The jury in the trial of Ryan Giggs has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts on whether he attacked and controlled his ex-girlfriend and assaulted her sister. The former Manchester United footballer stood trial accused of assaulting his former partner, Kate Greville, causing actual bodily harm, and using controlling and coercive behaviour against her
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Food prices rose at their fastest rate since 2008 in August – up 9.3% after a 7% increase last month. The figure comes from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and NielsenIQ index, which blamed the Ukraine war and its effect on the price of animal feed, fertiliser, wheat, and vegetable oils. Fresh food prices were
Olivia Pratt-Korbel was scooped up by police and taken to hospital after being shot, as an officer tried to save her by using his hand to cover the chest wound, an inquest has heard. The nine-year-old schoolgirl died after being attacked by a balaclava-clad gunman who chased another man into her house in Liverpool at
A murder investigation is underway after a man was stabbed to death at the Notting Hill Carnival. Several other stabbings and violent incidents were also reported. In a statement the Metropolitan Police said that at about 8pm on Monday evening officers became aware of a stabbing in Ladbroke Grove, under the Westway flyover. Officers provided
The family of a 16-year-old who died after falling ill at Leeds Festival has paid tribute to the “beautiful, fiercely independent” boy. David Celino, from Worsley, Manchester, was taken to the festival’s medical tent on Saturday night and died in hospital on Sunday morning. “Our David was a beautiful, fiercely independent and warm character who
A crackdown on serious and organised crime has seen Merseyside Police arrest 170 people over the past week. Officers have carried out dozens of raids as they continue to appeal for help in finding Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s killer. The nine-year-old was fatally shot inside her own home last Monday, becoming the third person in Merseyside to
Police have made a fresh appeal for information to find the killer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool, saying “you know her name, now we need the name of her murderer”. Officers said she won’t celebrate her 18th birthday, marry or have children as her life was cut short. In a social media post, Merseyside
Liz Truss is considering a “nuclear” option that could see VAT cut from 20% to 15%, according to reports. A source told Sky News that Ms Truss “will consider options to help people but it would not be right for her to announce her plans before she has been elected prime minister or seen all
Police investigating the fatal shooting of a nine-year-old girl in Liverpool have said “silence is not an option” and they “need names”, following the arrests of two men. Merseyside Police said it wants to ensure there is “no hiding place for anyone involved” in the killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel. A local councillor told Sky News
Britons on £45,000 salaries will need government help to pay their energy bills – not just people on benefits, the chancellor has warned. Nadhim Zahawi also told The Daily Telegraph that households must try and reduce their energy consumption, and that he fears gas prices could remain elevated for another two years. Millions of households
Millions of households will see their energy bills rocket as the price cap is hiked to £3,549 a year, plunging many into financial hardship. The record 80% October increase, announced by the regulator Ofgem, will see a typical default tariff customer paying an extra £1,578, laying bare the deepening cost of living crisis. The rise
CCTV footage capturing the sound of gunshots during the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool has emerged. The video does not show the attack itself but the audio clearly captures the sound of four gunshots. Olivia was killed shortly after 10pm on Monday night after a 35-year-old man, being chased by another man with a
Police are pursuing a “number of very positive lines of inquiry” as they hunt the gunman who killed a nine-year-old girl in Liverpool. Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot dead by a masked attacker while inside her home in Kingsheath Avenue, in the Dovecot area of the city, on Monday night. He was chasing 35-year-old convicted burglar
A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a nine-year-old girl at her home in Liverpool – as detectives said people were coming forward with names as they hunt the gunman who killed her. Merseyside Police said the 35-year-old man, suspected to have been the target of the shooting, has been
An 80% rise in the energy price cap is expected to be confirmed today, sending an average yearly bill from £1,971 to more than £3,500 from October. The cap has dominated the news in recent months, as consumers watch nervously to find out how much higher their bills can go, but many of the driving
A hosepipe ban for 15 million Thames Water customers has come into effect. The water company, which supplies Greater London, Luton, the Thames Valley, parts of Surrey, Gloucestershire, north Wilshire and west Kent, announced the ban on 17 August due to the “unprecedented weather conditions”. The ban will mean people must not use a hosepipe