Cormac Pearson
UK9 Jun 2024
Nigel Farage says Reform UK will be ‘real opposition’ to Labour
Labour is talking tough on law and order and vowing not to hike taxes as the Tories seek to move on from Rishi Sunak’s D-Day departure.
Politics
Poll suggests Nigel Farage top pick to succeed Rishi Sunak as Tory leader
The poll by Redfield and Wilton, which was conducted for The Independent, surveyed 2,000 adults.
8 Jun 2024
UK
D-Day veteran’s great grandson born during 80th anniversary commemorations
Bernard Morgan, from Crewe, was a code-breaker who landed on Gold Beach in the early evening of D-Day.
8 Jun 2024
Politics8 Jun 2024
Nigel Farage won seven-party BBC debate, according to viewer poll
The politicians clashed over D-Day and support for war veterans, immigration and the state of the NHS.
UK29 May 2024
Officers injured and 40 people arrested after protest in Westminster
One officer was left with a serious facial injury after she was hit by a bottle thrown from the crowd.
Politics
MPs call for urgent reform of Government culture to make the UK ‘fit for future’
The House of Commons Liaison Committee has released a report calling for changes in Whitehall.
29 May 2024
Politics28 May 2024
Mayor says failure to ban zombie knives has ‘betrayed’ young people
Mr Khan says he has invested £151 million in this year’s budget for policing and crime prevention in London
Politics
Teachers ‘will be given free speech protection from blasphemy claims’
Around 16% of teachers admitted to self-censoring in order to avoid causing religious offence, according to a survey in November.
27 May 2024
Politics
Former deputy prime minister warns election campaign will be ‘dishonest’
He said Britain needs to work more closely with the nation’s ‘European neighbours, who share our experiences’.
27 May 2024
Celebrity News12 May 2024
Lithuanian Eurovision singer says performing after Israel was ‘traumatic’
Belt took to social media platform X after the competition to share his views on performing after Israel.
UK3 May 2024
Teenager arrested after house and cars set on fire in 'arson' attack
Police were called to reports of a gunshot at a property in Stockton
UK
Daughter of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky hopes to ‘find peace’
Piran Ditta Khan was convicted almost 20 years after PC Beshenivsky was killed.
29 Apr 2024
UK
What the papers say – April 29
A range of stories lead the newspapers to commence the working week.
29 Apr 2024
UK
Chinese student named as sixth victim of Sydney stabbing
Five women and one man were killed in Saturday’s attack at a shopping centre.
15 Apr 2024
UK
Sydney knifeman, 40, had mental health issues since his teens, say family
Joel Cauchi had been known to police, particularly over the last five years, but had not been arrested or charged before Saturday’s attack.
14 Apr 2024
UK14 Apr 2024
Daughter of businessman named as one of the victims in Sydney attack
According to widespread media reports in Australia, Dawn Singleton, 25, was killed in the attack.
UK
Police say Sydney attacker was known to police but had not been charged
Joel Cauchi, 40, from Queensland was identified as the attacker by New South Wales police on Sunday.
14 Apr 2024
Health
NHS chief calls out ‘unacceptable’ abuse faced by doctors and nurses
More than 58,000 NHS staff said they had experienced sexual harassment from patients, their relatives or other members of the public in 2023.
13 Apr 2024
Politics
Jeremy Hunt declares he is ready to ‘cut taxes and bet on growth’
The Chancellor said Britain ‘has done the hard yards’ and the economy is ‘bouncing back’.
13 Apr 2024
UK
Police launch murder investigation after teenage boy stabbed
Greater Manchester Police were called to the stabbing of the 17-year-old in Moss Side at around 4.15pm on Thursday.
5 Apr 2024
Politics
World Central Kitchen calls for independent investigation into IDF strikes
British victims John Chapman, 57, James ‘Jim’ Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, were among the seven who died in the attack.
4 Apr 2024