Man died in fall tying flags to lampposts, inquest told
January 22, 2026
The family of a pensioner who was killed in a “ritual sacrifice” by a woman who went missing from an acute mental health unit has said two police forces and a NHS trust “failed on every level”, after a coroner concluded the patient’s leave request would probably have been rejected if procedures had been followed. […]
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A man accused of raping a friend of the son of the US president said, “I don’t know what went through my head”, when he answered a video-call from Barron Trump during an altercation, a court has heard. Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, is on trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court accused of assault and two counts of […]
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A long-lost portrait of Scotland’s national bard that was found more than 200 years after it seemingly vanished has gone on public display for the first time. The portrait of Robert Burns painted by Sir Henry Raeburn, King George IV’s own painter, had been missing for some 220 years, but was recovered in March last […]
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The mother of schoolboy Noah Donohoe has said she is “desperate” for answers over the death of her son. In an emotional witness statement played at the inquest into the death of the Belfast boy, Fiona Donohoe described the period between Noah’s disappearance and his body being discovered in June 2020 as a “living nightmare”. […]
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First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan has issued a warning to Sir Keir Starmer that if powers are not devolved to the Senedd, Wales will begin a path of nationalism which could threaten the future of the United Kingdom. The Welsh Labour leader argues Wales has been treated differently from the other nations and there is an opportunity to “correct these historic […]
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Resident Gabriel Ellenberg The Standard/supplied An estate in east London has had no water for nearly a week. Many homes throughout the Wellington estate in Tower Hamlets had no access to running water for six days from January 5 to January 11. Residents walked to a nearby community centre with buckets and kettles to fill […]
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Sarah Hooper Published January 21, 2026 6:54pm Updated January 22, 2026 8:28am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A man holding a giant machete was almost killed by a speeding vehicle in a London suburb – before laughing and trying to smash the […]
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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett’s lament for the untrendy cafe reflects a view held by some that the operators of cafes on Hampstead Heath should never change (I’m sick of avocado toast – I just want to keep my local, untrendy cafe, 12 January). It is a position rooted more in nostalgia than in the practical realities […]
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It was a love letter written by one of the more important British spies of the cold war that made Tom Brass realise he had never fully known his mother. The spy in question was John Cairncross, the alleged fifth man in the Cambridge spy ring, whose spycraft also helped the Soviets win the Battle […]
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The Duke of Sussex appeared on the verge of tears as he concluded his evidence at the High Court in his trial against the publisher of the Daily Mail, saying: “They have made my wife’s life an absolute misery.” Harry spent around two hours answering questions from Associated Newspapers Limited’s (ANL) lawyer on Wednesday in […]
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