Month: June 2024

A 13-year-old girl drowned in a swimming pool while on holiday in Florida after suffering a suspected epileptic seizure, an inquest has heard. Anna Beaumont was found unconscious at the Discovery Cove resort in Orlando last month. Her family described her as “a beautiful soul” who would “never be forgotten”. Pontypridd Coroner’s Court heard Anna
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An investigation into the accounting software the Post Office used before its controversial Horizon system has begun contacting sub-postmasters and is due to report its findings in the autumn, it has been announced. Risk advisory and financial solutions company Kroll has been appointed to conduct an independent, forensic investigation into the system called Capture which
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The UK economy flatlined in April, according to early official figures that have been seized on by the government’s critics as evidence the Conservatives’ plan is not working. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there was zero growth in April compared to the 0.4% figure recorded during March. A Reuters news agency poll of
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A man has been charged with using threatening behaviour towards Nigel Farage as he campaigned in South Yorkshire. Josh Greally, 28, has been charged with using “threatening, abusive, insulting words and behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence following an incident in Barnsley Town Centre yesterday”, a spokesman for South Yorkshire Police
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