Michael Gove warned the EU today that a trade deal was off without ‘fundamental change’ in its bargaining position – as Michael Barnier signalled that talks could be restarted. The Cabinet Minister told MPs this afternoon that fresh discussions would be ‘meaningless’ as it stands because of the impasse over state aid rules and fishing. … Read more
A moped rider has won a landmark court battle with a ‘no win, no fee’ legal firm who charged her £1,780 over her successful £1,530 compensation claim – and which could now spark ‘£2.5billion’ of similar actions. The new ruling came after accident victim Darya Belsner, 32, took her case – launched after she was … Read more
Mother, 18, weeps as she appears in court charged with manslaughter over death of her 20-month-old daughter ‘who was left in a flat for six days’ Verphy Kudi, 18, appeared in court today after the death of her daughter Asiah 20-month-old died at address in Islingword Road, Brighton, in December 2019 Kudi, charged with manslaughter, was … Read more
A graffiti artist has insisted a mural of a girl using a bicycle tyre as a hula hoop is his own, despite Banksy sharing a picture of the piece on his own Instagram page – the anonymous artist’s usual way of authenticating his work. Itchers, based in Birmingham, has assured local media in Nottingham that … Read more
Mother, 30, admits killing church warden, 88, in Co-op during stabbing spree after she was released from mental health treatment at start of lockdown Mother-of-one Zara Anne Radcliffe stabbed John Rees, 88, in Peygraig Co-op He was attacked while his dementia-suffering wife Eunice, 87, waited in their car Radcliffe was suffering from schizophrenia at time, Merthyr Crown … Read more
A prison officer had a baby with a jailed murderer after striking up a passionate relationship as she guarded him behind bars. Kerianne Stephens, 26, slept with hit-and-run killer Louis Tate during a five-month romance in HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. The relationship, which carried on between September 1, 2018, and January 8 last … Read more
Four days ago, the New York Post published a bombshell report raising serious new questions about presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s relationship with Ukranian energy company Burisma. The story, which made startling and apparently damning reading was based on a cache of emails and photos allegedly retrieved from Hunter Biden’s laptop that … Read more
Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees and York could get £55million between them if they are next to face the strictest Tier Three lockdown rules amid surging coronavirus infection rates. The Yorkshire towns and cities may be in the firing line for Tier Three rules which ban people from socialising indoors or in gardens and can force … Read more
The wife of a British pilot carried her motionless one-year-old daughter from the lift into the foyer of a five star hotel sobbing that her husband had ‘killed my child – he hit her’, a court was told. Airbus 330 captain Mohamed Barakat, 41, faces up to 20 years in a Kazakh jail if convicted … Read more
Nearly two-thirds of coronavirus hospital patients are still suffering organ damage months after being discharged, a small study has warned. Oxford University experts found 60 per cent of patients had scarring or inflammation in their lungs three months after beating the virus. MRI scans showed 30 per cent had lasting damage to their kidney, 26 … Read more