Post Office Limited (POL) "intended to pervert the course of justice" by relying on knowingly flawed cash accounts, an inquiry submission filed today alleged. Sir Edward Henry KC, who represents former sub-postmasters Lee Castleton and Seema Misra, among others, in the Post Office scandal, made the remarks in a closing …...Read More

The cost of the stalled Rwanda asylum scheme could balloon to half a billion pounds, plus hundreds of thousands more for each deportee, an investigation by the public spending watchdog found. The Home Office has so far refused to say how much more money, on top of the £290m already …...Read More

MPs are calling for a new review into the dangers of the drug Primodos, claiming that families who suffered avoidable harm from it have been "sidelined and stonewalled". MPs said the suggestion there is no proven link between the hormone pregnancy test and babies being born with malformations is "factually …...Read More

A drug addict is facing life in prison after being been found guilty of murdering a father-of-three. The decomposing body of Donald Prentice Patience, 45, was discovered inside a duvet cover at the bottom of his stairs after officers were called to a suspected burglary at his home in Radcliffe, …...Read More

The number of obese people worldwide has surpassed one billion, according to global analysis. Research published by The Lancet journal shows 879 million adults and 159 million children were obese in 2022 - the most recent year included in the analysis. In the UK, around 16.8 million people are living …...Read More

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