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Terror suspect Daniel Khalife’s escape from prison was “clearly pre-planned” and “it is a question” whether it was an inside job, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said. Sir Mark Rowley branded it “extremely concerning” that the 21-year-old, who was able to sneak out of HMP Wandsworth in south west London on Wednesday, was “on the loose”. His comments come as the force confirmed officers had overnight been searching Richmond Park […]

The King has recorded a poignant message and released a favourite photograph of his mother to mark the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death and his accession to throne. Charles, in words written and audio spoken at Balmoral Castle where the Queen died on September 8 last year, said he recalled with “great affection her long life, devoted service and all she meant to so many of us”. Friday […]

Network Rail has admitted health and safety failings over a rail crash that claimed three lives. Train driver Brett McCullough, 45, conductor Donald Dinnie, 58, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, 62, died in the derailment near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, on August 12, 2020. At the High Court in Aberdeen on Thursday, the company admitted a charge covering the period from May 1, 2011 to August 12, 2020. It admitted it failed to […]

Police are continuing to hunt for a former soldier accused of terrorism, as a senior Government minister admitted there were questions to answer about the prison escape. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, went missing in his cook’s uniform from HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday, prompting extra security checks at major transport hubs. There are fears the fugitive – who has been missing since 8am on Wednesday – might try to flee the […]

A former soldier accused of terrorism has escaped jail from a prison kitchen by clinging on to a delivery van. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, went missing in his cook’s uniform from HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday shortly before 8am, where he was being held awaiting trial for planting a fake bomb and gathering information that might be useful to terrorists or enemies of the UK. He has denied the three charges […]

Here is a full list of schools with confirmed Raac (reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete) as of August 30, according to the Department for Education. The list is arranged alphabetically and reads, from left to right: name of school; type of action taken; primary or secondary school; type of school. There are 147 schools where Raac has been confirmed and where action has been taken. There are four types of action, […]

One of the last surviving female Bletchley Park codebreakers, who worked helping to decipher enemy communications during the Second World War, has died aged 99. Margaret Betts, of Ipswich, Suffolk was 19 years old when she was headhunted by “men from the ministry”, having performed well at school, her son Jonathan Betts, 68, said. He said she agreed to help, explaining: “She had recently lost her brother because his ship […]

Administrators for Wilko have announced 1,332 further job cuts at the stricken high street retailer. The GMB union, which represents more than 3,000 Wilko workers, said it has been informed that 1,016 jobs will be axed across 52 Wilko stores. It added that 24 of these sites will close on Tuesday September 12, and the remaining 28 will be closed two days later. Meanwhile, there will be a further 299 […]

Spain’s Women’s World Cup-winning coach Jorge Vilda has been sacked amid the fallout from the scandal involving the Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales. Vilda was the only member of the women’s national team coaching set-up not to resign in protest at the behaviour of Rubiales at the end of the World Cup final, but the Spanish football federation (RFEF) confirmed his dismissal on Tuesday afternoon. Concerns over Vilda’s coaching methods […]