All news for 2024-07-24

Crown estate reward for Dan Labbad comes amid doubling of profits on back of offshore wind developments

Move by ratings company Moody’s puts Thames in breach its operating licence but Ofwat likely to hold off on large fine

Footage shows Greater Manchester police officer pointing Taser at two men, kicking one of them and hitting the other

Cargo of vessel capsized near Sweden in 19th century also includes mineral water, say Polish divers

A Russian chef who has lived in France for 14 years has been arrested on suspicion of plotting with a foreign power to stage “large scale” acts of “destabilisation” during the Olympic Games in Paris.

Here we round up some of the major reforms put forward in the DWP consultation - what that would mean for you if the Labour Government picked them up

The Bibby Stockholm barge, which is docked in Portland, Dorset, is costing more than £41,000-a-day to lease. It will close in January, the Government has confirmed

Joshua Hillstead was pulled from the River Arrow in Warwickshire but died following complications resulting from drowning, police say. In a separate incident, officers searching for a 16-year-old boy in a West Midlands reservoir have discovered a body.

The extremist preacher Anjem Choudary has been found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation.

Following a court order, law enforcement agencies detained dozens of public servants and businesspeople on Tuesday, who are believed to have exploited the COVID-19 pandemic for personal gain.

Hong Kong authorities announced the successful dismantling of a drug manufacturing facility specializing in ecstasy production and the arrest of its 19-year-old operator.

Captain Tom’s daughter’s company is set to be struck off after making thousands of pounds from the Covid hero’s charity.

French rapper Naps, known for his songs C’est carré le S and La Kiffance, is suspected of raping a woman in October 2021 while she was asleep in a hotel room

There are some foods that members of the royal family tend to avoid - including one very common ingredient that is strictly off limits, according to Queen Camilla

Prime minister counters SNP questions with statistics on Scottish child poverty after stripping seven MPs of whip

Total of 443,995 offences in year to March 2024 up 30% on previous 12 months, says Office for National Statistics

A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving over a crash that left six people dead.

Eighteen people have been killed after a passenger plane burst into flames and crashed into a gorge during takeoff.

A soldier has sustained serious injuries in a stabbing near Brompton Barracks between Chatham and Gillingham in Kent today - the knifeman was said to have ’licked’ the blade