British Isles
Man sentenced for attempted pipe bomb attack on GAA club
John Wilson, 59, has been sentenced to three years for attempting to plant two crude pipe bombs on cars at the East Belfast GAA training grounds in August 2020. The devices, intended to…
Last-minute offer may avert strike by resident doctors
A major strike by resident doctors in England, due to begin on 17 December, may be averted after ministers offered the British Medical Association a new deal centred on expanding training opportunities rather…
UK teacher fired for telling child Britain is still a Christian state
A primary school teacher who told a Muslim pupil that 'Britain is still a Christian state' was dismissed and reported to safeguarding authorities after the comment was deemed hurtful to Islam, triggering a…
Hillsborough enquiry: victims’ relatives will never get justice
A major new report has confirmed extensive police failings before and after the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster, which killed 97 Liverpool fans - the UK’s worst sporting tragedy. After a decade-long investigation, the…
London: nursery worker admits to many sexual assaults and indecent images
A deeply disturbing safeguarding scandal has unfolded in north London after nursery worker Vincent Chan admitted to 26 charges including sexual assault and creating severe indecent images of children in his care. The…
Doctors’ appointments: Streeting and BMA in major row
A row has erupted over England’s move to require all GP surgeries to offer online booking for non-urgent appointments, with Wes Streeting accusing the British Medical Association (BMA) of acting like ‘moaning minnies’.…
Birmingham: council to press ahead with radical changes on bin collection
In Birmingham, the city council and the Unite union remain locked in a bitter deadlock as the city’s bin strike enters its twelfth month, including nine months of full walkouts. Despite the ongoing…
Met police's huge rollout of facial recognition technology
The Government is preparing a major expansion of facial recognition technology across the UK, giving police access to passport and driving-licence photos to speed up the identification of offenders. The Met Police, which…
‘Shine, Jesus shine’ remixed for Christmas campaign
The classic worship song Shine, Jesus, Shine has been newly reimagined for the UK-wide ‘Shine Your Light’ Christmas campaign, which seeks to unite thousands of believers in a shared moment of worship and…
France: Paris leads the way in tackling ‘carspreading’
Across the UK and Europe, cars are steadily growing longer, wider, and heavier - a trend critics have nicknamed ‘carspreading’. SUVs in particular have surged in popularity, with their market share rising from…
