Labour MP David Lammy poured scorn on the Conservative Party in the House of Commons today, describing their "small U-turn" on the Windrush generation as a "day of national shame". Speaking after Amber Rudd announced that a new task force would be set up to help Commonwealth immigrants facing deportation he said the government should "guarantee the status of all the Windrush children caught up in this crisis". The Tottenham MP said it was a "national shame" that it had taken so...

The government has admitted that some people from the Windrush generation have been deported in error. Great Britain asked for people from Caribbean countries, in the 50s and 60s, to plug a gap in the workforce. They entered the UK in the first wave of Commonwealth immigration 70 years ago. They were dubbed the Windrush generation - due to a ship, the Empire Windrush, which arrived in the UK,from the Caribbean, in 1948. Shockingly, some may have been deported for...

Irish-trained horses took the 2018 Grand National by storm as four of the 15-horse raiding party from Ireland filled the first four places, as well as providing eight of the 12 horses that completed the race. That shouldn't come as too much of a shock though as Irish-trainers also supplied five of the first six horses home in the 2016 Grand National, which was also run on soft ground. The 2018 Grand National winner Tiger Roll was capping a wonderful...

New research has used more than 4,000 crowdsourced noise level readings to reveal the quietest boroughs in London. Tower Hamlets was revealed to be the quietest neighbourhood closely followed by Sutton, Waltham Forest, Croydon and Ealing, where the average noise levels range from 53.8-57.3 dB from over 150 readings – a level comparative to that of conversation in the average restaurant. At the other end of the scale, Islington was found to be the loudest borough in London. The average decibel...

A chef who served a baked Camembert in its original own-brand Asda packaging has been sacked. Customer Emma Daniels ordered a baked Camembert at the Severn Shed restaurant in Bristol which was on the menu for £13, but was shocked to discover it was still in the original packaging. On the supermarket shelves, the French cheese is sold for £1.15. Ms Daniels wrote on TripAdvisor: "When we go out to eat we realise you pay for more than just the...

Ant McPartlin, the television presenter, has pleaded guilty to a charge of drink-driving after a crash in London. Seven uniformed police are forming a cordon outside Wimbledon Magistrates where TV presenter Ant McPartlin appeared on a drink driving charge. McPartlin faced a charge of being twice over the limit when he was in a three-car smash. The 42-year-old was held after being involved in a collision with two other cars, one of which was carrying a four-year-old girl. McPartlin was alleged...

An Army hero bravely revealed how she was once a child prostitute who was raped hundreds of times after being pimped out by a man she met at her local mall. Amber Causey, now a celebrated US Army veteran with two children and two master's degrees, has devoted her life to ending the child trafficking trade. 29-year-old Amber was just 16 when she was trafficked by a stranger who flirtatiously dropped a note with his number at her feet. She...

Daniel Roberts invented a procedure where leavings are flash frozen before being encased in resin and polished to a sheen - like bowling balls.

A teenage boy has appeared in court charged with the rape and murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl who was found dead in a park. Tragic Viktorija Sokolova was discovered by a passer-by in West Park, Wolverhampton just before 7am on Thursday (12/4). Nothing could be done to save the teenager, known as Tori, who died as a result of "blunt force trauma to the head". A 16-year-old Wolverhampton boy appeared at Dudley Magistrates Court today (16/4) and spoke only to...