Alastair Lockhart

News Editor

Politics

Defence Secretary John Healey's resignation letter in full

In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, Mr Healey said the Prime Minister had been ‘unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling, to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats’

11 Jun 2026
Crime

Ex-Parliament staff member arrested under hacking laws

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said the former staff member had been detained under the Computer Misuse Act 1990

20 Apr 2026
London

Earl's Court gambling arcade blocked following Bianca Jagger protest

Silvertime Amusements Limited had hoped to move its current operation on the busy west London road to a bigger venue on the same street

20 Apr 2026
Crime

Fourth person appears in court accused of Golders Green arson attack

Judex Atshatshi, 18, a British national of Dagenham, east London, has appeared in court charged with one count of arson

18 Apr 2026
London

Met PC guarding Iranian embassy sacked for turning up to work drunk

Sergeant Paul Barrett has been dismissed without notice after his behaviour was found to have amounted to gross misconduct

17 Apr 2026
Crime

Epsom 'gang rape': Everything we know as police hunt suspects

Large crowds demanded answers from Surrey Police, which said it found ‘no evidence of the offence as reported’

17 Apr 2026
World

Strait of Hormuz 'completely open' while ceasefire lasts, Iran says

The economically vital strait has reopened to commercial shipping while negotiations with the US continue, the Iranian regime has said

17 Apr 2026
Crime

Student 'surrounded and kicked then stabbed to death on Primrose Hill'

Oliuwadamilola Ogunyankinnu, 27, of Southbury Road, Enfield, has been charged with the murder of Finbar Sullivan, 21, in north London last week

15 Apr 2026
Crime

Former London Labour councillor denies Westminster 'honeytrap' plot

Oliver Steadman, 29, appeared at Southwark Crown Court to face allegations he was behind a series of ‘flirty’ messages and explicit images sent to a series of MPs

15 Apr 2026
Politics

Hormuz blockade comes into effect as Starmer rejects Trump's plan

Trump’s blockade of Iranian ports follows the failure of face-to-face negotiations in Islamabad

13 Apr 2026
Crime

Ex-Arsenal star Partey pleads not guilty to two new counts of rape

The 32-year-old midfielder appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Monday to deny twice raping a woman in London on a day in December 2020

13 Apr 2026
Politics

Trump's ceasefire hangs by a thread as Iran blocks ships from strait

A threat by the IRGC to destroy ships attempting to pass through the strait comes after explosions in Tehran and across the Middle East

8 Apr 2026
UK

BBC breached standards by broadcasting BAFTA racial slur

The corporation’s complaints unit said the inclusion of the slur ‘was highly offensive, had no editorial justification and represented a breach of the BBC's editorial standards

8 Apr 2026
students
UK

Government caps student loan interest rates at 6%

The Government said the move would help deliver stability and protections for graduates amid the prospect of increased financial pressures due to the Middle East war

7 Apr 2026
Crime

14-year-old shot dead in south London pictured as three teens arrested

Two boys, aged 14 and 16, and an 18-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of murder

3 Apr 2026
Crime

‘This is what Clapham has become’: Anger and fear as youths run riot

Six girls were arrested and five people, four of them police officers, were assaulted in south-west London on Tuesday evening

2 Apr 2026
Showbiz

Scott Mills sacked after BBC learned alleged victim was under 16

The DJ, 53, was investigated by police in 2017 over allegations of serious sex offences, but the case was dropped due to lack of evidence

2 Apr 2026
A woman in her 80s was fatally stabbed outside her home in Plumstead
Crime

Woman in her 80s stabbed to death outside her London home

Metropolitan Police officers were called to an address on Red Lion Place in Plumstead at 8.50am on Wednesday following reports of a man in possession of a knife

2 Apr 2026
Crime

Three more people arrested over Golders Green arson attack

Four volunteer-run ambulances were set alight in the north London neighbourhood last week - with police treating the incident as a hate crime

1 Apr 2026
Crime

Man jailed for 10 years over XL bully attack which killed pensioner

Ashley Warren, 41, was convicted of being the owner of one of two dogs which mauled Esther Martin to death

31 Mar 2026
Crime

England cricketer Ben Duckett guilty of speeding at 93mph

It comes after the 31-year-old batter was involved in a drunken incident during the winter Ashes tour

31 Mar 2026