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Reform UK is under criminal investigation after allegations the party breached donation rules on foreign funding. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police have launched an inquiry after receiving “a number of reports” following a Channel 4 News broadcast last week, the force said. Reform UK denies any wrongdoing and will “fully co-operate” with the probe, a spokesman said. It comes after an undercover report by Channel 4 that showed senior Reform […]

Hundreds of police officers lined the street at the funeral of a colleague who was killed in a collision on the A66. Standard bearers represented every UK force at the service for Pc Matthew Blades, 37, at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in his home town of Hartlepool. He was killed with his colleague Pc Tom Clough, 38, in a horrific collision at South Bank, near Middlesbrough, in which five […]

New powers to tackle young people wearing balaclavas to intimidate members of the public in Nottingham city centre are set to come into force next week. Nottinghamshire Police said the restrictions, starting on Tuesday, will allow police and council officers to require people to remove a face covering where their identity is being concealed to commit crime or behave anti-socially. The powers, part of a Public Spaces Protection Order, will […]

Lee Westwood will consider staying with LIV Golf despite the organisation filing for bankruptcy protection. The breakaway tour, which held its first tournament in 2022, says it has found a new investor in BC Partners following the decision in April by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to pull its backing. A Chapter 11 petition, which is intended to “preserve the company’s business as a going concern”, was filed in […]

The Celebrity Traitors and Clarkson’s Farm won top prizes at the National Television Awards. The first celebrity spin-off of the BBC smash hit was named best reality competition, after comedian Alan Carr was revealed to be a traitor in a nail-biting finale. Collecting the gong, his co-star, Charlotte Church, said: “I just want to say – that final, what a beautiful vignette of male tenderness and emotional expression. “Alan, Nick […]

EastEnders actor Shane Richie has pleaded not guilty to a charge of drink-driving and faces a trial next year. The 62-year-old, best known for playing Alfie Moon in the long-running soap, appeared by video-link before Colchester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday under his real name Shane Roche. Richie, of Tadworth, Surrey, is accused of driving a white Hyundai car in Church Langley Way, Harlow, Essex while above the legal limit for […]

The families of two police officers who were killed in a head-on collision on the A66 have been given “overwhelming” support from around the world, a Police Federation Chair said. A funeral will be held on Wednesday in Hartlepool for 37-year old Pc Matthew Blades who died alongside his colleague Pc Tom Clough, 38, in a horrific crash which also killed five young men. A public appeal for the two […]

More than 1.7 million patients waited for more than more than half a day for emergency care, despite concerns that long A&E waits are linked to an increased risk of death, according to a new report. The National Audit Office (NAO) has estimated that during 2025, 1.2 million patients in England waited between 12 and 24 hours from their arrival in A&E to be discharged, transferred or admitted. And 500,000 […]

The boss of an air traffic control provider will speak to the Transport Secretary on Wednesday as disruption is set to continue after a technical issue grounded flights. Flight monitoring website Flightradar24 said 1,300 flights had been cancelled to and from UK airports on Tuesday after a system issue hit Nats, which provides air traffic control services to 15 UK airports. Tens of thousands of passengers were caught up in […]