Meg Hill
Crime
Elle Edwards: Man appears in court charged with beautician’s murder
The 26-year-old was fatally shot at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral, shortly before midnight on December 24
By Meg Hill
13 Jan 2023
UK
Tom Tugendhat highlights back story in military in pitch for top job
‘I’m used to friendly fire,’ he said, recounting a near-death experience in Iraq.
By Meg Hill
10 Jul 2022
UK
Jeremy Hunt: I am only major candidate from outside Boris Johnson’s Government
He said he had not ‘been defending the indefensible’.
By Meg Hill
10 Jul 2022
UK
Kemi Badenoch launches leadership bid with promise for ‘limited government’
The MP for Saffron Walden said Boris Johnson was ‘a symptom of the problems we face, not the cause of them’.
By Meg Hill
9 Jul 2022
UK
Conservatives call for end of Boris Johnson’s premiership
Cabinet ministers, MPs and former Tory politicians have issued a slew of criticisms against the Prime Minister.
By Meg Hill
6 Jul 2022
London
New giant waterlily and ‘botanical wonder’ discovered in Kew
Scientists have found a new, unique species.
By Meg Hill
4 Jul 2022
UK
Ofcom considers longer and more frequent TV ad breaks
The regulator said it would look at changing advertising regulations due to market developments.
By Meg Hill
1 Jul 2022
Politics
Theresa May urges Boris Johnson to ban transgender conversion therapy
The Government has said transgender conversion therapy will not be banned under proposed legislation
By Meg Hill
1 Jul 2022
UK
Documentary to explore Camilla’s guest-editor role at Country Life magazine
Camilla’s Country Life, by Spun Gold TV and award-winning director Michael Waldman, will accompany her as she edits a special edition of the magazine.
By Meg Hill
18 Jun 2022
Crime
Family pay tribute to 15-year-old boy stabbed to death in Manchester
The statement coems after a man was arrested on suspicion of murder
By Meg Hill
12 Jun 2022
UK
Airports told to stop ‘unacceptable’ failings for disabled people
The Civil Aviation Authority said there had been an increase in reports of ‘significant service failings’.
By Meg Hill
11 Jun 2022
UK
Australia mulls a republic as Jubilee celebrations spread Down Under
The country appointed a new assistant minister for the republic on the eve of the Jubilee.
By Meg Hill
3 Jun 2022
UK
Convicted child sex offender and actor granted parole, will be deported to UK
Hughes, 73, was imprisoned in 2014 after being found guilty of 10 sexual and indecent assault offences committed between 1984 and 1990.
By Meg Hill
2 Jun 2022
UK
Ex-Education Secretary joins call for free school meal expansion
Teaching unions earlier wrote to the Chancellor and Education Secretary asking for an urgent expansion of free school meals
By Meg Hill
1 Jun 2022
UK
Teaching unions push for free school meals expansion
They said vulnerable children who do not receive free meals are facing a ‘real barrier to learning’.
By Meg Hill
31 May 2022
UK
Only one police force in UK is meeting 999 answer targets
Avon and Somerset Police was the only force to meet the standard, according to national statistics released for the first time by the Home Office.
By Meg Hill
31 May 2022
UK
Police forces ‘taking longer to respond to serious offences’
The BBC said responses from 19 forces suggested they were 44% slower to arrive at emergency incidents after 999 calls than in 2013.
By Meg Hill
30 May 2022
UK
Ministers warned of ‘millions’ of winter power cuts and rationed supply – report
Threats to security of supply have prompted Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to ask Britain’s coal-fired power stations to delay their closures.
By Meg Hill
30 May 2022
UK
Johnson ‘planning to expose petrol stations not passing on duty cuts’
The Government introduced a 5p per litre duty cut on March 23.
By Meg Hill
29 May 2022
UK
Year-long inquiry finds ‘systemic racism’ in UK maternity care
The inquiry panel heard evidence from over 300 people with lived and professional experience of racial injustice in maternity care
By Meg Hill
23 May 2022
UK
Police name woman pedestrian who died with her three dogs following car crash
The 26-year-old male driver of the car was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and taken into custody.
By Meg Hill
15 May 2022