Mathilde Grandjean
Politics
US-UK trade deal could impact relations with China, ex-spy chief warns
Nigel Inkster said a US-UK deal could negatively affect Britain’s relationship with China, which is a ‘critical supplier’ of pharmaceuticals.
17 Apr 2025
UK
Vote open to public to crown UK’s most heroic dog in Crufts award
Nominees of the annual Hero Dog Award include a record-breaking blood donor dog and another who walked 3,000 miles alongside his grieving owner.
18 Feb 2025
Environment
Cold snap to continue with chance of snow this weekend, Met Office says
The forecaster said the gloomy weather is likely to linger until the beginning of next week.
13 Feb 2025
Crime
Wrongly convicted man ‘anxious about losing home’ for receiving compensation
Andrew Malkinson has been awarded compensation for the miscarriage of justice he suffered – but may have to leave his home as a result.
13 Feb 2025
UK
Deep-sea shipwreck explorer looking for anchor of HMT Empire Windrush honoured
US-born David Mearns has located 29 major wrecks in a career spanning 35 years.
12 Feb 2025
UK
Paralympics champion says being made MBE ‘tops’ breaking world record
Track and field athlete Sabrina Fortune won the gold medal in shot put with a world record of 15.12 metres at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
12 Feb 2025
UK12 Feb 2025
Paralympics gold medallists to be honoured at Buckingham Palace
Sabrina Fortune who won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics will be rewarded
UK
Death of British couple in France might be linked to ‘financial motive’
Dawn Kerr died after having received ‘several blows to the head’, whilst her husband Andrew Searle was found hanged.
11 Feb 2025
UK
Death of British couple in south of France leaves town’s residents ‘traumatised’
A woman local to Villefranche-de-Rouergue said Andrew Searle and Dawn Kerr were ‘exceptional people’ who were ‘loved’ in the town.
10 Feb 2025
UK
Takeaway restaurant fined for putting sheep meat in ostrich curry
The dish from an Indian takeaway in North Yorkshire was found to contain sheep meat instead of ostrich.
7 Feb 2025
UK
Team UK departs for Canada ahead of Invictus Games kick-off
The 62 competitors left the UK from Birmingham Airport for Canada on Thursday.
6 Feb 2025
Politics
Daughter of murdered MP says ‘everyone failed by Prevent’ should get inquiry
Katie Amess’s father, former MP Sir David Amess, was stabbed to death in 2021 by Ali Harbi Ali, who had been referred to Prevent prior to the attack.
5 Feb 2025
Celebrity News
Anna Wintour says she will not stop working as she is honoured at palace
Dame Anna Wintour is best known as the long-serving editor-in-chief of Vogue, a position she has held since 1988.
4 Feb 2025
UK
Firefighter who battled poverty and homelessness as a teenager honoured by King
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton joined the the fire service at the age of 18 after experiencing homelessness, and now advises the Prince of Wales on the issue.
4 Feb 2025
Celebrity News
‘I think my cancer changed a lot for me’ says Tracey Emin after being made Dame
The 61-year-old British artist spoke about how her cancer affected her work, following an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
4 Feb 2025
Crime
Chelsea striker broke taxi window ‘after driver refused to let her out’
Chelsea striker Samantha Kerr and fellow footballer Kristie Mewis told officers they felt ‘very scared’ after a taxi driver ‘refused to let them out’.
3 Feb 2025
Crime
Chelsea striker on trial for calling Met police officer ‘stupid and white’
Football star Sam Kerr is accused of causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm, or distress to Pc Stephen Lovell.
3 Feb 2025
Tech
More than 8,000 social media accounts linked to people smuggling taken down
The accounts featured posts including the false promotion of small boat crossings of the Channel as being via speedboat.
27 Jan 2025
UK
Police probe defacing of memorials of two murdered officers
The memorial stones of Pc Ian Broadhurst and Sgt John Speed in Leeds were covered in black paint over the weekend.
26 Jan 2025
Crime
Stricter age checks on sales of knives online announced after Southport attack
Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana used a knife that he bought from Amazon when he was still 17 to kill three girls at a dance class in July 2024.
26 Jan 2025
Environment25 Jan 2025
Bird flu restrictions to cover whole of England as cases surge
Strict bird flu restrictions have been put in place for the whole of England amid rise in cases