George Lithgow
Crime21 Apr 2025
Family of man murdered in Peckham launches fresh appeal 10 years later
No criminal charges have been brought over Ola’s death in 2015
Crime
Man jailed for plotting to kill his wife in 1981 to start new life with lover
Allen Morgan, 74, was convicted of conspiracy to murder his then-wife Carol Morgan, who was found hacked to death at the shop they ran in August 1981.
29 Jul 2024
UK26 Jul 2024
Six homes damaged as 100 firefighters battle blaze in Dagenham
The house fire is now under control
Crime25 Jul 2024
Activists face jail for pouring soup on one of world’s ‘most valuable artworks’
The two Just Stop Oil protesters threw tins of Heinz tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers, damaging its frame.
London25 Jul 2024
Just Stop Oil activists guilty of criminal damage after soup stunt
Anna Holland and Phoebe Plummer threw contents of two soup cans onto glass protecting priceless masterpiece
UK25 Jul 2024
Police station protest after video appears to show officer kicking man
An estimated 200 people gathered outside Rochdale Police Station.
UK
Protest ends ‘without incident’ after airport kicking video
Police officer removed from duty after ‘shocking’ video is shared online.
25 Jul 2024
UK
Anne meets Team GB athletes in first foreign trip since horse accident
The Princess Royal, a former Olympian, met athletes including Tom Daley and Helen Glover.
24 Jul 2024
Health
Woman needed HIV test after intimate exam with used swab
The 40-year-old had to wait three months to be tested for HIV and receive a negative result.
24 Jul 2024
Politics
Head of the Army vows to improve ‘lethality’ without increasing troop numbers
General Sir Roly Walker aims to double the Army’s fighting power in three years and triple it by the end of the decade.
23 Jul 2024
Crime
Colin Pitchfork prison behaviour claims end hope of public parole hearing
It is unclear what the allegations refer to.
23 Jul 2024
Crime
80-year-old man appears in court charged with murdering wife
Jenny Sharp was found unresponsive at the couple’s home in south-west London on Friday, police said.
22 Jul 2024
Politics5 Jul 2024
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's Downing Street speech in full
Watch Sir Keir Starmer’s first speech as Prime Minister in full
Politics
Rishi Sunak’s statement in full as he announces he will step down as Tory leader
He gave his final statement as Prime Minister in Downing Street after Labour won the General Election in a landslide.
5 Jul 2024
Crime
Anjem Choudary joked about terrorist attacks ahead of TV interview, court told
The 57-year-old made reference to 9/11 and the 7/7 bombings during a ‘count to 10’ soundcheck with broadcaster CNN, the jury heard.
4 Jul 2024
Crime
Love Island ‘finfluencers’ deny part in unauthorised Instagram trading scheme
The so-called ‘finfluencers’ face up to two years in prison if convicted.
3 Jul 2024
Crime
Woman in court over video ‘showing prison officer having sex with inmate’
Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, of Fulham, south-west London, is charged with misconduct in public office.
1 Jul 2024
Politics
Biden election debate performance ‘not his best moment’ – UK Democrats
The official body of the Democratic Party in the UK vowed to stand by Joe Biden.
28 Jun 2024
Environment
Hot spell to end with cooler, windy weather on the way
The incoming unsettled spell follows a period of sustained high temperatures.
27 Jun 2024
Politics
Cyber attack ‘nothing to do with dispute’, says British Medical Association
Junior doctors in England have begun a five-day walkout.
27 Jun 2024