admin

Labour has pledged to ensure British produce makes up at least half of food in schools, hospitals and prisons as it set out its “new deal” for UK farmers. The party said it would use government buying power to back agricultural businesses as it seeks to woo rural voters before a general election next year. A quota-driven approach across parts of the public sector at home would run alongside Sir […]

Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has said she feels “robbed” of 2023 following her cancer diagnosis. The 33-year-old Welsh dancer has had a mastectomy, chemotherapy and fertility treatment throughout this year and is looking forward to being “fit and healthy” in 2024. She also hopes to win the BBC celebrity dance competition’s Glitterball trophy next year. Dowden finished her last bout of chemotherapy in November, she said in an […]

Teenage sensation Luke Littler is daring to dream after he continued his historic World Darts Championship journey to reach the quarter-finals. Teenage sensation Luke Littler is daring to dream after he continued his historic World Darts Championship journey by downing hero Raymond van Barneveld to reach the quarter-finals. The 16-year-old has set the Alexandra Palace tournament alight on debut and is the youngest player ever to reach the last eight after a stunning 4-1 win. He […]

Two-time Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson has died, his family has announced. The British actor, well known for his role in The Full Monty as former steel mill foreman Gerald Cooper, died “suddenly” on Saturday. His death was confirmed in a statement shared by his agent on behalf of his family. The statement read: “It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at […]

The 29-year-old man was found injured and given first aid by paramedics at the scene. Officers were called by the London Ambulance Service to the scene at the Abbey estate near St John’s Wood just after 7.30pm on Friday. A man was taken to hospital but died later that evening. A cordon is in place at the scene near London’s famous Abbey Road while detectives, who have launched a murder […]

It follows an incident in Sheffield on Wednesday A 23-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with the murder of a “Good Samaritan”, who died after being hit by a car while trying to help a stranger. Father-of-two Chris Marriott, 46, died on Wednesday after he went to the aid of a woman he saw unconscious in the street during a disturbance in the Burngreave area […]

They've been honoured for their work setting up the brain injury charity SameYou. The actress said she still briefly feels as though she is having another brain haemorrhage every time she gets a headache, and described how not being able to speak after surgery made her think “let this end now”. Her first brain haemorrhage, a bleed on the brain, happened while working out in a north London gym in […]

The list for 2024 includes many from the world of entertainment, sport and business. The King has made the Archbishop of Canterbury a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (RVO) in recognition of his prominent role in the coronation. Justin Welby anointed and crowned Charles during the ceremony on May 6 at Westminster Abbey, as the world watched the King fulfil his destiny. Meanwhile, Dame Shirley Bassey says […]

A driver has been caught behind the wheel while disqualified 20 times within four years, an investigation found. The motorist, who has not been publicly identified, was among 37,595 British drivers convicted of the offence during that period, figures obtained by the PA news agency revealed. There were 8,025 repeat offenders, including 123 who were caught more than five times. A senior police officer said the Driver and Vehicle Licensing […]