Everard family A Met Police officer who murdered Sarah Everard after kidnapping her under the guise of an arrest has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term. Wayne Couzens abducted the 33-year-old as she walked home from a friend’s house in south London on 3 March. During the sentencing of Couzens, the judge said the
Month: September 2021
Getty Images The UK’s furlough scheme closes on Thursday, but some badly-hit sectors are saying support should continue. Furlough was introduced in March 2020 and helped pay the wages of 11.6 million workers after Covid-19 forced large parts of the economy to close. At the end of July it was still supporting the incomes of
Under lockdown, travel photography fueled our jealousy, longing, and admiration. For travelers back in the 1800s, photographs were important in another way: “You might have gone to that place, but you couldn’t take a picture of it, so you buy one to show people back home,” said Jamie Allen, an associate curator at the George
Reuters Sir Keir Starmer will promise to get Labour “back in business” when he delivers his first speech as leader to the party’s full conference. Urging activists to unite to win the next election, he will launch an attack on Boris Johnson over his handling of the pandemic and the fuel crisis. Sir Keir will
Reuters The Army could begin delivering fuel by the end of the week – as Boris Johnson reassures drivers about supplies. Mr Johnson said the fuel situation was “improving” and people should be “confident” to go about their business, after days of queues and pump closures. A decision on whether to deploy military tanker drivers
The fuel situation in the UK is starting to improve, PM Boris Johnson has said – as he urged motorists to fill up their cars in the “normal way”. He said the situation on the forecourts was “stabilising” and people should be “confident” to go about their business, after days of queues and pump closures.
EPA The Army is ready to help ease fuel supply problems after a fourth day of long queues and pump closures. Up to 150 military tanker drivers will prepare to deliver to forecourts which have run dry because of panic buying. The surge in demand came amid fears a driver shortage would hit fuel supply
PA Media Demand for petrol is expected to return to normal levels in the coming days, easing pressure on station forecourts, the fuel industry has said. In a joint statement, 10 companies, including BP and Shell, said there was plenty of fuel at refineries and urged people to buy it as they usually would. Earlier,
PA Media The government is to suspend competition law to allow oil firms to target fuel deliveries at petrol stations following recent panic buying. Officials said the move would make it easier for companies to share information and prioritise parts of the country most at need. It follows days of long queues at the pumps,
PA Media Offering temporary visas to foreign lorry drivers will not be enough to solve supply chain issues, retailers and hauliers have said. The government’s planned measures would not fix the “ultra-short term” problems caused by panic buying, the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said. It said some of its members say their forecourts are running
PA Media Up to 10,500 lorry drivers and poultry workers can receive temporary UK visas as the government seeks to limit disruption in the run-up to Christmas. The government confirmed that 5,000 fuel tanker and food lorry drivers will be eligible to work in the UK for three months, until Christmas Eve. The scheme is
Google A 12-year-old boy has died after being seriously hurt at an indoor ski centre. Officers were called to the Snow Dome in Tamworth on Friday evening to reports a child had been injured during an activity. The ambulance service said its workers tried to save the boy who died “after an incident on the
Getty Images Details of a temporary visa scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK are expected to be set out this weekend. Any changes to immigration rules would be for a limited period only, and there would be a cap on the number of workers allowed to enter
Fernando Llano / AP A Haitian immigrant wades across the Rio Grande to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. The 35-year-old father weighed his options: head back into the US, where he could be sent back to Haiti, or stay in Mexico as authorities closed in around him and other immigrants. Wood, who declined to give his full
Angela Merkel was on the campaign trail on Friday, two days before Germans head to the polls to elect a new parliament and thus her replacement. The 67-year-old is retiring after almost 16 years as German chancellor, but she is still out campaigning for her center-right Christian Democratic Union party. On Friday, she made a
PA Media Hundreds of people have joined a vigil for teacher Sabina Nessa who was killed as she walked to a pub in south-east London. The 28-year-old was discovered in Cator Park in Kidbrooke, by a member of the public on Saturday. She had been walking to meet a friend at The Depot bar last
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