make process fairer.
UK men charged with helping Russia under new law
2 minutes ago About sharing The national security investigation started after a suspected arson attack at a London warehouse By Daniel Sandford BBC News home affairs correspondent Two British men have been charged with helping Russian intelligence after a suspected arson attack on a Ukraine-linked business. Dylan Earl, 20, from Elmesthorpe in Leicestershire, and Jake…
Troubled Co-op Live arena postpones opening again
6 minutes ago About sharing The arena is part of a development around Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter Manchester’s new Co-op Live Arena has postponed its opening again, this time to May, because it is still not ready. The venue, the UK’s biggest indoor arena, had already delayed comedian…
China and US should be partners, not rivals, Xi tells Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken may have been in China since Wednesday evening, but it wasn’t publicly confirmed that he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping until about an hour before the meeting. We’ve just seen TV footage of them in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Both sides are likely to…
Two men charged in Channel deaths investigation
Five migrants, including a child, were killed in a crush on board a boat crossing the Channel.
Baby saved from dead mother’s womb in Gaza dies
57 minutes ago About sharing By Fergal Keane BBC News, Jerusalem A baby rescued from her dying mother’s womb after an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza has died, the BBC has learned. Baby Sabreen al-Sakani was delivered by Caesarean section in a Rafah hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday. Amid chaotic scenes doctors resuscitated…