A mother has been arrested and accused of keeping her son imprisoned for 28 years at her flat in Sweden. Medics were called to the apartment, in Stockholm, on Sunday after a suspicious relative broke in and found the woman’s son, now 41, locked inside. The man was severely malnourished, had sores and open wounds … Read more
A convicted terrorist who has refused to tell the Manchester Arena inquiry about his contact with bomber Salman Abedi is set to be released from jail this week. Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, was jailed in 2016 after he was found guilty of helping people travel to Syria to join so-called Islamic State. While he was in … Read more
Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel says Booker Prize snub ‘freed her’ as acclaimed writer misses chance to win award for final book in Thomas Cromwell series Hilary Mantel was hoping to scoop a third win for her novel on Thomas Cromwell Her novel The Mirror and the Light did not reach the six-book Booker … Read more
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was almost freed by Iran three years ago but the deal collapsed… weeks after Boris Johnson tried to intervene in her case, new documentary claims A BBC Panorama investigation allegedly uncovered details of deal made in 2017 Richard Ratcliffe said his wife had been due to return to the UK on December 28 … Read more
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was almost freed by Iran three years ago but the deal collapsed… weeks after Boris Johnson tried to intervene in her case, new documentary claims A BBC Panorama investigation allegedly uncovered details of deal made in 2017 Richard Ratcliffe said his wife had been due to return to the UK on December 28 … Read more
Birmingham could be forced into lockdown today as ministers meet to discuss plans to tackle the city’s spiralling Covid-19 outbreak. Health Secretary Matt Hancock is said to have chaired the ‘gold command meeting’ this morning, alongside council bosses and Public Health England. Official figures show the city of Birmingham’s infection rate has more than doubled … Read more
Mortifying moment a teenage girl has to be freed by firefighters after getting stuck in a BABY SWING while filming a TikTok video Layani Maclean, 14, covered her face as the firefighters arrived to free her She was stuck in a children’s swing at a playground in Faringdon, Oxfordshire Firefighters unscrewed the swing’s chains before … Read more
D-Day for Nazanin: British citizen imprisoned in Tehran will find out TODAY if she will be freed as her husband says ‘we are closer than ever’ but is still preparing for the worst Nazanin’s lawyers have been asked to attend court to find out the news today Mr Ratcliffe said yesterday the family are ‘on … Read more
D-Day for Nazanin: British citizen imprisoned in Tehran will find out TODAY if she will be freed as her husband says ‘we are closer than ever’ but is still preparing for the worst Nazanin’s lawyers have been asked to attend court to find out the news today Mr Ratcliffe said yesterday the family are ‘on … Read more
Immunity certificates for people to prove they are protected against coronavirus are being looked at by the Government in an effort to get people back to work. Matt Hancock announced contracts for 10 million antibody tests had been signed which would be given to NHS and care workers from next week. The Health Secretary told … Read more