Retired footballer Joey Barton has been charged in connection with allegations relating to social media posts. Mr Barton, 41, is charged with two counts of sending malicious communications relating to BBC presenter Jeremy Vine and former England footballer Lucy Ward. Cheshire Police said Mr Barton, who is originally from Houghton, Merseyside, but now lives in…
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, has resigned as priest following a BBC investigation into the Church of England’s handling of a sex abuse scandal. Lord Carey stepped down after being contacted by the BBC about allegations he allowed a priest banned over sexual abuse allegations to return to ministry. In his resignation letter,…
Stuart Mitchell Reform Britain’s leader Nigel Farage and the party’s new treasurer Nick Candy have met US billionaire Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s Florida retreat. The party said the pair “learned a lot from Musk about the Trump ground game” during an hour-long meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Monday. It said they would have “ongoing discussions…
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is set to buy back thousands of military homes in a deal it says will save millions in rent and maintenance costs. The MoD is to acquire 36,347 houses from property company Annington Homes for about £6 billion, reversing a 1996 privatization deal. MPs have were warned earlier If improvements…
BBC Yango Tengbo said he had “done nothing wrong or illegal”. King’s former school has cut ties with the business whose president has been accused of spying for the Chinese government. Gordonstoun in Moray has canceled a deal with Hampton Group International after its chairman and shareholder Yang Tengbo, known by the nickname “H6”, was…
PowerFuel Portland The site is on the north eastern corner of the Isle of Portland, on land owned by the Port of Portland. A High Court review of plans to build an incinerator on part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Dorset has been allowed to proceed. Planned easement given for land at Port…
One of Britain’s busiest ports to remain closed until January 15 after damage Storm DarraghIt has been announced. Holyhead on Anglesey was originally scheduled to reopen 20th DecemberBut the port said the Terminal 3 and Terminal 5 ferry berths would remain closed to prioritize safety. The prolonged closure was due to two incidents affecting the…
Two brothers serving life sentences for the murder of a couple in Cornwall have been acquitted almost 20 years after being jailed. On 5 November 2003 Carol Fisher, 53, and Graham Fisher, 60, were each shot repeatedly with a shotgun and then beaten with a blunt instrument at their service station near Wadebridge. Robert and…
surrey police Sara Sharif’s body was found at her home in Woking on August 10 last year. The “sadistic” father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sarah Sharif have been jailed for life for her murder. Sarah was hooded, burned and beaten during a “campaign of torture” that lasted two years before her body was found in…
getty images Shawn Brown was shot and killed in 1997 A High Court judge has ordered Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn to hold a public inquiry into the murder of GAA officer Sean Browne. Mr Brown, 61, was shot dead near Randalstown in County Antrim in 1997 after being kidnapped by loyalists. Mr Justice Humphreys…
