Ellie Ng
UK
Bikers to descend on Westminster for veterans protest against Legacy Act repeal
Organisers say there could be around 1,000 demonstrators gathering on Whitehall in central London on Friday.
By Ellie Ng
18 Apr 2025
Politics
Shops facing 'Christmas crime wave’ with rise in unsolved shoplifting
An average of 672 shoplifting offences a day went unsolved in the year to March 2024, according to analysis from the House of Commons Library
By Ellie Ng
23 Dec 2024
UK
Alternative routes to get people home for Christmas after Holyhead port closure
Holyhead port in Anglesey, North Wales, was forced to close following damage during Storm Darragh.
By Ellie Ng
23 Dec 2024
Politics
Mark Burnett: Hollywood TV giant who was ‘formed’ in the British Army
Donald Trump has named Mr Burnett as his special envoy to the UK.
By Ellie Ng
22 Dec 2024
Politics
Teachers in the UK should be permitted to work from home – Education Secretary
Bridget Phillipson spoke to the Observer about offering more flexibility in the profession.
By Ellie Ng
21 Dec 2024
Celebrity News
Packham resigns as RSPCA president after animal cruelty claims at approved farms
Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas has also resigned as vice president of the animal welfare organisation.
By Ellie Ng
21 Dec 2024
UK
Alleged data breaches into Nottingham triple killer case ‘an utter disgrace’
University students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, were stabbed to death last summer.
By Ellie Ng
21 Dec 2024
Health
Questions about IVF pioneer after two discover they share biological father
Roz Snyder, 52, and David Gertler, 51, recently found out via DNA tests that they are half-siblings.
By Ellie Ng
21 Dec 2024
Crime
Man denies attempted murder after girl and father hurt in double shooting
The pair were injured in a shooting in Southern Row, Ladbroke Grove, west London, on November 24.
By Ellie Ng
20 Dec 2024
Crime
Man jailed for at least 25 years for ‘pivotal’ part in fatal ambush
Vittorio Di Murro, 26, fled to Italy two days after he and others attacked Jordan Briscoe on March 5 last year.
By Ellie Ng
20 Dec 2024
Crime
Senior doctor ‘saw son receiving inadequate care’ at hospital where she works
William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton Hospital in January last year.
By Ellie Ng
19 Dec 2024
Business News
Tax expert tells of ‘shocking threat’ over retracting claims about ex-chancellor
Ashley Hurst, of Osborne Clarke law firm, is alleged to have ‘improperly attempted to restrict’ Dan Neidle’s right to publish correspondence he sent.
By Ellie Ng
16 Dec 2024
Crime
Barrister hails dismissal of misconduct case as ‘victory for women’s rights’
Charlotte Proudman said she will be celebrating with champagne and her first worry-free Christmas in two years.
By Ellie Ng
12 Dec 2024
Crime
Barrister relieved after professional misconduct case ‘hell’ dismissed
Dr Charlotte Proudman had faced a Bar Standards Board disciplinary tribunal.
By Ellie Ng
12 Dec 2024
Politics
More than 480 children died or seriously harmed by abuse, report reveals
The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel said the design of the child protection system must change.
By Ellie Ng
12 Dec 2024
Crime
Sara Sharif’s family ‘only sought to preserve their own interest’ – police
The 10-year-old’s father Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of her murder on Wednesday.
By Ellie Ng
11 Dec 2024
Crime
Coroner warns of danger of storing e-bikes at home after boy died in blaze
Eight-year-old Luke Albiston O’Donnell died in hospital after an e-bike on charge in the front room of his house in Merseyside caught fire in August.
By Ellie Ng
11 Dec 2024
Politics
Laser weapon destroys flying drones in successful test by British Army
The technology works by directing an intense beam of infrared light towards its target, the Ministry of Defence said.
By Ellie Ng
11 Dec 2024
London
Hundreds of tractors to descend on Westminster in farming protest
Campaign groups Kent Fairness for Farmers and Save British Farming have organised an ‘RIP British Farming’ protest
By Ellie Ng
10 Dec 2024
Crime
Head of abbey apologises for ‘great suffering’ of abused children after review
A review was commissioned into alleged historical child sex abuse by monks at Caldey Abbey, off the coast of Pembrokeshire in west Wales.
By Ellie Ng
10 Dec 2024
Crime
Ex-human rights lawyer to be sentenced on Iraq War fraud charges branded a liar
Phil Shiner will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.
By Ellie Ng
9 Dec 2024