Former Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens has admitted to the kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard at the Old Bailey. Sarah, 33, vanished while walking home from a friend’s house in Clapham, south London, in March. Couzens, 48, appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday morning when he entered the guilty pleas. Appearing via video
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A second England cricketer is being investigated over historical “offensive” social media posts. A spokesman for the England and Wales Cricket Board said: “It has been brought to our attention that an England player has posted historic offensive material on their social media account. “We are looking into it and will make a further comment
Boris Johnson could narrowly avoid a rebellion by some of his own Conservative MPs as a vote over cuts to the foreign aid budget hangs in the balance. Thirty Tories, including former prime minister Theresa May and four other cabinet ministers, were backing a rebellion against the £4bn reduction and had hoped to force a
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have welcomed their second child – a baby daughter named Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Harry and Meghan announced that the infant, a first sibling for Archie, was born on Friday in California. Lili is named after her great-grandmother the Queen – who was affectionately nicknamed Lilibet by her family
Social media companies must do better in removing posts that are “glamourising” dangerous migrant crossings, the home secretary says. Priti Patel wrote to the companies on Saturday to say they must deal with the “totally unacceptable” posts promoting the “lethal crossings”. Among them is a video on TikTok which has been watched more than 800,000
The UK has reported another 5,765 coronavirus cases – significantly up on the total on the same day last week, but down on yesterday’s two-month high. Saturday’s figure compares to 6,238 on Friday – the highest since 25 March – and 3,398 last Saturday. A further 13 deaths have also been recorded within 28 days
The government is “drawing up other options” before making a decision on whether to completely lift COVID restrictions on 21 June. A government figure said Number 10 was still planning to go ahead with the final step in the roadmap, but is waiting for more data before taking any decisions. “It would be remiss of
Primary school children lost more than two months’ learning during the last lockdown, with northern and disadvantaged pupils hardest hit, a report has found. By the time they returned to school in March this year, pupils had regressed to the level they were in September, according to the research for the Department for Education (DfE).
Portuguese authorities have questioned why the UK has switched the popular holiday destination from its travel green list to amber. The move, announced on Thursday, means thousands of Britons who travelled there for the half-term school break are now scrambling to get home before the mandatory 10-day self-isolation kicks in at 4am on Tuesday. Live
The mother of a 14-year-old stabbed to death in Birmingham has paid tribute to her “incredibly talented young boy”. Dea-John Reid is understood to have been chased by a group in College Road, in the Kingstanding area of the city, at about 7.30pm on Monday, before he was attacked. Speaking to reporters at the spot
Matt Hancock has warned the government has to “keep this country safe” ahead of revealing which countries will be moved onto the green list – or taken off it. Ministers are set to make the first update to the traffic light system introduced three weeks ago, with changes due to take place from 7 June.
A 21-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a popular flower seller. Tony Eastlake, 55, was stabbed on Saturday afternoon near his Essex Road stall in Islington, north London, where he had worked for four decades. James Peppiatt, 21, of Elmore Street, Islington is due to appear before Highbury Corner Magistrates on Thursday
Six people, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 14-year-old was chased and stabbed to death in Birmingham. Police said a post-mortem examination confirmed the male victim died from a stab wound to the chest. A 33-year-old man was arrested from an address in Kingstanding, Birmingham, on Tuesday afternoon.
For 30 years the murder of successful businesswoman and mother Penny Bell has remained unsolved – her killer stabbing her more than 50 times in broad daylight before vanishing without a trace. Now, three decades on, her daughter Lauren Bell is pleading for anyone with information to unlock the puzzle and release her family from
Police have issued an urgent appeal to find a 29-year-old man following the death of a woman and child in Lincolnshire. Detectives are appealing for information or sightings of Daniel Boulton after the discovery of two bodies in Louth. “Officers were called to an address on the town’s High Holme Road at 8.29pm, last night
Thousands more Afghans will be able to settle in the UK under plans to relocate those who worked for Britain during the recent conflict. Most of those affected worked as interpreters for British troops and the acceleration of plans allowing them to settle in the UK comes as fears grow for their safety. The interpreters