Day: January 5, 2023
Utah shooting: Man shot dead wife, mother-in-law and five children before taking own life
January 5, 2023A Utah man killed seven family members, including five children, then took his own life just weeks after his wife had filed for divorce, American authorities have said. Michael Haight, 42, killed his wife, mother-in-law and the couple’s five children, officials in the city of Enoch said. Each of the victims appeared to have gunshot […]
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Simon Pegg fumes at Rishi Sunak’s plan to extend maths study age
January 5, 2023The Mission: Impossible actor took to Instagram to air his frustrations over the tentative decision to favour the subject over arts and humanities. He fumed: “So Rishi Sunak, our unmandated, unelected prime minister twice removed, has decided it should be compulsory for children to learn maths up until the age of 18 – what a […]
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Met Police officer admits false imprisonment and assault charges
January 5, 2023A Met Police officer has pleaded guilty to charges of false imprisonment and actual bodily harm. PC Sam Grigg, 36, used duct tape to restrain Natasha Rabinowitz in a house in Twickenham, south-west London, on December 2 last year. Ms Rabinowitz and Grigg were known to each other, it is claimed. Grigg, who was attached […]
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Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’: From cocaine, to Afghanistan killings, to William ‘attacking him’ – all the revelations
January 5, 2023P rince Harry reportedly says he was knocked to the floor by his brother during an argument, and that he killed 25 Taliban troops while in Afghanistan, among several extraordinary claims in his upcoming memoir. In his book Spare, to be released publicly next Tuesday, the Duke of Sussex also admits to having taken cocaine […]
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Train strikes latest: Passengers blast ‘selfish’ rail union walkouts as commuters suffer third day of travel chaos
January 5, 2023L ondon commuters have vented their frustraton as they suffered a third consecutive day of travel disruption because of a strike by train drivers. Services are being crippled by the walkout by members of Aslef at 15 rail companies in a long-running dispute over pay, with some areas having no trains all day. There were […]
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Police launch first public appeal for missing girl 10 months after she vanished
January 5, 2023The Met Police have issued an appeal for a missing teenager nearly 10 months after she failed to show up to school. Saidatu Jalloh, who was 14 at the time and is now 15, was reported missing by her school in Lambeth, south London, on March 9, 2022. Staff were told she had ‘left the […]
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UK barber jailed after sending Islamic State thousand of pounds from Covid grants
January 5, 2023A barber has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after sending thousands of pounds from taxpayer-funded coronavirus grants to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Tarek Namouz, 43, told an associate he had transferred up to £25,000 to an IS fighter after discussing purchasing bombs, Kalashnikov rifles and other firearms as part […]
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Pregnant mum-of-3 stuck in mould-ridden flat ‘forking out thousands’ for ruined items
January 5, 2023A pregnant mum says she has been left fearing for her children’s health over extreme mould in her home. Skye Joseph, 31, claims the conditions in her one-bed south-east London flat has affected her mental health, and are so bad she’s often forking out to replace items ruined by damp and mould. The mum-of-three, who […]
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WWE is bringing Money In The Bank to London in 2023: Tickets, date and more for historic show
January 5, 2023WWE is bringing Money In The Bank to The O2 arena in London as the iconic event lands in the UK for the first time ever. It follows September’s hugely successful Clash At The Castle show in Cardiff, Wales, which was the company’s first major stadium show in the UK since SummerSlam 1992, and smashed […]
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Briton shot dead in Jamaica was victim of contract killing, police say
January 5, 2023A British man who was shot dead in Jamaica this week was the victim of a contract killing ordered in Britain, according to local police. Sean Patterson, 33, a personal trainer from west London, was found with gunshot wounds to his upper body and head at about midday on Monday in Bogue Hill, St James, […]
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