Japan rules out appeal over acquittal of world’s longest death row inmate
Iwao Hakamada was sentenced to death for the murders of four people in 1966 but was not executed, due to Japan’s lengthy ...
UK sees largest annual jump in estimated population size since 1971
Some 68,265,200 people were likely to have been resident in the UK in the middle of last year, up 662,400 from 67,602,800 12 ...
Tiger photo-book raising funds for big cat conservation launched this week
Margot Raggett, founder and producer of the Remembering Wildlife series, will speak at the launch event on Wednesday, alongside tiger conservationist and author Valmik Thapar, and wildlife ...
England rally at end of tough day against Pakistan but concerns over Ben Duckett
England suffered a chaotic second day in Multan, watching Pakistan pile up 556 to take control of the first Test before their response was undermined by a worrying thumb injury for opener Ben Duckett.
Torro issue a severe weather warning for parts of Dorset
The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TSRO) has warned isolated tornados could be coming to the area amid a severe weather warning. The warning for gusty wins up to 55mph, 10mm in diameter hail ...
Yellow weather warning for rain and thunderstorms issued for parts of England
A yellow weather warning for heavy showers and thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office which advises that flooding and damage could be caused by storms. An area stretching from Dorset to Kent ...
Car’s screeching tyres sounded ‘alarm bells’ before Kaba shooting, court told
Witness MY40 was giving evidence at the murder trial of police officer Martyn Blake who shot dead Chris Kaba in London in September 2022.
Sir Keir Starmer now as unpopular with public as Nigel Farage, polling suggests
YouGov’s latest polling appears to show Labour’s honeymoon period in office has ended, with all Cabinet ministers judged unfavourably by ...
Man Utd defender Harry Maguire sidelined for ‘a few weeks’ through injury
Harry Maguire will be sidelined for “a few weeks” with the injury he picked up on Sunday. The Manchester United defender had to be helped off the pitch late on in the first half of Sunday’s draw ...
Ringleader of £76m cocaine smuggling plot to appeal against prison sentence
The ringleader of a plot to smuggle £76 million of cocaine into Britain from Ecuador in consignments of bananas is appealing against his 20-year prison sentence. James Stevenson, 59, known as The ...
Both Findlay’s leadership rivals in new Tory frontbench team
Murdo Fraser remains responsible for business, the economy and tourism, while Meghan Gallacher is now housing spokeswoman.
Teenage girl ‘grabbed, pushed and threatened’ in Lymington car park
A TEENAGE girl was reportedly ‘grabbed, pushed and threatened’ by an unknown man in a car park. Police are appealing for witnesses after the reported assault between Emsworth Road and School Lane in ...