Josh Payne
UK
UK detectives granted additional £108,000 in Madeleine McCann probe
Home Office sources said the figure had been approved for 2025-26.
By Josh Payne
17 Apr 2025
Crime
Man, 26, pleads not guilty to murders of BBC commentator’s wife and daughters
Kyle Clifford entered his pleas at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday.
By Josh Payne
19 Dec 2024
Crime
Crossbow killings accused to enter pleas to triple murder charge today
Kyle Clifford will appear at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday
By Josh Payne
19 Dec 2024
Crime
Inquiry told nothing that showed Paula Vennells acted in bad faith, lawyer says
The Horizon IT inquiry had its final hearing day on Tuesday.
By Josh Payne
17 Dec 2024
Crime
Post Office’s ‘malignant culture’ destroyed Horizon victims’ lives, inquiry told
The inquiry has heard oral evidence from 298 witnesses since hearings began in 2022.
By Josh Payne
16 Dec 2024
Crime
Novichok poisonings were result of ‘abject Government failure to protect public’
The Dawn Sturgess Inquiry heard closing submissions from counsel on Monday.
By Josh Payne
2 Dec 2024
Crime
Putin would have authorised Novichok poisonings, senior officials says
Jonathan Allen told the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry that the international response would have ‘shocked’ Russia.
By Josh Payne
28 Nov 2024
UK
Jay Slater’s family turn off donations as ‘journey of grief’ continues
Mr Slater went missing in June after the NRG musical festival in Tenerife.
By Josh Payne
28 Nov 2024
Politics26 Nov 2024
British troops investigate drones spotted flying near US bases in UK
The United States Air Force said it was monitoring the airspace over RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Feltwell
Politics
British troops to help US find who is flying drones over English air bases
A number of drones were spotted flying over three bases overnight, the United States Air Force confirmed.
By Josh Payne
26 Nov 2024
UK
Four bodies recovered and three more people rescued
Two Britons were reported to be missing after the vessel sank in the Red Sea off Egypt.
By Josh Payne
26 Nov 2024
Crime
Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to have sex trafficking appeal reconsidered denied
The disgraced British socialite was jailed for 20 years after luring young girls to massage rooms for Jeffrey Epstein to molest.
By Josh Payne
25 Nov 2024
UK
Laos government ‘saddened’ by suspected poisoning deaths and is investigating
Simone White is one of six people who have died after the incident in Laos last week.
By Josh Payne
23 Nov 2024
UK
Laos hostel manager and owner detained
Simone White died from suspected methanol poisoning following the incident in Vang Vieng last week.
By Josh Payne
22 Nov 2024
UK
British lawyer dies from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos
Simone White, 28, was one of a number of people taken to hospital following the incident in Vang Vieng last week.
By Josh Payne
21 Nov 2024
UK
British tourists among those in hospital after ‘methanol poisoning’ in Laos
The Foreign Office said it was providing consular assistance to British nationals and their families following the alleged incident.
By Josh Payne
21 Nov 2024
UK
Two Met officers under investigation over fatal crash
The Independent Office for Police Conduct said the 38-year-old woman died in the collision in south-east London on October 17.
By Josh Payne
20 Nov 2024
Crime
Man, 92, in court charged with rape and murder after woman’s death 57 years ago
Ryland Headley, of Ipswich, was charged with the murder of Louisa Dunne in Bristol.
By Josh Payne
20 Nov 2024
UK
Man, 92, charged with rape and murder after woman’s death 57 years ago
Louisa Dunne was found dead by a neighbour at her home in Bristol in 1967
By Josh Payne
20 Nov 2024
UK
Four suspects identified in Post Office Horizon probe, police say
The Metropolitan Police said members of the investigating team met lead campaigner Sir Alan Bates on Sunday to provide an update.
By Josh Payne
19 Nov 2024
Environment
‘First taste of winter’ causes travel disruption across UK as warnings issued
The Met Office issued three yellow warnings for snow and ice across the country.
By Josh Payne
19 Nov 2024