Covid UK: Businesses hail Supreme Court ruling forcing insurers to pay out for lockdown losses

Tens of thousands of small businesses are set for a £1.2billion windfall after the Supreme Court ordered insurers to pay out for losses from the first Covid lockdown.  Cafes, pubs, beauty parlours, holiday firms and wedding planners are among the 370,000 firms that had policies which should now pay out.  Former footballer Gary Neville, who … Read more

Taylor Swift’s $1 sexual assault suit cited by Justice Elena Kagan in Supreme Court case 

Taylor Swift’s $1 sexual assault suit cited by Justice Elena Kagan in religious speech Supreme Court case By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 19:34 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 19:48 GMT, 13 January 2021 Taylor Swift‘s $1 sexual assault suit was cited by Justice Elena Kagan in a religious speech Supreme Court case. Kagan … Read more

Jeremy Corbyn edges closer to High Court battle over Labour suspension

Jeremy Corbyn edges closer to High Court battle against Labour after he was suspended for claiming anti-Semitism in the party was ‘dramatically overstated for political reasons’ Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from Labour in October over anti-semitism He had claimed the scale of the problem had been ‘dramatically overstated’  Was reinstated as a member weeks later … Read more

Butcher ‘stalked’ Libby Squires before ‘intercepting’ her, court hears

A jury trying a man accused of raping and murdering a student today watched the moment he ‘intercepts’ her in the street after he ‘identified her as a target’. Pawel Relowicz, 26, was captured on CCTV as he ‘effectively stalks’ 21-year-old Libby Squire before he ‘darts’ across the road to where she was, the court … Read more

Hero of London Bridge terror attack, 70, was run over and killed by motorist, court told

A grandfather knocked down and killed by a motorist was a hero of the London Bridge terror attack, a court heard.  Stephen Hilder, 70, was caught up in the atrocity which left 11 dead and 48 wounded when returning home from the Epsom Derby with his son. The June 2017 attack saw terrorists Khuram Butt, Rachid … Read more

Katy Perry’s alleged stalker skips court and warrant is issued for his arrest  

Katy Perry’s alleged stalker is on the loose after skipping his court date four months after he was charged with trespassing at her Beverly Hills home By Heather Waugh For Dailymail.com Published: 18:06 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 18:06 GMT, 9 January 2021 A warrant has been issued for Katy Perry‘s alleged stalker.  Last … Read more

Motorist detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act at Snaresbrook Crown Court for the hit…

Motorist detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act at Snaresbrook Crown Court for the hit-and-run killing of schoolboy Harley Watson, 12, By Dan Sales For Mailonline Published: 15:43 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 15:43 GMT, 8 January 2021 Terence Glover, 52, has been detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act at Snaresbrook Crown Court … Read more

Three teens in court accompanied by their mothers to face murder charge

Two boys and a girl aged 13 and 14 appear in court accompanied by their mothers to face murder charge after 13-year-old Olly Stephens was stabbed to death in a field near Reading A 13-year-old girl and two boys, aged 13 and 14 have been charged with murder  Teenagers also been charged with conspiracy to … Read more

Defendants in court are classed as key workers so children can continue going school, say ministers

Defendants in court are classed as key workers so their children can continue going to school, ministers confirm Defendants ‘count as key workers’, wrote justice minister Chris Philip on Monday He said jurors, witnesses and lawyers are also entitled to send children to school Measures in March did not specify defendants could apply for key … Read more

Suffolk vicar wins court battle after removal of gravestone trinkets

Vicar wins court battle against parishioners after tensions ‘boiled over’ when he removed unauthorised toys and trinkets from graves The row over mementoes involved St Edmund’s Church in Kessingland, Suffolk  Removed items would be destroyed if not collected during lockdown last May  Church judge said the removals were in line with churchyard regulations One parishioner said … Read more