Polls will open today at 7am for three by-elections across the country, as voters decide who they want to represent them in parliament. The seats of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in west London, Selby and Ainsty in North Yorkshire, and Somerton and Frome in Somerset, will all be up for grabs, with polls closing at
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Dan Wootton has addressed claims regarding his personal conduct made on social media, calling all criminal allegations made against him “untrue” and claiming he is the victim of a “smear campaign”. The journalist and presenter made a statement at the start of his daily GB News show, Dan Wootton Tonight, telling viewers: ” As a
BBC boss Tim Davie says the corporation has been in touch with the family of a person at the centre of allegations surrounding Huw Edwards. Speaking at a pre-arranged Lords Communications Committee session on Tuesday, the director-general said: “We have been in touch with the complainant, we want to be engaged and appropriately listening and
Police bodycam footage has been released showing a dog attack – taken moments before the animal was tasered and put into a wheelie bin by officers. The footage, taken during the incident in Coventry on Tuesday, shows the dog attacking other dogs while people nervously attempt to separate the animals. It was released by West
No criminal offences were committed in relation to the deaths of two young swimmers off Bournemouth beach, police have concluded. Joe Abbess, 17, and Sunnah Khan, 12, drowned and eight other people were treated by paramedics after they were suspected to have been caught in a riptide next to the pier at the Dorset seaside
With Huw Edwards in hospital with “serious mental health issues” and facing no further action by police, the newspaper that broke the story is now under the spotlight. The Sun is facing questions over its coverage of allegations against the 61-year-old newsreader – with some asking whether the claims should have been reported at all.
Millions of UK public sector workers, including teachers and doctors, will get pay rises of about 6% after Rishi Sunak decided to accept the recommendations of independent pay review bodies. The bodies had suggested pay rises of between 6% and 6.5% for 2023-24, at a potential cost of £5bn. Mr Sunak met Jeremy Hunt, the
Four police officers who smashed ice with their hands and elbows to try to reach young boys trapped beneath a frozen lake are among the nominees in this year’s Police Bravery Awards. The officers, who ignored safety guidelines, were the first to answer calls to the lake in Solihull where four boys had vanished after
The BBC has published its annual report including details of the highest paid stars, as bosses deal with the fallout from allegations made against a presenter. Football star Gary Lineker is once again the broadcaster’s biggest earner, taking home between £1,350,000 and £1,354,999 for his work on Match Of The Day, Sports Personality Of The
The BBC’s director general will face the media today as the scandal over a top presenter deepens. Tim Davie will speak to journalists as he unveils the broadcaster’s annual report, which is set to reveal how much its biggest stars are paid. But the briefing will likely be overshadowed by questions about the unnamed celebrity
Police are appealing for help to find a 23-year-old man in connection to a serious assault in west London. Sam Gray is wanted for questioning after two people were allegedly assaulted in Uxbridge. Metropolitan Police officers said they were called to an address on Arklay Close at around 10.40pm on Friday. They said officers found
The BBC has suspended the unnamed presenter accused of paying a teenager thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos. The presenter allegedly first requested images from the youth in 2020 when they were aged 17 and has made a series of payments over the years, according to The Sun. In a statement, the broadcaster said
A “household name” BBC presenter accused of paying a teenager for explicit photos is facing fresh allegations that he stripped to his underpants during a video call with the youth. The young person’s mother said she was “shocked” after her offspring showed her a screenshot of the video chat, in which the unnamed star was sitting
Below the Medway Viaduct on the A21 in Kent, nettles have reclaimed a shrine left in the memory of Azra Kemal. The 21-year-old died there in July 2020 after falling from the dual carriageway bridge. Her car had broken down nearby and caught fire. She was travelling back to London with a male friend. Paramedics
The King has arrived at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, where he will be presented with the Honours of Scotland, the country’s crown jewels. He and the Queen travelled the short distance from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to the church, where leading figures from Scotland’s national life gathered for the event. Scotland’s First Minister Humza
A nurse has been struck off after her secret lover patient died in a car. Penelope Williams had been a registered nurse working at a renal haemodialysis unit in Wrexham since October 2019 when the incident happened. On the evening of 8 January 2022, the patient was found partially clothed in the back of a
The energy regulator has threatened action against household suppliers if they put investors before hard-pressed households. Ofgem’s chief executive Jonathan Brearley warned that financial practices seen before the energy crisis would not be tolerated. New rules were brought in last November to bolster the resilience of business models after the collapse of more than 20
Drivers have been paying more for fuel since 2019 due to weakening competition between retailers, a regulator has said. They said that increased supermarket fuel margins led to drivers paying an extra 6p per litre. Asda has also been fined £60,000 for a failure to provide information when required, the regulator added. It comes in
Young people are increasingly using AI for various creative processes like making music, according to a charity. Tee Peters, musician and programme director at Sound Connections, has been using AI in the process of making his music for years. He said that for him, AI acts as the “perfect assistant” when it comes to mixing
Households will pay less for their gas and electricity from today but bills will still be almost double what they were before the energy crisis. The average household energy bill will fall by £426 a year from 1 July after Ofgem dropped its price cap following tumbling wholesale prices. People had been advised to submit
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