John Besley
Celebrity News
Sir David Beckham to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
The recognition comes ahead of the 2026 Fifa Men’s World Cup, which gets underway this month in the US, Mexico and Canada.
By John Besley
4 Jun 2026
News
Headteacher of school behind prayer ban says legal case ‘taking toll’
Ms Birbalsingh told The Sunday Times the school will ‘definitely appeal if we lose’
By John Besley
22 Jan 2024
Environment
Weather warnings for Scotland’s north as ice and snow could bring disruption
Warnings have been issued for 12am on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday.
By John Besley
13 Jan 2024
Business News
Sir James Dyson calls on political leaders to ‘go for growth’ to rescue economy
If GDP contracts between October and December then the economy will have entered a technical recession.
By John Besley
23 Dec 2023
UK
Social media platform X back online after global outage
The outage lasted around 45 minutes before user timelines began to display as normal.
By John Besley
21 Dec 2023
Tech21 Dec 2023
X social media app and website back online after global outage
Almost 4,000 outage reports had been made to Downdetector as of 6am
UK
King leads tributes to Barry Humphries at state service
Charles said he has been ‘deeply saddened’ by the entertainer's death
By John Besley
15 Dec 2023
Environment
Wet weather warnings issued as heavy rain forecast for parts of the UK
The Met Office says affected areas could see travel disruption and flooding.
By John Besley
12 Dec 2023
Science
Two baby dinosaurs found in tyrannosaur fossil shed light on changing diet
The fossil was originally discovered in the Alberta Badlands in 2009.
By John Besley
9 Dec 2023
Politics
‘Tory crisis’ – Papers react to Robert Jenrick stepping down over Rwanda policy
Mr Sunak’s long-term political ally argued that he had to quit because he has ‘such strong disagreements’ with his approach to immigration.
By John Besley
7 Dec 2023
Crime
Stephen Lawrence suspect Matthew White ‘said he had killed before’
The BBC in June named White, who died aged 50 in 2021, as the sixth suspect in the case
By John Besley
3 Nov 2023
Politics
Labour leadership ‘complicit in war crimes,’ say resigning councillors
All eight councillors will continue to serve as independents
By John Besley
21 Oct 2023
Celebrity News
Paul O’Grady’s widower says the TV stalwart had a ‘spliff’ before his death
O’Grady died at his home on March 28 at the age of 67.
By John Besley
20 Oct 2023
Celebrity News
Israeli president tells PM BBC reporting is ‘distortion of the facts’
In a meeting with Rishi Sunak, Isaac Herzog said there should be an ‘outcry’ over the corporation’s decision not to refer to Hamas as terrorist group.
By John Besley
19 Oct 2023
Business News
Untreated sewage illegally spilled for years, Welsh Water admits
The company said between 40 and 50 of its wastewater treatment plants are currently operating in breach of their permits.
By John Besley
19 Oct 2023
World
Israel’s President accuses BBC of ‘atrocious’ coverage of conflict
The BBC said it makes it clear that Hamas is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK Government
By John Besley
19 Oct 2023
Politics
Conflict in Gaza could inspire terrorism in UK, says MI5 chief
MI5 director-general Ken McCallum said intelligence services ‘would be silly not to be paying very close attention’ to events in the Middle East
By John Besley
18 Oct 2023
Politics
Quick sale of land acquired for HS2 ‘a mistake’, says infrastructure adviser
Sir John Armitt said the land ‘should be kept for at least two or three years’.
By John Besley
18 Oct 2023
UK
Sadiq Khan, Met Commissioner to ask phone companies to ‘design out’ theft
An average of 157 mobile phones are stolen every day in the capital.
By John Besley
17 Oct 2023
Politics
No 10 announces £3 million to fund extra security for UK’s Jewish population
It comes as some north London Jewish schools were said to have told parents to keep their children at home on Friday.
By John Besley
13 Oct 2023
Business News
Younger, lower-paid workers in firing line of high rates, says Bank policymaker
Policymakers are next set to meet in November.
By John Besley
12 Oct 2023