An asylum seeker allegedly stabbed a hotel worker 23 times with a screwdriver after following her home from work, a murder trial has heard. Deng Chol Majek, a Sudanese national who claims to be 19, is accused of murdering 27-year-old Rhiannon Skye Whyte near Bescot Stadium railway station in Walsall on 20 October last year. […]
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Scotland now has the most violent classrooms in the United Kingdom, with serious attacks on teachers and school staff tripling in the past ten years. Between March 2014 and March 2024, there were 490 reports of serious injuries to school staff caused by violence, the highest rate in the UK when adjusted for population, according
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England’s adult social care sector continues to expand, contributing £77.8 billion to the UK economy in 2024/25, a 12.2% increase on last year, according to the latest Skills for Care report released today (15 October). The annual State of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England report reveals a 2.2% rise in total
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Labour MPs have accused the Crown Estate of acting out of greed and prioritising foreign workers over British firms in the leasing of sea bed areas for offshore wind farms. The Crown Estate, which manages the sea bed around England and Wales, is now facing a possible legal challenge from Greenpeace. The environmental group claims
An Afghan migrant who threatened to shoot Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a TikTok video has been jailed for five years after being convicted of making death threats. Fayaz Khan, who travelled to Britain across the Channel in an inflatable boat while livestreaming the journey, shouted at Mr Farage as he was sentenced at
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An artist has been jailed for six months after admitting she tried to defraud the NHS of £3 million by faking a severe disability. Kae Burnell-Chambers, 44, wept as she was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison at the High Court in London for contempt of court. She admitted misleading medical experts and lying in
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A former parish councillor has been jailed for secretly filming people, including children, in the shower of his Norfolk home over a 15-year period. Matthew Cooper, 61, who once served on Trimingham Parish Council and chaired a local fundraising committee, installed a hidden camera in the bathroom of his Mundesley Road property. Norwich Crown Court
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Unpaid carers across the UK are facing unrelenting pressure as more than half report spending longer hours looking after loved ones, according to Carers UK’s State of Caring Survey 2025. The annual survey, which gathered responses from over 10,500 unpaid carers, paints a stark picture of worsening health, financial strain and job insecurity among the
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Half of people in the UK say dementia is the illness they fear most, according to new research by Alzheimer’s Research UK with women, older adults and those with personal experience of the disease most likely to share this concern. The fear is well-founded: dementia is now the leading cause of death in the UK,
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More than £130 million worth of London property has been seized as part of an international crackdown on a criminal network accused of running brutal scam compounds in Cambodia and Myanmar. Two men Chen Zhi and Qiu Wei Ren were added to the UK sanctions list on Tuesday, alongside several companies connected to them, in
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