BBC Chair Richard Sharp made “significant errors of judgement” when failing to declare his role in the facilitation of a loan to the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a Parliamentary committee has said. Sharp is under investigation over potential conflicts of interests after allegations emerged that he had helped secure an £800,000 ($987,000) loan guarantee…
‘We Will Uphold Moral and Historic Commitment to Hongkongers,’ Said UK Home Office
The British Home Office recently announced that since the launch of the British National (Overseas) (BNO) visa scheme in 2020, more than 140,000 Hongkongers have been able to live and work in the UK. Robert Jenrick, British Home Office Minister, praised the Hongkongers who migrated to Britain for contributing to the local community and economy,…
15 Arrested in Merseyside After Police Van Burned at Protest at Migrant Hotel
Fifteen people have been arrested after a protest at a hotel housing asylum seekers descended into chaos on Friday. Merseyside police said the protest was “initially peaceful” before a separate group of people turned up to make trouble. A police van was burnt and three people received minor injuries. It comes after a man with a…
World War II Bomb Unexpectedly Explodes in England During Defuse Attempt
A World War II-era bomb exploded in the coastal town of Great Yarmouth, England, on Feb. 10, as a team of experts attempted to disarm it, according to authorities. Norfolk Police confirmed in a statement that there were no reports of injuries following the incident. “No one was injured and damage was limited as a result…
Hugh Hudson, ‘Chariots of Fire’ Director, Dead at 86
LONDON—Hugh Hudson, a British filmmaker who debuted as a feature director with the Oscar-winning Olympics drama “Chariots of Fire” and later made such well-regarded movies as “My Life So Far” and the Oscar-nominated “Greystoke,” has died at age 86. Hudson’s family issued a brief statement announcing that he died Friday at a hospital in London…
New Policy Will See Trans Prisoners in Scotland Initially Housed According to Birth Sex
All transgender prisoners will go into an assessment in a prison service facility that matches the sex of their birth, according to Scotland’s Justice Secretary. In Scotland under the initial plans, newly convicted prisoners were categorised under the gender they identified as rather than their sex at birth. However after the case of recently convicted…
Labour Retains West Lancashire With 10.5 Percent Swing From Tories
Labour has won the West Lancashire by-election, securing a comfortable seat against the ruling Conservatives in the third electoral test of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. On Thursday, Labour’s Ashley Dalton retained a seat in the West Lancashire by-election, securing a majority of 8,326 over Conservative hopeful Mike Prendergast, with a 10.52 percent swing from the…
UK Government Rejects Justice Committee’s Advice and Refuses to Review IPP Sentences
The chairman of the House of Commons justice committee said he was “genuinely surprised” the Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, has rejected their recommendation to review the status of almost 3,000 prisoners who were being held under the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) system. In September the committee recommended all 2,926 in England and Wales should be…
UK Economy ‘Not out of the Woods’ Despite Avoiding Recession: Chancellor
The UK is “not out of the woods” despite avoiding a recession by a tiny margin last year, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has warned. The country’s GDP was flat in the last three months of 2022, according to new data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Feb. 10. The ONS…
Lockdown Blamed as Knife Deaths in England and Wales Reaches Record Level
The number of deaths with a bladed instrument—mostly knives—in England and Wales was the highest since records began in 1946, with 282 people losing their lives between April 2021 and March 2022, according to a report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The number of homicides using a knife or other sharp instrument went…
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