Two-year-old survived shooting in Harlesden after bullet missed artery by 1mm
Thousands of lives will be saved in the UK with the government immediately authorising the NHS to use the world’s first coronavirus treatment proven to reduce the risk of death. Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory drug, has been immediately approved to treat all UK hospitalised COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen, including those on ventilators, from today. The drug […]
Good evening, I am delighted to be joined today by the Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, and by Professor Peter Horby, from the University of Oxford’s Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health. Today I’m actually going to let them do most of the talking as they have some news to share on a […]
A Turkish lorry driver has been jailed today for smuggling over £12 million of criminal cash out of the country over a five month period. Nasuf Nasufoglu, 40, from Istanbul, was targeted as part of an investigation by the joint National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Organised Crime Partnership. Cash found in lorry Nasufoglu was […]
NHS England’s top doctor for children and young people’s mental health has urged parents to be alert to signs that children could be experiencing anxiety, distress or low mood as some pupils return to school on Monday (1 June). Lockdown will have increased pressure on many mums, dads and their children, with young people unable […]
A man who killed eight people of the same family in an act of revenge over his sister’s relationship has had his sentence increased after intervention by the Solicitor General, the Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP. Thirty seven year old Shahid Mohammed has finally faced justice, 17 years after fleeing to Pakistan and then […]
A married woman who sexually abused a child and sent the images of it to her lover has been jailed for nine years, after a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. WeeksSouthcombe 380x225NCA officers arrested businesswoman Katie Weeks, 36, and Gareth Southcombe, 42, both of Poole, Dorset, in May 2018. Southcombe, who owns a boating company, […]
Five men have been arrested and around £30,000 cash seized as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into the smuggling of migrants into the UK. Cash in bag on car seatThe five, a 29-year-old Albanian and four Afghan nationals all aged between 39 and 43, were detained by NCA officers on suspicion of facilitating […]
Cyclists will have safer journeys thanks to new laws coming into force from 22 June, Cycling Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has announced today (10 June 2020). Local authorities in England will have new powers to use CCTV to issue penalty charge notices to drivers who park or load illegally in mandatory cycle lanes, putting cyclists at […]