Investigators are today probing a horror derailment which killed three people and injured several others after a train slipped from a ‘flood-hit’ line in Scotland – just four weeks after track operators were warned of a spike in dangerous landslips. Train driver Brett McCullough, 45, was killed alongside conductor Donald Dinnie and one other person … Read more
A man in his 20s was shot dead by a hooded gunman on the doorstep of his £500,000 northwest London home, as police today launch a murder investigation – the 78th this year in the capital. Armed officers swooped on Hansel Road, Kilburn, in the early hours of this morning after reports of a shooting. … Read more
ITV faces ANOTHER watchdog probe into contests after revealing postal entries to six prize draws had no chance of winning 13 years after phone-in scandal Ofcom announced yesterday it had started investigation after ITV reported itself Six contests for which postal votes were discarded was between 2014 and 2019 ITV blamed ‘isolated incidences of unintentional administrative … Read more
Video streaming giant Netflix faces new probe into how it escapes UK tax bills HMRC is investigating the American firm’s UK business for 2018 It follows investigations into the amount of tax paid in previous years The firm has paid minimal taxes in the UK even though it has around 12m users By Jamie Nimmo … Read more
New York prosecutors were able to obtain Donald Trump‘s financial records from Deutsche Bank last year, it has been revealed, as the state’s attorney general plans a mysterious major announcement on Thursday. The office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance sent a subpoena last year to Deutsche Bank as part of its investigation into … Read more
Boohoo probe to quiz factory staff about working conditions in Leicester sweatshop By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 5 August 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 5 August 2020 Factory staff supplying tainted online fashion giant Boohoo have been urged to talk about working conditions in Leicester. Alison Levitt QC, the barrister … Read more
Dominic Raab has pledged £5million of international aid to help Lebanon in the aftermath of Beirut’s devastating explosion which has killed at least 135. The Foreign Secretary spoke to Lebanon’s prime minister Hassan Diab today to set out what support the UK could offer the country which has been plunged into a state of emergency. Britain’s … Read more
China has successfully launched its Tianwen-1 spacecraft to Mars, which is due to arrive on the Red Planet next February after a seven-month, 34-million-mile voyage. The unmanned space probe took off on the Long March 5 Y-4 carrier rocket at 12:41pm (04:41 GMT) from Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the southern island province of Hainan, China. … Read more
Russia ‘tried to influence 2014 Scottish independence referendum but didn’t interfere in the Brexit vote’, long-awaited report on Moscow’s meddling in UK elections will reveal MPs and peers on Intelligence and Security Committee carried out investigation Expected to say not enough was done in Whitehall to establish if Russia meddled Also questions if enough was … Read more
Police launch probe after man is caught on CCTV defecating in the doorway to block of £800,000 flats in Fulham leaving residents ‘mortified’ Mystery man branded the ‘doorstep dumper,’ was caught defecating outside flat Pictures of the incident were taken outside an apartment in Fulham last Friday Arundel Mansions houses apartments estimated to be worth … Read more