The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan cleared the courtroom and chastised a defense witness for his heavy sighs, eye rolls and audible reactions to a barrage of objections to his testimony. New York Judge Juan Merchan excused himself Monday for educating a jury on “proper etiquette” in the courtroom just… Read More »
A new driving law is set to have a major impact on all British roads in just a few years. The Department for Transport has confirmed that driverless vehicles could hit UK roads after the new Automated Vehicles (AV) Act becomes law today (20 May). The AV Bill, previously announced in the King’s Speech, could… Read More »
A man who pinned a dog to the ground and hit it twice in the head with a shovel has been banned from owning animals for life. Craig Price, from wakefieldIt was seen that he dragged Moschino, a Bull Mastiff type dog, out of the house by holding his neck, then took a large metal-tipped… Read More »
A campaigner and former sub-postmaster has called on former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells to tell the truth as the Horizon IT investigation “heads into a corner from which there is no way out”. Jo Hamilton was accused of falsely stealing £36,000 from the Post Office branch she ran in South Warnborough, Hampshire. To… Read More »
Here are the rugby evening headlines for Sunday 19 May. Falcons chief responds to Hogg rumors Newcastle Falcons rugby advisor Steve Diamond has responded to reports that Stuart Hogg is in talks with the club over a sensational return to rugby. The Test captain retired from rugby with immediate effect last July ahead of the… Read More »
An exasperated judge told twin thugs why he couldn’t jail them for the bowling alley machete attack as he condemned their family, “ITV morning show” style. Judge Richard Bond said their age at the time and the fact that the incident had happened three years earlier had saved them from prison. But he said he… Read More »
Late Wednesday evening, Matt Briggs opened a bottle of ice-cold champagne and raised his glass to toast a framed picture of his late wife, Kim. It was the end of a whirlwind day sitting in the House of Commons and watching parliamentary history being made. An amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill was unanimously approved… Read More »
There is one supermarket that has been the cheapest for essential shopping for over a year now and that is Lidl. Week after week, it has consistently been the cheapest place for a shopping basket of eight essential items that we have tracked across six major supermarkets for over two years; usually only a few… Read More »
As the so-called “Mean Queen” and the real Queen’s ex-husband, they strive to keep their love secret. But television presenter Anne Robinson, 79, confirmed she was in a relationship with Andrew Parker Bowles, 84. Asked if she was dating the former Household Cavalry officer, who has been married to the Queen for 22 years, she… Read More »
A predatory maths teacher has been found guilty of having sex with two teenage boys he taught at a secondary school. Rebecca Joynes, 30, had been suspended from her high school job and released on bail after having sex with Boy A, 15, after having sex with Boy B, the second child she later became… Read More »