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Young adults shut out of property market as ownership prospect halves in past two decades

Figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show young middle earners are struggling to get on the property ladder.

Feb 16, 2018

By Dan Cancian

UK Housing

Grenfell Tower campaigners stage Three Billboards-inspired protest: '71 dead. And still no arrests?'

Inspired by the Oscar-nominated film Three Billboards, Justice4Grenfell has displayed powerful signs around London.

Feb 16, 2018

By Sadhana Bharanidharan

UK housing crisis: Prices To Jump 50% in a decade – CEBR report

Tories fear housing crisis for middle-class millennials could be 'iceberg' that sinks party

Tories fear that the housing crisis affecting middle-class millennials could be an 'iceberg' issue that sinks the party in the upcoming election.

Feb 16, 2018

By Nicole Rojas

Thousands of prisoners to be freed to ease overcrowded British jail system

The Ministry of Justice will enact an early release scheme freeing thousands of prisoners to ease overcrowding in British jails.

Feb 16, 2018

By Brendan Cole

Man begs on knees when vigilante paedophile hunters catch him trying to meet boy from Grindr

Madan Lal, 45, of Ponteland, Northumbria, was planning to meet a 15-year-old boy from gay dating app Grindr as he is spared jail and handed a community order.

Feb 15, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

Prison officers not guilty of assaulting inmate who tried to throw bucket of poo at them

The pair, Thomas Woodhulme, 27, and William Henderson, 34, were both found not guilty of causing actual bodily harm to Strangeways prisoner Nigel Halfacre at Manchester Crown Court

Feb 15, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

Uber driver accused of grooming 'tipsy 14-year-old schoolgirl' by telling her she was 'hot'

A London Uber driver is accused of grooming a 'tipsy 14-year-old schoolgirl' he was giving a ride to by telling her she was 'hot' and 'had nice lips'.

Feb 15, 2018

By Nicole Rojas

Uber

Stalking plumber left sex toy and women's underwear in client's home after secretly getting key cut

Married father Shuaib Muhammad, 24, of South Shields, committed a sex act in the house, hacked her Facebook and made silent calls to the woman who has had to move home.

Feb 15, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

Romanian 'slaves' paid less than £2 an hour and forced to share squalid mattresses

Mihai Varga brought Eastern Europeans into the UK then paid them less than £2 per hour for 12-hour shifts in a food processing factory. He has been jailed for slavery offences.

Feb 15, 2018

By Josh Robbins

British baby of wealthy parents will live 8 years longer than child born in poor neighbourhood

Baby born in one of England's richest areas will live 8.4 years longer than child born in poor neighbourhood, study into life expectancy by Longevity Science Panel (LSP) reveals.

Feb 15, 2018

By Isabelle Gerretsen

England

Former science teacher, Rahul Odedra, who filmed schoolgirls and teachers in female toilets at three schools he worked at has been jailed

Gloucester teacher who hid cameras inside toilet rolls to spy on women jailed for 4 years

A former science teacher who filmed schoolgirls and teachers in female toilets at three schools he worked at has been jailed.

Feb 15, 2018

By Roger Baird

Video shows National Express driver try to drag woman off coach after she 'hadn't printed her e-ticket'

National Express has launched an investigation after footage emerged of one of its drivers attempting to drag a screaming woman off his coach.

Feb 15, 2018

By Charlotte Tobitt

Facebook

Jeremy Corbyn accuses Freddo makers of 'excessive profit-making'

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said a probe was required to find out if there was "excessive profit-making by those who make Freddos".

Feb 15, 2018

By David Brennan

Jeremy Corbyn General Election 2017 Arsenal FC

Failed Stormont talks a chance to bring gay marriage to Northern Ireland, says Labour

Labour's shadow Northern Ireland secretary Owen Smith has said that Theresa May should force the devolved government to accept same-sex marriage if power-sharing talks fail.

Feb 15, 2018

By David Brennan

Theresa May

Man City reveal second child abuse suspect with links to club after Barry Bennell found guilty

Club say John Broome, who is now dead, also linked to serious abuse allegations after former coach convicted of string of offences.

Feb 15, 2018

By Ewan Palmer

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