August 2023

Parents of babies attacked by Lucy Letby received a “total fob off” from a hospital medical director after raising concerns, a lawyer representing them has said. Ian Harvey was medical director at the Countess of Chester Hospital at the time the 33-year-old nurse carried out her crimes, murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six […]

The British Museum’s director said it is “frustrating” the person who raised concerns about missing items at the institution did not say they had more artefacts. Emails leaked to BBC News claim the London institution was alerted by an antiquities dealer to the thefts in 2021 and ignored the report. In a statement to the

NatWest has said former boss Dame Alison Rose is set to receive a £2.4 million pay package, a month after she resigned in disgrace from the banking giant. The company has said it will continue to review her planned pay and bonus payouts in relation to ongoing investigations into her actions surrounding a row over

Ofgem has fined US banking giant Morgan Stanley more than £5.4 million after its energy traders communicated via private WhatsApp discussions. The regulator said the company had failed to take “reasonable steps” to ensure its staff did not use ways of communicating that it could not hand over to investigators should they ask for the

South Yorkshire Police has referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office A police force which apologised after body-worn video footage recorded by its officers over a period of nearly three years was lost from its computer systems says it does not believe it has been hacked. South Yorkshire Police has referred itself to the Information

W1A star Ophelia Lovibond and The Chronicles Of Narnia actress Georgie Henley will play fictional special advisers while Jon Culshaw will voice Boris Johnson in the Channel 4 dramatisation of partygate. The factual drama will tell the story of the gatherings that went on inside No 10 during the various lockdowns of the Covid pandemic.

The antics of Spain’s football federation president Luis Rubiales at Sunday’s World Cup final highlight the level of “misogyny and sexism” within the organisation, American star Megan Rapinoe has said. Rubiales issued an apology on Monday for kissing Spain midfielder Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the trophy presentation ceremony, something Rapinoe described as a

That’s according to the Halifax The cost of a typical house is 6.7 times average earnings in Britain despite the recent slowdown in the property market, according to new figures. Mortgage lender Halifax said this is down from a record high of 7.3 times average earnings last summer, when a UK home cost an average

Fraudulent insurance claims tumbled by nearly a fifth to the lowest level since 2005 last year but the value of the average scam surged to a record £15,000 as fraudsters are increasingly “aiming big”, according to a report. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) revealed that the number of fraudulent claims detected dropped by 19%

A massive wall of flames raced through forests toward a port city in north-eastern Greece overnight, prompting authorities to evacuate another eight villages and a city hospital as firefighters battled dozens more wildfires across the country on Tuesday. Gale-force winds and high summer temperatures have hampered the efforts of hundreds of firefighters backed by dozens