Staffordshire Police say a 43-year-old woman from the Stafford area has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two children died in Stafford. Officers were called to a home on Corporation Street at about 07:30 on Sunday following a report from the West Midlands Ambulance Service. The two children were pronounced dead at the scene. Their next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers. […]

Diane Keaton has died in California at the age of 79, a family spokesperson has said, asking for privacy while relatives grieve. Keaton rose to global prominence in the 1970s as Kay Adams in The Godfather films and through her collaborations with Woody Allen. She won an Oscar for Annie Hall and became closely associated with the film’s menswear-inspired look. Her other well known titles include The First Wives Club, […]

UK travellers visiting Spain, Portugal and Italy are being advised to expect longer border checks when the EU’s Entry Exit System (EES) comes into force. The system requires people from outside the Schengen area to have biometric details recorded, including fingerprints and a photo, to enter the 29-country zone. Julia Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of Advantage Travel Partnership, said: "For major airports in southern Europe, we recommend that travellers now […]

A 17-year-old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in north London. Police were called to High Road, Arnos Grove, at 17:04 on Thursday. Paramedics treated him at the scene before he was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition, the Metropolitan Police said on Saturday. Detective Sergeant Catherine Dempster is leading the inquiry. She said the community would be shocked and that officers are […]

Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis Centre (GCRC) has warned that services could be forced to close without urgent additional funding from the government. The centre says demand for its support has risen every year since 2021, yet funding remains short-term and insecure. Last year the centre logged more than 40,000 contact points with survivors, up 42% on the previous year, and 3,100 women and girls received one-to-one support from trauma […]

Quaker, a 15-year-old horse from the Life Guards Squadron, was one of five horses spooked by rubble dropped through a plastic tunnel during an exercise in Belgravia on 24 April 2024. Footage of the incident circulated widely as the animals bolted through central London, colliding with vehicles including a double-decker bus and injuring several people. Ambulance crews treated four individuals at three locations within about 10 minutes. Quaker has undergone […]

The Home Office has unveiled a redesigned British passport, with His Majesty’s coat of arms appearing on the front from December. The design also changes the interior pages to feature landscapes from across the four nations, including Ben Nevis, the Lake District, Three Cliffs Bay and the Giant’s Causeway. Officials describe the update as the first wholly new passport design in five years and as the most secure passport yet, […]

A man has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 23 years after being found guilty of murder for stabbing 16-year-old Ahmad Al Ibrahim, a Syrian refugee, in Huddersfield town centre on 3 April. Alfie Franco, 20, was convicted by a jury at Leeds Crown Court after a daylight attack prosecutors described as pointless and motiveless. The court heard Franco had used cannabis, cocaine, diazepam, ketamine and codeine […]

A man who burned a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish Consulate in London has won an appeal against his conviction for a religiously aggravated public order offence. Hamit Coskun, 51, was found guilty earlier this year after shouting "f*** Islam" while displaying the flaming text. The appeal at Southwark Crown Court was funded by the National Secular Society and the Free Speech Union. The hearing was attended by […]