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The National Crime Agency say 38-year-old Nicholas Clayton from The Wirral has been jailed for 20 months A British headteacher who groomed at least 131 children worldwide using social media while working at a school in Iraq has been jailed, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. Nicholas Clayton, 38, from The Wirral, used Facebook Messenger to contact children as young as 10, asking for photos and attempting to sexually […]

The incident took place in Huddersfield yesterday afternoon A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 15-year-old who was fatally stabbed outside his school gates. A murder inquiry was launched after the teenager died in hospital following an attack close to the entrance of North Huddersfield Trust School (NHTS) in Woodhouse Hill at 2.45pm on Wednesday, West Yorkshire Police said. The force has now confirmed […]

The Health Secretary has promised a “laser-like” focus on NHS problems as she set out plans for patients to see a GP within two weeks and committed to keeping the four hour A&E target. Therese Coffey told MPs that “most of the time patients have a great experience but we must not paper over the problems we face”, as she noted “too much variation in the access and care people […]

JLS star Aston Merrygold has tied the knot with his long-term girlfriend, Sarah Louise Richards. The 34-year-old singer has been with the professional dancer and choregrapher for just over a decade, and they got engaged in December 2017. Announcing the news on Instagram, he shared a photo of them wearing their wedding bands before adding, “We did it” plus a black love heart and ring emoji. Richards shared the same […]

Vladimir Putin is desperately trying to justify a “catastrophic” failure in Ukraine, Liz Truss has said, accusing the Russian president of “sabre rattling” after he warned his country would use “all the means at our disposal” to protect itself. It comes as world leaders gather at a United Nations summit in New York to discuss the ongoing Russian assault on Ukraine. The Russian president’s comments in a televised address to […]

Boris Johnson was among the latest group of MPs to pledge allegiance to the King as the House of Commons met for the first time since the Queen’s funeral. The Conservative former prime minister was the 15th MP on Wednesday to take an oath of allegiance to Charles. Mr Johnson spent time in the queue chatting with DUP MP Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) and Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan. Holding the […]

Physiotherapy staff across England and Wales will vote on industrial action after overwhelmingly rejecting this year’s NHS pay award. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) said almost 80% of those voting in England said they were prepared to take industrial action, with 83% in Wales. The CSP Council is recommending members vote in support of action following a decision already taken to ballot in Scotland. The votes will be the […]

Liz Truss has said soaring energy bills are a “price worth paying” to secure the UK’s “long-term security” as the fight against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine causes costs to spike. The Prime Minister insisted she would not be telling Britons to ration their energy use this winter as the Russian President limits gas supplies to Europe. Ms Truss’s multibillion-pound price guarantee will prevent average annual household bills going past […]

Scores of staff were deployed for a clean-up operation to return the streets of central London to normal just a few hours after the Queen’s funeral had ended. Westminster City Council and waste management partner Veolia said they had sent additional cleaning teams to the centre of the city over recent days in a “huge operation” to ensure it was kept clean as crowds flocked to the capital for the […]