Shakeil Thibou on trial in Cher Maximen murder case
Jeremy Britton BBC News Reporting fromThe Old Bailey Handout Cher Maximen was stabbed in the groin and died six days later A woman was fatally stabbed in front of her…
Governments explore NI paramilitary disbandment talks
Julian O’Neill BBC News NI crime and justice correspondent PA Media Groups aligned to the UVF are heavily involved in criminality The UK and Irish governments are to explore formal…
Rishi Sunak ‘honoured’ to become prostate cancer ambassador
Former prime minister Rishi Sunak has said he is “honoured” to become a prostate cancer charity ambassador. He will support Prostate Cancer Research’s campaign to introduce a national screening programme…
Ex-archbishop George Carey among clergy facing possible disciplinary action
Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey is among a number of clergy facing possible disciplinary action over safeguarding failures after a report into prolific abuser John Smyth, the Church of…
Man, 80, ‘racially taunted’ before fatal park attack
A 15-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl killed an 80-year-old man after using racist taunts against him while he was walking his dog, a court has heard. Leicester Crown Court was…
Has Germany’s ‘firewall’ against the far right been breached by AfD success?
Paul Kirby & Kristina Volk BBC News in Berlin Getty Images AfD leaders, including Alice Weidel (C) and Tino Chrupalla (to her R) gathered on Tuesday for their first post-election…
UK to hike defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027
UK Parliament Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has set out plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2027, as peace talks to end the war in…
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses fraud appeal
Theranos founder and former chief executive Elizabeth Holmes has lost an appeal against her conviction for defrauding investors in her blood-testing company. Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years…
Environment Secretary Steve Reed speech disrupted by farm inheritance tax protest
Malcolm Prior/BBC Farmers concerned that government changes to inheritance tax rules will make many businesses unprofitable gathered in protest outside the conference Farmers protesting at government changes to agricultural inheritance…
BBC sorry for ‘missed opportunities’ over DJ Tim Westwood’s ‘bullying behaviour’
The BBC board has apologised over “missed opportunities” to tackle “bullying and misogynistic behaviour” by former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood. An independent report commissioned in 2022 by the…