Scunthorpe threatened by British Steel announcement Scunthorpe residents fear for steelworks future as the British Steel insolvency puts 5000 jobs at risk. Firm’s owners Greybull Capital failed to secure financial support form […]
British Steel insolvency endangers 5,000 jobs British Steel has been placed in compulsory liquidation endangering thousands of jobs. The insolvency is the result of a breakdown in rescue talks between the company’s […]
Man charged with assault after throwing a milkshake at Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage responding to the EU Referendum Thirty-Two-year-old Paul Crowther, has been charged on the account of common assault as […]
Government to cover cladding costs to avoid Grenfell style disasters The Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has confirmed that the government will spend £200m on replacing Grenfell style cladding on approximately 150 private […]
More than half of UK GPs dangerously overworked The medical publication Pulse has published survey results indicating that UK GPs are being heavily overworked. GPs are seeing up to 60 patients a […]
Winter is the toughest time for people living in food poverty. Statistics released by the Trussell Trust found food bank use increased by 13% from 2017 to 2018 and those in the […]
For the second year in a row, UK Charity Help Refugees has established a Choose Love pop-up shop in London. This year they have expanded with a new shop in New York […]
Andrew Parker, the head of MI5, has been meeting with European security chiefs in Berlin today. He accused Russia of breaching international rules following the Salisbury nerve agent attack. Mr Parker also […]
Severely ill child Alfie Evans’ case to face Court of Appeal The parents of Alfie Evans are today making a final challenge against the High Court ruling on Monday, that prevents them […]
Across the country communities are celebrating the centenary of women’s suffrage. In 1918 women over thirty were given the right to vote for the first time in British history. This momentous victory […]
The Supreme Court this week is hearing what could become a landmark case for the rights of workers in the gig economy. On Tuesday the country’s highest court began an appeal brought […]
Three men have been assaulted on a train to Chelmsford. The incident began when a teenager, dressed in a penguin costume, went to the train’s toilet. Six men sitting nearby asked him […]
Premier League Champions Leicester City have held talks with former England manager Roy Hodgson, with a view to finding a long-term successor to Claudio Ranieri. The club’s Thai owners are also thought to […]
Wales Rugby Union captain, Sam Warburton is close to stepping down after six years in the role. The Cardiff Blues flanker became the youngest player to captain Wales when he took on […]
Junior doctors are staging a forty-eight-hour strike following a row with the government over new contracts. This comes after Health minister Jeremy Hunt imposed new terms to the doctors’ contracts. These include […]
This weekend will be one of the most exciting on the rugby calendar. This year’s Six Nations Championship gets under way. It’s the women who get proceedings going on Friday night. They’ve […]
The floods that ravaged much of the north of England over the christmas period were some of the worst seen in decades. Swathes of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Scotland were severely affected by […]
Liverpool’s Fara Williams scored her third World Cup penalty to secure victory for England in their defeat of European champions Germany in the match for third place. The 1-0 scoreline mean the […]
The England women’s team earned the respect of world football in Canada by matching the holders Japan throughout the match and going down to a very late goal after hitting the woodwork […]
England’s women’s team have beaten the World Cup hosts Canada 2-1 in Vancouver to reach the semi-finals for the first time. They held on after Jodie Taylor and Lucy Bronze scored two […]
England followed a vastly improved day of batting with an equally very good day of bowling and have won the first test against New Zealand at Lords. On the last day Alastair […]
England’s fightback on the fourth day of the first test match with New Zealand has been boosted with another spectacular century. Rain and tea punctuated Alastair Cook’s century. After play resumed England’s […]
England’s Alastair Cook has scored a century in the fourth day of the first test match against New Zealand. With rain stopping play and the covers on, at tea-time England were 261 […]
England are optimistic as they begin day four of the first Investec Test against New Zealand. The hosts are still 60 runs adrift, but have eight second-innings wickets intact. Cook and Ian […]
Today marks the celebration of St. George the patron Saint of England. St. George was born into a noble Christian family in Turkey and went on to serve in the Roman army. […]
David Cameron visits the four UK nations in one day Ed Miliband spends the day in Bristol focusing on health Nick Clegg attacks Labour and Conservatives Nicola Sturgeon sets out plan to […]
A change in the law means drivers in England will now receive 10 minutes grace after their parking tickets have run out before being fined. The legislative reform has been passed by […]
Wales 16 – 21 England A famous victory for England as the Roses came from behind to snatch victory from the jaws of the Dragon in Cardiff on Friday night. Chris Robshaw […]
The Six Nations rolls into Cardiff this evening, with the Welsh opening the tournament to their old enemy England under the Friday night lights. The cauldron of noise and passion that is […]
Tri Series, Sydney England 234 (47.5 overs) Morgan 121; Starc 4-42 Australia 235-7 (39.5 overs) Warner 127; Woakes 4-40 Australia won by three wickets. A David Warner hundred led Australia to a […]
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