Month: March 2022

She arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire in the early hours of Thursday morning Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has touched down on British soil for the first time since she was detained in Iran six years ago. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire in the early hours of Thursday morning. The mother-of-one, whose husband Richard has long campaigned for her release, left Iran with fellow British-Iranian Anoosheh Ashoori, […]

Boris Johnson said there is “no way Ukraine is going to join Nato anytime soon” as Ukraine’s leader said peace talks with Russia had taken a “realistic” turn. The Prime Minister, who is visiting the Gulf as he tries to wean the West off Russian energy, said he understood the “reality of the position” expressed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during an address to London, in which he appeared to […]

Detained British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is returning to Britain after the Government settled an outstanding £400 million debt owed to the regime in Tehran. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and a second dual national, Anoosheh Ashoori, will be reunited with their families in the UK after being released by the Iranian authorities. A third dual national, Morad Tahbaz, has been released from prison on furlough. The announcement brings […]

HSBC has said it will shut 69 branches as it continues to close banks because of customers switching online. HSBC has said it will shut 69 branches as it continues to close banks because of customers switching online. The move, which could hit around 400 workers across the branches, is the latest in a flurry of closure announcements by the UK’s biggest banks. In January last year, the bank announced […]

Frankie Smith was serving an 8 year sentence it has now been increased to 12years. The mother of Star Hobson has had her prison sentence for causing or allowing the 16-month-old’s death increased by the Court of Appeal. Frankie Smith, 20, was jailed at Bradford Crown Court in December last year for her role in the death of her daughter, who was killed by Smith’s former partner, Savannah Brockhill. Star […]

Tennis star Emma Raducanu, presenter Clara Amfo and Melanie Brown of the Spice Girls were among the winners at Stylist’s Remarkable Women Awards. The event, at The Londoner hotel, honoured women who excel in their field and was hosted by comedian and creator of BBC series Starstruck, Rose Matafeo. Fashion, acting, activism and music were among the areas celebrated during the ceremony. Radio DJ Vick Hope presented the musician of […]

He is to add Larbalestier as a third middle name, along with Carl and Davidson Lewis Hamilton has revealed he is in the process of adding his mother’s surname, Larbalestier, as an additional middle name. It is understood it will be included as a third middle name, along with Carl and Davidson, rather than become a double-barrelled surname for the seven-time world champion. Hamilton’s father Anthony and his mother Carmen […]

All remaining coronavirus travel measures including passenger locator forms will end on Friday in a move to make foreign holidays easier even as coronavirus cases rise in the UK. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Monday that the changes, which also include the requirement for unvaccinated people to be tested for Covid-19 before entering the UK, will “mean greater freedom in time for Easter”. After a meeting with senior ministers, […]

A people-smuggler who fled the UK after 39 Vietnamese nationals were found dead in the back of a lorry is facing jail. Dragos Stefan Damian, 28, was extradited from Italy to face a UK court following the investigation into the deaths of the men, women and children. The victims’ bodies were found in a lorry trailer after it was transported by ferry from Zeebrugge to Purfleet in Essex, early on […]