Month: November 2022

The bank's also warning of a two-year recession Homeowners are set to face the biggest single shock on their mortgage bills since the 1980s as the Bank of England hiked interest rates for the eighth time in a row. The Bank’s base rate will rise to 3% from 2.25%, its highest for 14 years, and decision makers warned that more hikes are likely. It will pile around £3,000 per year […]

It's concluded at least one victim would have survived had the emergency response not been inadequate One of the 22 people murdered in the Manchester Arena suicide bombing would probably have survived but for inadequacies in the emergency response. Care worker John Atkinson, 28, was six metres away when the explosion went off in the City Room foyer of the venue at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on […]

Actor and broadcaster Ross Kemp was encouraging Londoners to pick up a poppy on Thursday with the aim to raise £1 million in one day for the Royal British Legion (RBL). The RBL ambassador, 58, was seen rallying the troops on Horse Guards Parade alongside members of the Irish Guards and their Irish Wolfhound mascot Seamus on Thursday morning. Kemp, who became a household name playing EastEnders hardman Grant Mitchell, […]

Pc Jonathon Cobban, 35, and former Pc Joel Borders, 46 have each been sentenced to 12 weeks behind bars Two Metropolitan Police officers who shared “grossly offensive” messages in a WhatsApp group with Wayne Couzens have been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment – but granted bail ahead of an appeal. Pc Jonathon Cobban, 35, and former Pc Joel Borders, 46, were members of a chat group called “Bottle and Stoppers” […]

Ed Sheeran said he is “delighted” to become the first artist to have four albums stay in the top 10 of the UK charts for a year. Official Charts Company confirmed on Wednesday that the 31-year-old singer-songwriter’s latest album Equals has now spent 52 weeks in the top 10. Sheeran told OfficialCharts.com: “(I am) delighted to find out that four of my albums have spent a year or more in […]

A pair of John Lennon’s glasses and Kurt Cobain’s smashed guitars are due to headline a blockbuster music memorabilia auction later this month. The items, which are expected to go for almost 500,000 dollars (£430,000) in total, will form part of Julien’s Auctions Icons and Idols: Rock ‘N’ Roll auction. Over 1,500 instruments and artefacts owned and used by some of the world’s most famous artists will go under the […]

It comes amid ongoing uncertainty over whether the Northern Ireland Secretary will call a fresh poll Northern Ireland’s two main parties have accused Chris Heaton-Harris of failing to provide clarity on whether a Northern Ireland election would be held. It comes after the Northern Ireland Secretary met with Stormont leaders on Tuesday morning amid continuing uncertainty over if and when he intends to call an election in the region. Sinn […]

The struggling convenience store chain was bought by the supermarket giant in May for £190 million Around 1,300 jobs are at risk at McColl’s after Morrisons revealed proposals to shut 132 loss-making stores in the convenience chain it bought earlier this year. The supermarket giant sealed a deal to buy its troubled rival for £190 million in a rescue deal in May. On Tuesday, Morrisons unveiled plans to overhaul the convenience retailer […]

The suspect's been named as 66 year old Andrew Leak from High Wycombe Counter-terror police are leading an investigation into the firebombing of an immigration processing centre in Dover which detectives suspect was sparked by “some form of hate filled grievance”. Kent Police said the man suspected of carrying out Sunday’s attack was 66-year-old Andrew Leak from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. After throwing two or three “crude” incendiary devices Leak […]