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Lyne Barlow has been sent to prison for nine years A travel agent who pretended to family and customers that she had cancer as part of a £2.6m con has been jailed for nine years. Married mother-of-two Lyne Barlow, 39, formerly of Stanley, County Durham, sold holidays around the world for too-good-to-be-true prices, conning more than 1,400 victims before her business crashed in September 2020. She even stole £520,000 from […]

He replaces John Mousinho, who left the role to become Portsmouth Head Coach Leyton Orient defender Omar Beckles has been elected the new chair of the Professional Footballers’ Association. The 31-year-old was chosen by fellow members of the PFA Players’ Board, the formal player representation body within the union which is made up of elected PFA members from the Premier League, WSL and EFL. “I’m honoured to be elected to […]

The film is due to be released on Friday The Princess of Wales has been pictured with radio presenter Roman Kemp wrapped up against the winter chill during the filming of a video to promote her early years campaign. Wearing a sheepskin coat, polo neck jumper and gloves, Kate smiles for the photographer with Kemp beside her in the image taken in Hertfordshire last month. The princess launched her Shaping […]

Rishi Sunak made the comments in an interview with Piers Morgan Rishi Sunak insisted he can get the economy growing again “this year” as he urged people to “have hope” despite bleak assessments of the UK’s finances. The Prime Minister said on Thursday he could quickly turn around the nation’s fortunes after the Bank of England predicted a recession will be shorter and shallower than expected. But the Bank hiked […]

The reforms follow the murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes Families with vulnerable youngsters will be given extra support before they reach crisis point under a sweeping shake-up of children’s social care. The plan, which follows criticism of the safeguarding system in the wake of the murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson, will see early interventions for families with addiction, domestic abuse or mental health problems to help them stay […]

The Prime Minister will mark his centenary of days in Downing Street facing questions over his judgment Rishi Sunak’s political rivals said the first 100 days of his reign as prime minister have been “dogged by a festering swamp of Tory sleaze scandals”. The Prime Minister will mark his centenary of days in Downing Street on Thursday facing questions over his judgment as an investigation into one of his Cabinet ministers […]

That's according to the Nationwide The average UK house price fell by 0.6% in January, according to an index. Annual house price growth slowed to 1.1%, from 2.8% in December, and the typical property value is now 3.2% lower than its August peak, Nationwide Building Society said. The average UK house price in January 2023 was £258,297. The annual growth rate of 1.1% is the lowest since the early months […]

Chelsea and Manchester United beat the clock in the final minutes of the transfer window with the Blues breaking the British transfer record by signing Enzo Fernandez from Benfica. The 22-year-old midfielder has signed a deal that will run until 2031, with Chelsea paying £106.8million (121m euros) for the Argentina World Cup winner. Announcing the deal, Benfica said: “In a statement sent to the Securities Market Commission (CMVM) at 12:13am […]

Teachers in England and Wales are among around half a million people walking out today Hundreds of thousands of workers – including school teachers – are going on strike for what will be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. Teachers in England and Wales, who are members of the National Education Union (NEU), will embark on their first day of strikes on Wednesday, which threaten […]