Day: December 12, 2023
Families pay tribute to three teenage men killed in South Wales crash
December 12, 2023Tributes have been paid to the three men killed in a collision involving a bus and a car in south Wales (Peter Byrne/PA) PA Wire The families of three young men killed in a collision between a bus and a car in south Wales have paid tribute to their loved ones. Morgan Smith and Jesse […]
Read More
UN General Assembly overwhelmingly demands Gaza ceasefire
December 12, 2023AFP via Getty Images The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday night overwhelmingly demanded a ceasefire in Gaza. The non-binding resolution for “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire” was backed by 153 member states, with 10 against and 23 abstentions. The US was among the countries to vote against the resolution, while the UK abstained. After the […]
Read More
Leading medics sound alarm over physician associates
December 12, 2023“The blurring of this distinction between doctors and non-medically qualified professionals can, and has, led to fatal consequences,” the BMA has said previously.
Read More
Lancashire assistant chief constable’s death due to ‘natural causes’, force says
December 12, 2023Assistant chief constable Peter Lawson died suddenly on Sunday, aged 50. (Lancashire Constabulary/PA) Lancashire Constabulary assistant chief constable Peter Lawson died of “natural causes”, the force has said. Mr Lawson died suddenly at home on Sunday, aged 50. He took on a high-profile role during the search for missing mother Nicola Bulley earlier this year […]
Read More
Abbey Wood: Cars left stranded after flooding at south London roundabout
December 12, 2023The scene in Abbey Wood Charlie Robery Cars were left stranded in south London on Tuesday night after flooding. Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to the scene in Abbey Wood at 6.15pm to reach cars stranded in flood water. Firefighters said no motorists were stuck inside their cars, and that they […]
Read More
‘Beloved’ teacher found dead in canal named after murder investigation arrest
December 12, 2023Police have named a “beloved” teacher who was found dead in a canal after officers arrested a man on suspicion of murder. Gary Bartram, 49, was found near Deep Hayes Country Park in Longsdon near Leek after 9am on Sunday, Staffordshire Police said. The force added a 49-year-old from Dundee has been arrested on suspicion […]
Read More
Relief for PM as he avoids damaging defeat on Rwanda bill
December 12, 2023Rishi Sunak has avoided a damaging Tory rebellion over his flagship Rwanda bill in a crunch vote in the Commons. The totemic legislation, which aims to revive the stalled £290m deportation scheme after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful, has been backed by MPs at its second reading by 313 votes to 269, a majority […]
Read More
Duke of Northumberland loses fight to build on green space in west London
December 12, 2023Local campaigners fighting to preserve a 1.2-hectare space in west London that is under threat from one of Britain’s oldest aristocratic families have landed a victory in a long-running saga to turn the green space into flats. Development plans to pave over much of the Park Road allotments in Isleworth were rejected again by Hounslow […]
Read More
Homeless man soaked by McDonald’s guard will be ‘spending Christmas on the streets’
December 12, 2023A homeless man who was filmed being soaked by a McDonald’s security guard in London has revealed he expects to spend Christmas on the streets. Aaron McCarthy was sitting in his sleeping bag outside a Nationwide bank near Victoria train station on Saturday night when he was approached by guards from the McDonald’s next door. […]
Read More
Peter Betts obituary
December 12, 2023Cheers, tears and people (almost) dancing in the aisles: the joyful scenes that greeted the gavel coming down on the Paris climate agreement in 2015 were such that no one who was there will ever forget the feeling. After more than two decades of tortuous talks under the UN, and many false starts, the world […]
Read More