A serving Diplomatic Protection Officer with the Metropolitan Police has tonight been charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard. Wayne Couzens, 48, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the disappearance of Miss Everard, 33, and has been held in custody in London for four days. He will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court tomorrow. … Read more
Pictured: Murder suspect, 31, led into court to face charge of killing 16-year-old schoolgirl in her family’s takeaway restaurant Chun Xu, 31, is accused of murdering talented 16-year-old schoolgirl Wenjing Lin He has also been charged with the attempted murder of a 38-year-old man Xu was seen arriving at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates Court with a neck … Read more
Council bosses want to charge grieving families £84 to livestream and record funerals if they can’t get to the service Perth and Kinross Council hopes to impose fee after coronavirus lockdown ends It will cost £60 to use the crematorium webcam to stream and £24 to record The move has since been branded as ‘insensitive’ … Read more
Revealed: Britain’s first Amazon grocery store… where you can pick up food and walk out without stopping to pay (but hidden tracking sensors will then charge you via an app) First UK Amazon Go store is understood to be unveiled in Ealing, West London The shops have been billed as providing a glimpse into the … Read more
Emerald goes for gold: As The Crown star Emerald Fennell leads British charge at the Golden Globes, how her partnership with Phoebe Waller-Bridge was forged on the set of a little-known film 10 years ago Emerald Fennell, 35, is nominated for two awards and this years’ Golden Globes TV Series The Crown, which Miss Fennell … Read more
Car manufacturer Jeep has decided to revive its blockbuster Super Bowl ad featuring Bruce Springsteen after charges of DWI and reckless driving were thrown out against the singer by a New Jersey judge on Wednesday. The 120-second ad, titled The Middle, which debuted at Super Bowl LIV, was pulled by Jeep on February 10 after … Read more
President Joe Biden has reacted to the Senate acquittal of Donald Trump by calling for unity, even as he insists that the ‘substance’ of the charge of incitement to insurrection is ‘not in dispute.’ ‘While the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute,’ Biden said … Read more
Highways England could be taken to court for corporate manslaughter following the death of a grandmother on a smart motorway. The dramatic development comes less than a month after the notorious roads were condemned by a coroner as death traps. Yesterday another coroner referred Highways England to prosecutors after it was revealed no one had … Read more
Highways England was today referred to the Crown Prosecution Service where it could face manslaughter charges for the death of a grandmother on a so-called ‘smart motorway’. The Government-owned company was referred to the CPS by the coroner holding an inquest into the death of Nargis Begum, 62. The grandmother-of-nine died when another vehicle smashed … Read more
Hospitals charge NHS workers £500 to use staff car park while they battle Covid pandemic that has killed colleagues Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust introduced charges in a bid to ‘manage demand’ One worker said staff are ‘angry’ about move as colleagues have died in Covid Trust said that it had free parking in … Read more