Benjamin Cooper
Crime
Man to face court charged with ex-wife’s murder after house fire
Georgian Constantin, 42, of Stoke-on-Trent, was charged on Wednesday with the murder of Valentina Cozma and making threats to kill.
16 Feb 2023
UK
Finnish president to make first public declaration about desire to join Nato
Finland shares a lengthy land border with Russia and is only about 250 miles from St Petersburg.
12 May 2022
UK
Education Secretary says school attendance ‘non-negotiable’ in truancy crackdown
Some estimates suggest as many as 100,000 pupils are missing from school rolls.
12 May 2022
UK
Sadiq Khan: Donald Trump’s presidency led to me getting more racist online abuse
The politician also threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game in the Bay Area on Tuesday.
11 May 2022
UK
Sadiq Khan practises pitching baseball in Central Park
The politician has said he hopes to use the trip, which will also include visits to California, to attract investment to London.
10 May 2022
UK
Liz Truss ‘will scrap parts of Northern Ireland Protocol as soon as next week’
The protocol effectively creates checks on goods flowing from Great Britain to Northern Ireland to allow an open border with Ireland.
10 May 2022
UK
Sophie dances up a storm with Rob Rinder at Liberation Day tea in Guernsey
The royals visited Guernsey and Jersey as the Channel Islands marked their Liberation Day.
10 May 2022
UK
Sadiq Khan meets ex-New York mayor Michael Bloomberg on US tour
The trip will also include stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles, with the politician saying he will ‘bang the drum for London’.
9 May 2022
UK
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after another suffers fatal fall from window
The 43-year-old who was arrested was known to the alleged victim and has been taken into custody for questioning.
9 May 2022
UK
Six-year-old twins found after going missing in south London
The pair had been playing in their front garden prior to their disappearance.
8 May 2022
Politics24 Apr 2022
Starmer criticises Met for silence on partygate fines before elections
Boris Johnson has already been warned by a former Tory minister that his party will ‘reap the whirlwind’ of the saga at the ballot box
UK24 Apr 2022
Large fire at Dorset heathland ‘now surrounded and under control’
Canford Heath is known for being the largest heathland in Dorset, and the largest lowland heath in the UK
UK23 Apr 2022
Iceland rations sunflower oil to one bottle each as war hits supply
The price of cooking oils has gone up 7% and is nearly a quarter more expensive than a year ago
UK23 Apr 2022
Rwanda ‘more akin to detention camp’, claims ex-ambassador
Senior Conservative MPs have also questioned the logic behind the Nationality and Borders Bill
World
United Nations names Sir David Attenborough Champion of the Earth
The veteran broadcaster used the occasion to urge action to prevent further destruction of the planet.
21 Apr 2022
UK
UK to send armoured missile launchers to Ukraine as offensive begins
The devices were said to have been demonstrated for Ukrainian personnel on Salisbury Plain two weeks ago.
19 Apr 2022
UK
Piers Morgan hopes to ‘uncancel’ those who have been ‘cancelled’
The ex-tabloid editor said on his new TalkTV show that ‘everyone will get a chance to have their say’.
18 Apr 2022
UK
Piers Morgan says Good Morning Britain exit over Meghan comments was a ‘farce’
The ex-tabloid editor sparked the most complaints in Ofcom’s history with his take on the royal’s Oprah Winfrey interview.
18 Apr 2022
UK
Ex-European Parliament president Lord Plumb dies aged 97
The former Tory politician was also president of the National Farmers Union in the 1970s.
16 Apr 2022
UK
Valneva gains approval from UK regulator to become sixth Covid-19 vaccine
Deaths involving coronavirus in England and Wales are continuing to rise.
14 Apr 2022
World12 Apr 2022
Anne greeted by traditional performances at Papua New Guinea school
Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, landed in Port Moresby on Monday evening after a weekend of engagements in Australia