Two teenage girls have been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a train conductor in West Yorkshire. British Transport Police said officers were called to Burley in Wharfedale Station at 20:33 BST on Monday, following reports the staff member had been attacked after “intervening in an altercation”. The two girls, aged 14 and 16, were subsequently...
A child has been airlifted to hospital after being injured at a Devon tourist spot. Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team Ashburton said on Facebook it was called to Becky Falls, near Bovey Tracey, at about 12:25 BST on Sunday. The team said the five-year-old child was severely injured and had to be taken by air...
Reform UK’s honorary president has questioned if there was a Conservative Party today, claiming the party has destroyed itself. Nigel Farage said Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer were “not all that far apart”, when asked by BBC political editor Chris Mason if he was trying to join the Conservatives or destroy the party. Mr...
Both the Conservatives and Labour have committed to keeping the triple lock. It was temporarily suspended after the Covid pandemic distorted average wage figures, but later restored. In the run-up to the General Election, the Conservatives have also promised to raise the tax-free state pension allowance in what they have called a “Triple Lock Plus”....
Warner Bros Furiosa was expected to land $40m on its opening weekend in the US but underperformed Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is off to a disappointing start at the US box office, bringing in $32m (£25m) over the long Memorial Day weekend. Its takings make it the lowest box office figures for the holiday...
15 minutes ago Gemma Sherlock,BBC News, Manchester BBC Protesters have partly taken over a University of Manchester exam building Exams at a university have been disrupted after a group of protesters have “unlawfully barricaded” a university building. The group, which includes students, occupied the University of Manchester’s (UoM) Whitworth building on Oxford Road on Monday...
2 hours ago Kelly Ng & Hannah Ritchie,in Singapore and Sydney Watch: Keith Davis recounts moment turbulence left his wife ‘immobile’ When Eva Khoo got a phone call last week saying that the Singapore Airlines flight her family was on had “met with an incident”, she was told not to worry. But hours after the...
A retired bricklayer has been given a hospital order after killing his wife in Shoreham. James Gumbrell, 65, was sentenced for stabbing 59-year-old Deborah Gumbrell at their home in Northbourne Close on 24 October 2022. The court heard Gumbrell called police on the same day to say he had stabbed his wife. Gumbrell had pleaded...
11 minutes ago Curtis Lancaster,BBC News LPhot Belinda Alker HMS Duncan will replace HMS Diamond in the Middle East A Royal Navy warship, HMS Duncan, has deployed on a mission to protect international trade routes in the Middle East. The vessel set off from Portsmouth on Sunday and headed towards the Red Sea and Gulf...
Two more of London’s Labour MPs have announced their plans to stand down at the general election. John Cryer, the MP for Leyton and Wanstead and chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party since 2015, said he wanted to spend more time with his young children ahead of an “extremely busy and demanding” future for the...