UK ill-prepared for pandemic, Covid-19 inquiry hears – The Irish Times

UK ill-prepared for pandemic, Covid-19 inquiry hears – The Irish Times

The UK may not have been “very well prepared at all” to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the lead lawyer to the official Covid-19 Inquiry said as public hearings began. Hugo Keith... Read more »
West London man died of cancerous kidney transplant, inquest hears

West London man died of cancerous kidney transplant, inquest hears

Parminder Sidhu, 49, who was working as a DHL airside loader, underwent the transplant at Hammersmith Hospital in April 2021. Representational image (iStock) By: Chandrashekar Bhat A west London man died within... Read more »
Boy, 16, ‘stabbed to death’ after he slapped teenager who was trying to steal his phone, court hears

Boy, 16, ‘stabbed to death’ after he slapped teenager who was trying to steal his phone, court hears

Boy, 16, was stabbed to death after slapping a teenager who tried to steal his mobile phone in the face, court hears Teen fatally stabbed allegedly trying to stop assailants from stealing his... Read more »
Drill rapping ‘terrorist’ Al Arfat Hassan ‘threatened blood and torment if his girlfriend left him’, court hears | UK News

Drill rapping ‘terrorist’ Al Arfat Hassan ‘threatened blood and torment if his girlfriend left him’, court hears | UK News

A drill rapping alleged terrorist threatened to bring “blood, terror and torment” when his girlfriend told her she was splitting up with him, a court has heard.  Al Arfat Hassan, 19, had... Read more »
Man walked into police station to confess to 1980 west London murder, court hears | UK news

Man walked into police station to confess to 1980 west London murder, court hears | UK news

A 61-year-old accused of killing a part-time barman more than 40 years ago walked into a police station to confess to murder, a court has heard. Anthony Bird, 42, was found dead... Read more »
Man who appeared to grab flag on Queen’s coffin did not believe she was dead, court hears | UK news

Man who appeared to grab flag on Queen’s coffin did not believe she was dead, court hears | UK news

A man who appeared to grab the flag draped over the Queen’s coffin planned to trespass at royal residences including Buckingham Palace because he did not believe she was dead, a court... Read more »
Man who appeared to grab flag draped over Queen’s coffin did not believe she was dead, court hears | UK News

Man who appeared to grab flag draped over Queen’s coffin did not believe she was dead, court hears | UK News

A man who appeared to grab the flag draped over the Queen’s coffin planned to trespass at royal residences because he did not believe she was dead, a court has heard. Muhammad... Read more »
French court hears Russian hitman was dispatched to kill blonde reporter before Jill Dando was shot

French court hears Russian hitman was dispatched to kill blonde reporter before Jill Dando was shot

Jill Dando’s killer may have mistaken her for another BBC journalist who was the real target of an assassination plot, astonishing documents submitted to a Paris court suggest. A French fashion mogul... Read more »
Essex hospital worker left ’embarrassed and intimidated’ after being shouted at by off-duty midwife, tribunal hears

Essex hospital worker left ’embarrassed and intimidated’ after being shouted at by off-duty midwife, tribunal hears

An Essex hospital worker was shouted at by an off-duty midwife about a baby scan, which left her “embarrassed, shocked and intimidated”. The member of staff at the East Suffolk and North... Read more »
London’s centre of gravity still moving east, City Hall conference hears

London’s centre of gravity still moving east, City Hall conference hears

Sadiq Khan’s planning deputy and the chief executive of the London Legacy Development Corporation were among speakers at today’s Centre for London spring conference London’s centre of gravity “really is moving eastwards”,... Read more »