Gemma Bradley
UK
‘Hope and positivity’ at heart of teenager cancer patient’s keepie-ups challenge
Fifteen-year-old Isobel began the challenge after her first cancer diagnosis.
22 Nov 2022
Politics
PM’s maiden speech goes ahead outside Downing Street after chaotic weather
The podium was taken inside briefly and then back out again amid a downpour as the new Prime Minister approached Number 10.
6 Sept 2022
UK
M11 shut near Stansted after crash between Royal Mail lorry and transporter
Two drivers suffered minor injuries in a crash between two HGVs.
1 Sept 2022
UK
Lamb found stuck in mud rescued and returned to flock
The animal had been trapped for several days before being rescued by the RSPCA and firefighters.
17 Aug 2022
UK
Pig apprehended after ‘munching through gardens’
Two police officers rescued the black hog after it escaped in Great Yarmouth.
16 Aug 2022
UK
Worsening conditions will force people out of farming, industry warns
Agricultural workers have told of the impact of drought and rising costs.
10 Aug 2022
UK
British-American explorer who conquered Earth and space ‘would turn down Mars’
Vanessa O’Brien recently attained her sixth Guinness World Record after flying into space with Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin.
9 Aug 2022
UK
Jasper and Willow share Cat of the Year award for bringing ‘comfort’ to hospice
The sibling rescue cats won National Cat of the Year 2022 for their work comforting ‘patients, family and friends, or staff’.
4 Aug 2022
UK
YouTuber gets planning permission for tunnel under his garden to bunker
He has documented his progress on YouTube.
19 Jun 2022
UK19 Jun 2022
Teaching unions reiterate strike threat if pay demands not met
The NASUWT and the National Education Union have called for pay rises due to the cost of living crisis
UK
Sir Lindsay Hoyle names new kitten after Clement Attlee
The Speaker of the House has named all of his pets after key political figures.
19 Jun 2022
UK
World’s largest cargo ship arrives in UK port
The huge vessel arrived in the Port of Felixstowe on Sunday morning.
19 Jun 2022
UK19 Jun 2022
Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes announces she is gay
The 52-year-old Olympic champion revealed that she came out to her family and friends in 1997
UK
Thousands march to demand help with cost-of-living crisis
The event was organised by the TUC.
18 Jun 2022
UK8 Jun 2022
Holidaymakers facing more chaos amid potential strike action in Italy
Two Italian unions have called for nationwide airline crew strikes
UK
Who has been fined over coronavirus breaches in Downing Street and Whitehall?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are among those who have paid fines for breaking the rules.
12 Apr 2022
UK
Falklands war report kept for 30 years donated to veterans’ charity
A government report signed by Margaret Thatcher has been donated by a former defence minister to a local charity.
4 Apr 2022
UK
Protesters in Jamaica call for public apology from the monarchy on royal tour
Calls for the British monarchy to pay reparations for slavery emerged during a visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
22 Mar 2022
UK
UK refugee scheme ‘taking so long’ say couple opening up their home
Volunteers are also increasingly concerned about the threat of human trafficking as women are left stranded in Europe with young children.
22 Mar 2022
UK
Pub owner donates premises to house Ukrainian mothers and children
Charlie Southall, 43, said his experience of living in a women’s shelter as a child influenced his decision to make the offer.
17 Mar 2022
UK
‘Determined’ equestrian community taking horse boxes full of aid to Poland
Stephen Barnes is raising money to fund a trip to the Ukraine-Poland border to offer assistance to war refugees.
17 Mar 2022