Tributes to girl, 15, who died after double kayak she was paddling with her father, 44, overturned

The family of a 15-year-old girl who died in a kayaking tragedy said she was the happiest she had ever been at the time she died. Ellice Murray, 15, had been in a double kayak with her father, Fraser, 44, when it overturned on Monday, with brother Ben, 17, nearby. Tragically she was just out of … Read more

‘Stansted 15’ protesters who stopped deportation flight have convictions overturned

The Stansted 15 have today had their convictions overturned after they grounded a flight due to deport 60 criminals to Africa.  The group cut through the Essex airport’s perimeter fence in March 2017 and locked themselves together around a Boeing 767 jet chartered by the Home Office to transport people from UK detention centres for … Read more

‘Stansted 15’ protesters who stopped deportation flight have convictions overturned

‘Stansted 15’ protesters who stopped a flight trying to deport 60 criminals to Africa have convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal Group cut through airport’s perimeter fence and locked themselves together  767 jet transporting people from UK detention centres for repatriation to Africa  Were convicted in December 2018 before all 15 avoided jail in … Read more

Rapper performs wheelie after manslaughter conviction for Holby City actor’s daughter is overturned

A rapper who filmed a Holby City actor’s daughter while she died of a drug overdose has been filmed performing a wheelie on an e-scooter after his manslaughter conviction was overturned. Ceon Broughton, 31, can be seen performing a trick on the scooter and hanging out with a friend in a post on social media … Read more

Man marries his own mother-in-law after divorcing his wife and getting 500-year-old law overturned

A man who married his own mother-in-law after divorcing his wife of eight years and getting a 500-year-old law overturned has said his relationship is ‘stronger than ever’. Clive Blunden, 65, and Brenda, 77, have been together for over 30 years and officially tied the knot in 2007. But Clive, from Warrington, Cheshire, was arrested … Read more

Rapper’s conviction for killing Holby City actor’s daughter Louella Fletcher-Michie is overturned

A rapper who was jailed after filming the daughter of a Holby City actor dying from a party drugs overdose has had his manslaughter conviction quashed – after a Court of Appeal judge ruled prosecutors failed to prove she could have lived if he had called for help. Ceon Broughton, 31, supplied John Michie’s daughter … Read more

The black train guard who overturned ban on non-white BR staff

The family of a train guard who overturned a ban on non-white staff at British Railways in the 1960s has said his contribution to UK race relations should be taught in schools. Asquith Xavier applied for a promotion that would see him move from Marylebone Station to Euston in 1966, a shift that would boost … Read more

The black train guard who overturned ban on non-white BR staff

The family of a train guard who overturned a ban on non-white staff at British Railways in the 1960s has said his contribution to UK race relations should be taught in schools. Asquith Xavier applied for a promotion that would see him move from Marylebone Station to Euston in 1966, a shift that would boost … Read more

Doting father of 14-week-old ‘miracle baby’ dies after his canoe overturned on lake 

Doting father of 14-week-old ‘miracle baby’ dies after his canoe overturned on lake Mark Hill, 40, died in a canoe accident on Saturday at Amberswood Lake, Wigan His canoe overturned and the 40-year-old got into some trouble in the water  Mr Hill leaves behind a fiancé, Lisa Heavey, and a 14-week-old ‘miracle baby’ son His … Read more

Manchester City WIN appeal against Champions League ban: FFP breach overturned by CAS

Manchester City have won their battle with UEFA and their European ban has been lifted. The Premier League club were banned from European football for two years in February after UEFA found they had committed ‘serious breaches’ of its Financial Fair Play regulations. But many of the alleged breaches were more than five years old while … Read more