Sam Hall
UK
How the papal conclave elects a new pope
Edward Berger’s film imagined the tension, bureaucracy, twists and turns of the papal conclave.
By Sam Hall
21 Apr 2025
London21 Apr 2025
Bank holiday weekend to end with a whimper as rain forecast for London
The Met Office said that Monday would be ‘rather cloudy with rain continuing eastwards’
Politics
RAF fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace
The Ministry of Defence said two RAF Typhoons were scrambled from Malbork Air Base in Poland on Tuesday.
By Sam Hall
20 Apr 2025
Politics
Parents should stop being ‘child’s friend’ over phones – children’s commissioner
Nearly a quarter of children spend more than four hours a day on an internet-enabled device, a survey suggested earlier this month.
By Sam Hall
20 Apr 2025
Environment
Dry and ‘pleasant’ Easter Sunday forecast for much of UK
The Met Office said most of the country would see ‘some warm spells of sunshine’.
By Sam Hall
20 Apr 2025
UK
Man charged with murder after woman’s body discovered
Paria Veisi was reported missing after leaving her workplace in the Canton area of Cardiff on April 12.
By Sam Hall
19 Apr 2025
UK
Elderly couple who died in house fire named by police
Stan Rickman, 91, and Roma Rickman, 88, were found dead on Monday after a fire at their home in Alton, Hampshire.
By Sam Hall
19 Apr 2025
UK
Vandalised church hides graffiti with plants to host wedding
Lancashire Constabulary said officers were called to a report of criminal damage to the church building and a number of gravestones in Leyland.
By Sam Hall
19 Apr 2025
Crime
Constance Marten used ‘summer’ sleeping bags in winter, court told
Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, are accused of the manslaughter of their daughter Victoria, who died after they went off-grid in early 2023.
By Sam Hall
16 Apr 2025
Showbiz
Warwick Davis’s wife died from cardiac arrest in London hospital
Samantha Davis died aged 53 hours before University College Hospital was planning to discharge her
By Sam Hall
15 Apr 2025
UK
Activists arrested after blood-red dye poured into US embassy pond
The US Embassy said the protest had ‘damaged a 1.5 million gallon water supply on the property, wasting a local environmental resource’.
By Sam Hall
11 Apr 2025
UK
Queen rewears wedding dress to mark 20th anniversary
Camilla arrived at the Italian Parliament on Wednesday wearing her silk chiffon dress from her civil wedding in 2005.
By Sam Hall
9 Apr 2025
UK
Bringing George to Villa match in Paris is a big deal, William tells pundits
The Prince of Wales said he was ‘pretty terrified’ and ‘nervous’ before the match against Paris Saint-Germain.
By Sam Hall
9 Apr 2025
Crime
Former Russian minister found guilty of breaching UK sanctions
Dmitrii Ovsiannikov was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of six out of seven counts of circumventing sanctions.
By Sam Hall
9 Apr 2025
UK
Caravan fire that killed father and daughter was accidental, investigation finds
Officers were called to the fire at a privately owned caravan within the Golden Beach Holiday Park on Saturday morning.
By Sam Hall
8 Apr 2025
Money
Neonatal care leave will make ‘huge difference’ for parents, say campaigners
Parents of babies in neonatal care will be entitled to an additional 12 weeks of leave and pay if eligible, on top of parental leave, as of April 6.
By Sam Hall
5 Apr 2025
Politics
Timeline of Rupert Lowe’s fallout with Reform UK and Nigel Farage
The party suspended Mr Lowe and reported him to the police on March 7.
By Sam Hall
4 Apr 2025
Politics
KC questions Reform UK’s ‘influence’ on Rupert Lowe investigation
Reform UK said last month that an ‘independent KC’ had found ‘credible evidence of unlawful harassment of two women’ by Mr Lowe, which he denies.
By Sam Hall
4 Apr 2025
Politics
Starmer says history with Barbados ‘long and rich’ as island’s PM visits UK
The Prime Minister met Mia Mottley on the steps of No 10 on Friday morning.
By Sam Hall
4 Apr 2025
Business News
Employers ‘loaded up’ with business rates, says shadow chancellor
A 75% relief in business rates fell to 40% this month.
By Sam Hall
3 Apr 2025
Politics
Government not acting ‘urgently’ on Briton detained in India, say family
Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, near Glasgow, was detained in Punjab in 2017.
By Sam Hall
2 Apr 2025