A public inquiry will be held into the Southport attacks, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced. It comes after 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to killing three girls – six-year-old Bebe King,…
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UK: Teenager pleads guilty to killing three girls in Southport knife attack
A British teenager has pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in the northern United Kingdom in July, a crime that horrified the nation and was…
UK: Hundreds of Ethiopians gather to celebrate Timkat
Hundreds of people have gathered in Birmingham to celebrate Timkat, the Ethiopian Epiphany. The colourful festival takes place on 19 January but festivities start on the evening before. It marks…
UK: Corbyn and McDonnell face police interview after pro-Palestinian rally
MPs Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have agreed to be interviewed under caution by police following a pro-Palestinian rally in central London on Saturday, the BBC understands. The former Labour…
UK: Sara Sharif’s killers in sentence appeal bid
The father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif are seeking permission to appeal against their sentences for her murder. Sara was hooded, burned and beaten during more than two years of abuse…
UK: Trump will want a good deal with London- Darren Jones
President-elect Donald Trump will want to do a good deal with the UK, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones has insisted. Jones, the chancellor’s second-in-command, said he was confident…
UK: Authorities set to introduce digital driving licences
Digital driving licences are to be introduced in the UK as the government looks to use technology to “transform public services”. They will be accessed on a new government smartphone…
UK: No convictions for breaching sanctions on Russia
The UK has not carried out a single conviction for breaches of Russian sanctions, the National Crime Agency has said. Financial sanctions on Russia were introduced following the annexation of…
UK: We must rejoin EU customs union, says Lib Dem Davey
The UK should negotiate a new customs union deal with the European Union, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said. In a speech in London, he argued it was…
UK: First as vertical rocket launch licence granted
A company behind a rocket engine which exploded during a test at the UK’s new spaceport in Shetland could still be the first in Europe to carry out vertical launches…