An inquest will open on Friday into the death of Thomas Kingston, the husband of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent's daughter Lady Gabriella Kingston, it has been announced. A spokesman for Gloucestershire Coroner's Court said senior coroner Katy Skerrett would conduct the hearing at 2pm. The 45-year-old financier died …...Read More

There is a "high risk" that a man with learning difficulties was manipulated into falsely confessing to the murder of a shopkeeper, the Court of Appeal has heard. Oliver Campbell, who suffered brain damage as a baby, was "badgered and bullied" by police into admitting to the killing in 1990, …...Read More

Sainsbury's has revealed plans to cut around 1,500 roles as part of a previously announced shake-up of its operations. Sky News revealed earlier this month how the company, which also owns Argos, had refused to rule out job losses under the strategy update for investors. It included a greater focus …...Read More

A gunman who fatally shot a beautician outside a pub on Christmas Eve in 2022 has lost an appeal against his sentence. Connor Chapman, 23, was found guilty in July last year of the murder of Elle Edwards, 26, and was sentenced to life with a minimum of 48 years …...Read More

Steve Coogan is being sued for libel by a university official over how he was portrayed in a film about the discovery of Richard III's remains. Richard Taylor, formerly deputy registrar of the University of Leicester, is bringing legal action against Coogan over his portrayal in the 2022 film The …...Read More

A total of seven police officers have been served with misconduct notices after a crash which killed three people in Cardiff, the police watchdog has confirmed. Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, were killed in the crash in the St Mellons area of Cardiff last March. …...Read More

The North faces more than five decades of lower healthy life expectancy compared with the South East, according to a study. The Institute for Public Policy Research North (IPPR) found it will be 2080 before the gap in healthy life expectancy - defined as the average number of years a …...Read More

Almost 120,000 schoolchildren were recorded as missing education in England at some point in the 2022/23 academic year, with authorities having no idea where they were. The estimate of 117,100 youngsters was a rise of 23% on the previous year when 94,900 were in this category, figures from the Department …...Read More

Border protections at UK airports are neither "effective nor efficient" as ePassport gates are sometimes left unmanned, according to one of several delayed reports by sacked chief inspector David Neal. The Home Office has published 13 papers written by the former borders and immigration inspector, who was dismissed last week …...Read More

Hundreds of homes built using RAAC concrete are being evacuated. Aberdeen City Council said 299 properties occupied by council tenants were affected. A survey has recommended that they should be relocated to alternative accommodation as soon as possible - and permanently rehomed. "Officers are currently exploring options for the long-term …...Read More