On the second day of the long overdue public inquiry into the NHS Contaminated Blood scandal, leading Criminal Barrister Sam Stein caused a sensation by referring to the harm caused to haemophiliacs and the deaths of so many as “grievous bodily harm and murder”. He represents four clients, three being ...
Aidan Loy, an aide to ex-PM Michael Howard, was spared jail despite racking up five convictions for drink-driving, a misconduct hearing was told.
When I first saw Heathers I was in hospital. It was, perhaps, an unusual choice; a blackly comic satire about a popular girl (Winona Ryder’s Veronica) who has come to hate the clique she’s a part of (the titular Heathers, played by Kim Walker, Shannen Doherty and Lisanne Falk). Veronica ...
Charles Bronson appears at Leeds Crown Court for alleged attack.
Michael Butcher has converted his home and back garden into a turtle and terrapin sanctuary, and nearly every room is filled with them - including his mum's bedroom.
A group of almost 40 MPs have come together to sign an open letter pleading for a second referendum over Brexit, reports the Daily Mirror. The MPs form a cross party alliance hoping that the nation is given another chance to decide if leaving the EU is the what they ...
In an unprecedented intervention, the National Audit Office (NAO) has accused a government minister of making false statements to MPs to downplay failings of a flagship Tory policy. There were calls for Esther McVey to resign after the Auditor General wrote in an open letter to complain that the Work ...
Today, on Clear Air Day, the Chelsea and Fulham MP Greg Hands who has always told his constituents he would oppose athird runway at Heathrow announced that he was forced to resign as Theresa May is insisting on bringing out the whips to get the majority she needs in a ...
The High Court has judged that the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) cut the benefits for two severely disabled men when they moved onto universal credit. Both men saw a drop in their income of around £178 a month when they were placed on universal credit, instead of their ...