February 2023

More than 5,000 people are now confirmed to have died following the quake which hit Turkey and Syria Three British nationals are missing after a huge earthquake in Turkey and Syria. It comes as UK aid charities say reports of the devastation are just the “tip of the iceberg”. In a statement in the Commons on Tuesday, […]

Rapist Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick is facing a life sentence after committing “violent and brutal sexual offences” against a dozen women. Carrick, who joined the Met in 2001 before becoming an armed officer with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command in 2009, pleaded guilty to 49 charges, including 24 counts of rape. Mrs Justice

About one in five people did not redeem the £66 energy support voucher they were sent by PayPoint in November, the company has said. PayPoint had sent out hundreds of thousands of vouchers in November under a Government support scheme. But only 81% of those vouchers had been redeemed on Sunday when they ran out

A team of British search-and-rescue specialists heading to Turkey will leave the UK “imminently”, a Government minister has said. A flight had been scheduled to leave Birmingham on Monday night, carrying personnel and equipment to help with relief efforts, after the earthquake claimed thousands of lives. The death toll has surged past 4,000 as rescuers

Profit more than doubled at oil giant BP last year as the business benefited from runaway gas prices caused by the war in Ukraine. The company said that it would invest an additional eight billion dollars (£6.6 billion) each in the energy transition, and in oil and gas, as boss Bernard Looney promised to keep

Civil servants warned ministers that they did not have enough time to properly assess some of the energy support packages that will together cost the taxpayer about £69 billion, an official report has found. The programmes were rushed through after ministers had held off announcing extra support because they were waiting for the Conservative leadership

The Premier League issued a statement on its website Manchester City could be docked points or even expelled from the Premier League if more than 100 alleged rule breaches announced on Monday are found proven. The Premier League issued a statement on its website announcing the club – who have won the competition six times

He was found guilty after a five-day trial at the High Court in Edinburgh A man who killed a woman and her two-year-old daughter before burying their bodies under his kitchen floor has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years. Andrew Innes, 52, was found guilty of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25,

That’s according to the website, Moneyfacts.co.uk Cash Isa rates have improved considerably as the start of a new tax year approaches, according to a financial information website. The average easy access Isa on the market pays around seven times the interest rate offered a year ago, at 1.85% this month compared with 0.26% in February

That’s according to Williams F1 driver, Alex Albon Alex Albon said Formula One drivers are “concerned” about the FIA’s move to ban political statements. F1’s governing body has updated its rules to prevent “political, religious or personal” comments being made without prior approval. The FIA’s controversial clampdown comes after drivers – including seven-time world champion