Post Office inquiry live: Convictions to be quashed as Paula Vennells gives evidence – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells will give her final day of evidence at the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal It comes a day after a law quashing convictions from the Horizon...
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he will carry out TV debates, but won’t commit to the idea of weekly head-to-heads, suggested by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Sir Keir added he could debate with the PM “once or a hundred times”, but “I know what he is going to say. He will say everything...
The bodies of three more Israeli hostages have been recovered from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said. They are those of Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum and Orion Hernandez, it said in a statement. The IDF said the bodies were recovered from the northern town of Jabalia overnight in a joint operation with Israel’s...
Retail sales fell by much more than expected in April as heavy rain kept shoppers at home. Sales volumes fell by 2.3% from the month before. Analysts had expected a drop of about 0.5%. Clothing retailers, sports equipment, games and toys stores, and furniture stores all did particularly badly as poor weather reduced footfall, the...
Rishi Sunak is heading to Belfast following his announcement of a general election, earlier this week. Source link
A 75-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Perthshire dog walker three months ago. The body of retired groundsman Brian Low, 65, was found in Aberfeldy at about 09:00 on 17 February. His death was initially thought to be “medical-related” but an examination later found he had actually been shot....
Getty Images Women use a saree to ward off the heat in Rajasthan state Parts of northern India continue to reel under a prolonged heatwave that has thrown normal life out of gear. On Thursday, temperatures soared beyond 45C in many states and touched 48.8C in Rajasthan state’s Barmer city. India’s weather department has said...
The wreckage of a US Navy submarine that sank the most Japanese warships during World War Two has been found in the South China Sea, some 80 years after it was sunk by enemy forces. The USS Harder was found 3,000ft (914m) below water off the Philippines’ northern island of Luzon. The Harder was sunk...
6 minutes ago Colin Paterson,Mark Savage Getty Images Lana Del Rey won the special international award at Thursday’s Ivor Novello Awards Lana Del Rey says she wrote a James Bond theme in 2015, only to have it rejected by producers. The Video Games star was speaking backstage at the Ivor Novello Awards in London, where...
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he will stand against the party he once led. He will contest his Islington North seat, which he has held since 1983, as an independent candidate in the general election on 4 July. Speaking to his local Islington Tribune newspaper, he said he would be “a voice for...