Boris Johnson has raised doubts over whether England will participate in the 2018 World Cup after a former Russian spy was exposed to an unknown substance in Salisbury. The Foreign Secretary said we need to have a "serious conversation about our engagement with Russia", which could include whether the UK sends ...
A former paratrooper faces life behind bars after being found guilty of brutally murdering an 83-year-old grandfather because he hated dog walkers. Alexander Palmer, 24, repeatedly stabbed Peter Wrighton so viciously in the throat and eye that cops thought he had been savaged by an animal. The retired BT engineer ...
By Pat Levy In The City and the City, one of China Miéville’s most metaphorically suggestive novels, two cities with totally separate identities share the same physical territory. Citizens of each domain recognise their own spaces and ignore – to the point of mutual invisibility – streets, buildings and neighbourhoods ...
Retired Chris Stevenson, 68, spoke out for the first time about one of Britain's most infamous child murders after the murderer was recorded "apologising" for his crimes
As Jeremy Corbyn dismissed a “ridiculous smear” by the Sun alleging he briefed a Czechoslovakian communist spy during the cold war after a photo of the two emerged, another more current embarrassing photo of a Russian agent expelled from the UK with a UK politician has come to light. The ...
Faith leaders have called on the Government to end its “unjust, ineffective and inhumane” practice of detaining people indefinitely without trial for administrative reasons in immigration cases. At present, Britain detains around 30,000 people a year in mostly privately-run detention centres on administrative grounds, ostensibly while attempts are made to ...
Tory cuts to immigration staff mean they can’t cope with existing workload, let alone prepare for Brexit. Government refuses to show clarity over post Brexit immigration. 3 million EU born citizens still face unnecessary uncertainty. British businesses with EU employees unable to prepare. Austerity-hit immigration department regularly makes mistakes. EU ...
A joint select committee inquiry into the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion have criticised the big four accountancy giants. They were accused of “feasting” on the beleaguered company and one of the four had managed “to play all three sides.” Evidence was brought to the inquiry that indicated that these ...
Last Friday (9 February), the Work and Pensions Committee released their interim first report into the experiences of disabled people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), benefits intended to provide support for disabled people to live independently, or to manage the costs related to being ...