The Food Standards Agency has issued a ‘do not eat’ warning due to a long list of herbs and spices that may be contaminated. nfinity Foods Co-operative Ltd is recalling several herb and spice products because they contain mustard, which is not declared on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk… Read More »
Footage has been released of police raiding the Oldham flat of a ‘perverted’ gang who were holding a Romanian woman hostage. The gang, including a brother and sister, forced the young mother into sex work after tricking her into coming to the UK. Five men and a woman have been jailed for a total of… Read More »
The elderly father of an Indian woman sentenced to death in the UAE has pleaded for mercy from the Gulf state’s ruling family and his own country’s leaders in a last-ditch effort to save her life. Shahzadi Khan, 33, was allegedly lured by a fraudster and smuggled to Abu Dhabi to be implicated in the… Read More »
At Lord Fellowes’ funeral in Norfolk last month, all eyes were on two highly recognisable figures: the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex. According to reports, Prince Harry made a last-minute, secret trip to the UK to attend his beloved uncle’s funeral, where he was reunited with his brother. However, any hopes of… Read More »
A Navy commodore gave “false” testimony in a £500,000 court battle for an injured sailor, a judge has said. Joleen Williams, 39, suffered a spinal injury while eating dinner at the captain’s table when the frigate HMS St Albans made an unplanned turn off the south coast of England in October 2014. As the ship… Read More »
According to The Telegraph, some prisoners released earlier this week were recalled to prison a few days after their release. The first offender to be sent back to prison is understood to have been recalled within 36 hours of being released on Tuesday under the government’s early release scheme. Around 1,750 prisoners were released on… Read More »
A teacher who carried a banner depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman as coconuts at a pro-Palestinian protest has been acquitted of racially aggravated public disorder. Marieha Hussain, 37, rejected the prosecution’s claim that the banner contained a “racial slur” and told her trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court that “it is clear there is not… Read More »
“People stopped coming because they had nowhere to park,” says Anna Sheridan, owner of the Plumcake cafe in Bramhall’s Village Square shopping centre. On a sunny September day, it would normally be full of people milling around the shops and chatting over coffee in the central square. But United Utilities’ decision to close the Village… Read More »
A woman reduced children to tears when she arrived at their door with a pair of scissors. Samantha Hurley also attacked a shop owner and insulted a stranger by calling him a “f***” after he refused to pay for a taxi. After drinking a litre of vodka, he punched both men before attacking two police… Read More »
The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) online guidance on GOV.UK shows that people of State Pension age on a low income and receiving a middle or top-rate care component such as Participation Allowance or Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Adult Disability Payment (ADP) may be eligible for an additional £81.50… Read More »