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The Government has pledged £1.5 million to help fund the training of 100 more barristers per year in a bid to remove barriers to the legal profession and tackle the backlog of cases. It said the scheme would widen access to the profession by helping young people from all backgrounds get the training they need to qualify as criminal barristers. Launching on Tuesday, the programme of £1.5 million each year […]

A train operator is warning of disruption to its services over the bank holiday weekend because of a strike by workers in a dispute over safety. A walkout by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at East Midlands Railway (EMR) will hit services on Sunday and bank holiday Monday. The company said it will run a “significantly reduced” timetable to and from London on both days, advising […]

Four men have pleaded guilty to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in an arson attack causing £1 million of damage. On Friday, Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, Judex Atshatshi, and Saif Ali, both aged 18, pleaded guilty to a charge of destroying or damaging property being reckless whether life would be endangered. The charge relates to the attack on ambulances in Golders Green, north London, in the early hours […]

Detectives have confirmed they are not linking a house fire which killed a seven-year-old girl and her aunt to a crash on the A66 last weekend which left seven people dead, including two police officers. Hundreds of extra police officers have been drafted in to support officers after a series of recent incidents in the Middlesbrough and County Durham area – starting with the head-on crash that killed Pc Matthew […]

Twenty fire engines and around 125 firefighters have been sent to a blaze close to Wembley Stadium in north-west London. London Fire Brigade was called on Friday morning to the fire at an industrial estate in Neasden, just under a mile from the famous venue. Huge plumes of smoke could be seen in the sky in videos posted on social media and more than 70 calls were made reporting the […]

The King has paid tribute to his “dear cousin” King Harald V of Norway who has died aged 89. Harald, who Charles’s second cousin once removed, died on Friday morning with his son automatically becoming King Haakon VIII. In a statement released by Buckingham Palace, the King said: “It is with the most profound sadness that my wife and I have learned of the death of my dear cousin, King […]

Rescuers are searching for dozens of missing British nationals in Nepal, amid fears that more floods could hit the devastated area. More than 30 British nationals are among hundreds of people missing and feared dead as rescue efforts continue following flooding in the Rasuwa district, which borders China’s autonomous region of Tibet. In an update on Friday morning, Nepal Police said 475 people had died while Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority […]

More than 200 extra police officers have been drafted in to help Cleveland Police keep “innocent residents” safe following a string of violent incidents across Middlesbrough which have left nine people dead. Investigations were continuing after a woman and a seven-year-old girl died in a house fire in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, on Wednesday, which was only a mile away from the scene of the head-on crash on the A66 on […]

UEFA is considering bringing criminal proceedings against FIFA president Gianni Infantino in Switzerland over his plan to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors. European football’s governing body took legal action in New York on Thursday against FIFA, Infantino, and the anticipated lead investor in the World Cup sell-off plan, Thrive Capital. The New York-based venture capital firm’s chief executive is Joshua Kushner, the brother of United States […]