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Marius Boros says people are scared to come to his grocery shop on Dudley High Street due to nearby drug sales and violence. Boros describes knife and gun fights outside his shop He told BBC investigators there are “a lot of fights, knives, guns” outside his store, which he moved to the UK 13 years … Read more
The UK government has agreed to pay France another £660 million to curb the number of asylum seekers crossing the English Channel, including funding for a latest 50-strong riot squad trained in crowd-control tactics. Under a three-year deal to be signed on Thursday by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, 1,100 enforcement, intelligence and military officers will … Read more
Manchester City secured a 1-0 victory over Burnley at Turf Moor on Wednesday evening, with Erling Haaland scoring the only goal in the fifth minute. The result moved Pep Guardiola’s side to the top of the Premier League table on goal difference, overtaking Arsenal who had led for over 200 days. The win was built … Read more
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has denied that Downing Street pressured the former Foreign Office permanent secretary to override security concerns about Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to the United States. Starmer’s denial comes after Olly Robbins, who was sacked as the top civil servant at the Foreign Office on 16 April 2026, told the … Read more
Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior called his team’s 3-0 defeat to Brighton the most hard night of his career, describing the performance as indefensible and unacceptable in every aspect. The loss marked Chelsea’s fifth consecutive Premier League defeat without scoring a goal, a feat not seen since the 1912-13 season when the Titanic sank. Ferdi Kadioglu … Read more
Virginia’s redistricting commission approved new congressional district maps on April 20, 2026, giving Democrats a competitive edge in the upcoming November midterm elections. The approval came after months of legal challenges and public hearings over the state’s redistricting process, which had been deadlocked since the 2020 census data release. Historically, the party of the current … Read more
Sir Olly Robbins told MPs he did not see the vetting file on Peter Mandelson produced by UK Security Vetting, describing it as existing in a “hermetically sealed box”. He said he received an oral briefing on 29 January 2025, the day after UKSV submitted its recommendation, in which he was told Mandelson was considered … Read more
John Ashby, a 32-year-old man of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to rape, religiously aggravated assault, intentional strangulation and robbery after changing his plea during trial at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday. The court heard how Ashby followed a Sikh woman from a bus stop in Walsall last October, picked up a two-foot stick from … Read more