Ellie Ng
UK
Vennells booed, grilled and pushed to tears over 3 days of evidence
The ordained priest entered the witness box to face what one former subpostmistress described as a room of people with ‘eyes full of hatred’
By Ellie Ng
24 May 2024
Politics
Not permitting Diane Abbott to speak during PMQs amid racism row deemed ‘odd’
But Cabinet minister Mark Harper made clear it is the Commons Speaker who selects which MPs can speak.
By Ellie Ng
17 Mar 2024
Politics
Councils will have to consider resident support over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
The Department for Transport has published draft statutory guidance for councils on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods.
By Ellie Ng
17 Mar 2024
UK
Surrey roads 'chock-a-block' amid M25 weekend closure
A five-mile stretch of the motorway is closed until 6am on Monday
By Ellie Ng
16 Mar 2024
UK
Section of M25 closed with major disruption expected on diversion route
The five-mile stretch of the motorway between junctions 10 and 11 in Surrey was closed in both directions at 9pm on Friday.
By Ellie Ng
15 Mar 2024
Tech
Norfolk County Council secures settlement as Apple agrees £384m lawsuit payment
The claim alleged Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook misled investors about iPhone sales in China between November 2018 and January the following year.
By Ellie Ng
15 Mar 2024
Politics
Texas governor explains comments made to artists pulling out of SXSW festival
Greg Abbott was in Downing Street to sign an agreement with the UK on closer trade co-operation with Texas.
By Ellie Ng
13 Mar 2024
Business News
UK seals trade co-operation agreement with Texas in ‘exciting moment’
Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch and Texas governor Greg Abbott formally signed the agreement in Westminster.
By Ellie Ng
13 Mar 2024
London13 Mar 2024
Fire chief pleads with London building owners: 'Get the cladding off'
Andy Roe said firefighters were sometimes ‘operating in very high-risk buildings that should have been fixed by now’
Crime
Constance Marten 'planned to pay someone to smuggle baby abroad'
The aristocrat, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, are on trial after baby Victoria died last year.
By Ellie Ng
11 Mar 2024
Crime
Convicted killer pleads guilty to raping murder victim
Valentin Lazar attacked Maria Rawlings before leaving her naked in undergrowth in Romford, east London, on May 3 2021.
By Ellie Ng
11 Mar 2024
Crime
Ex-police officer admits defrauding members of horse racing betting syndicate
Michael Stanley, who headed the Layezy Racing group, operated a ‘fraudulent Ponzi scheme’ and misused his clients’ money between 2013 and 2019.
By Ellie Ng
7 Mar 2024
Politics
Community order for man who called Tory MP’s office saying: ‘I’m coming for you’
James Phillips, of Brampton Park Road, north London, was sentenced for an offensive or menacing telephone call and assaulting a police officer.
By Ellie Ng
6 Mar 2024
UK
Double-decker bus crashes into pub in central London
Officers were called at 10.16am on Tuesday to reports of the incident in New Oxford Street.
By Ellie Ng
5 Mar 2024
UK
Woman arrested after girl, 10, discovered dead in Sandwell
Officers found the child with injuries at an address in Robin Close, Rowley Regis, at around 12.10pm on Monday.
By Ellie Ng
5 Mar 2024
UK
Sadiq Khan to pledge Met Police reforms to restore trust
The mayor of London will open the latest London Policing Board on Tuesday
By Ellie Ng
5 Mar 2024
Politics
Afghan Youth Orchestra to perform in UK after Home Office U-turn on visa denial
The AYO fled Afghanistan after the return of the Taliban and have lived and studied in Portugal, where they were granted asylum, since December 2021.
By Ellie Ng
5 Mar 2024
Crime
Chelsea’s Samantha Kerr pleads not guilty to racially aggravated harassment
The Australian football star, 30, was charged with causing a police officer harassment, alarm or distress in Twickenham on January 30 last year.
By Ellie Ng
4 Mar 2024
Politics
More than 170 councils urge Chancellor to extend cost-of-living support
Council leaders from across the political spectrum have written to Jeremy Hunt asking him to ‘urgently extend’ the Household Support Fund.
By Ellie Ng
4 Mar 2024
Politics
Signs of boost in number of pupils getting first choice secondary school
A number of local authorities have seen a rise in the proportion of children receiving their first choice compared with last year, a survey suggests.
By Ellie Ng
1 Mar 2024
Crime
Newcastle United co-owner challenges £36m bankruptcy petition in court
Amanda Staveley asked the Insolvency and Companies Court to set aside a demand served by Victor Restis in May last year.
By Ellie Ng
28 Feb 2024