One of the men jailed for life over the notorious ‘Essex Boys’ gangland murders can be freed from prison after more than 20 years behind bars, the Parole Board has ruled. Jack Whomes was convicted in 1998 alongside Michael Steele for the murders of Tony Tucker, Pat Tate, and Craig Rolfe. All three men were […]
Princess Beatrice: Edoardo forced to remove photos says expert Edoardo ‒ nicknamed Edo ‒ loves galleries and listed off a string of his favourites in Paris during a recent feature on him. Beatrice and Edo have been spotted at several art shows and galas over the years. Their first public appearance as a couple was at […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. An alert has been issed after the fraudsters posing as NHS officials emailed and texted messages to OAPs telling them they had been selected for the jab “on the basis of family […]
A few months before the Nazi occupation of Hungary in 1944, I was at a synagogue and three men were telling me about some terrible things they’d heard happening to Jews across Europe. Gas chambers, incinerators and forced labour camps sounded too heinous to be true. Those were the days before the internet – and […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Nearly 116,000 deaths involving Covid-19 have now occurred in the UK, new figures show. A total of 108,084 deaths have so far been registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on […]
A headteacher has threatened to withdraw children from her school after some admitted breaking coronavirus rules at home. Martine Buckley, executive head at Yew Tree Community School in Oldham, Greater Manchester, sent a letter to parents saying their ‘lovely children’ are ‘open and honest’ about visiting friends and family. She said her teachers are ‘putting […]
AMSTERDAM (REUTERS) – Dutch police detained more than 150 people in a third night of unrest in cities across the Netherlands, where roaming groups of rioters set fires, threw rocks and looted stores in violence triggered by a night curfew aimed at curbing the coronavirus. The nation’s first curfew since World War Two followed a […]
Joe Biden inauguration: Kamala Harris sworn into office There has been speculation that the Duchess of Sussex may be wading into US politics, but she has so far stopped short of any directly partisan comments. While stepping down as a senior royal means she can express herself more politically, there are still limits, as she […]
Vaccine: WHO’s Margaret Harris calls for ‘fair distribution’ Health commissioner Stella Kyriakides announced controls on firms wanting to export doses out of the bloc. Manufacturers will have to provide “early notification” to the European Commission if they plan to sell abroad. Ms Kyriakides added that if firms failed to comply, “the EU will take any […]
Martin Lewis gives advice on taking money from old bank account Credit card fees will jump from 0.3 per cent to 1.5 per cent of the value for every online payment from the UK to the EU from October 15. The fee for debit card payments is set to rise from 0.2 per cent to […]