Sex offence convictions against 15 people are to be set aside because of “legislative error,” the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has said. The cases involve 17 victims, the majority of whom were […]
UK firms have voluntarily returned more than £215m to the government in furlough scheme payments they did not need or took in error. According to HMRC figures, some 80,433 employers have returned […]
A so-called pickup artist who was jailed for targeting young women has had his conviction quashed on appeal. Adnan Ahmed – who called himself Addy A-game – secretly filmed himself approaching women […]
No evidence has been found that a railway worker who died with coronavirus had been spat on, a report by her employer has found. Belly Mujinga, 47, died on 5 April, a […]
Ex-Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has been jailed for two years for sexually assaulting two women. Elphicke, 49, the former MP for Dover, was convicted of groping the women in similar situations, nine […]
The UK unemployment rate has risen to its highest level for two years, official figures show. The unemployment rate grew to 4.1% in the three months to July, compared with 3.9% previously. […]
A proposed law giving Boris Johnson’s government the power to override parts of the Brexit agreement with the EU has passed its first hurdle in the Commons. MPs backed the Internal Market […]
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder a police officer who has been left with severe burns to his arms and leg. Devon and Cornwall Police said the […]
The government has announced a “truce” on enforcement action for tenants facing eviction in England and Wales this Christmas. It also said that evictions will not be enforced in areas subject to […]
The EU has threatened the UK with legal action if it does not ditch a bill to override key parts of the Brexit divorce deal “by the end of the month”. In […]
