Alana Calvert

King Charles’ connection to the notorious Fairbridge farm schools where British children suffered physical and sexual abuse is in the spotlight again. Right, former child migrant David Hill (PA)
UK

How is the King connected to the farm schools where children suffered abuse?

The Prince’s Trust became legally liable for Fairbridge after it took over the charity and absorbed all its assets in 2012.
15 Jun 2023
The Duke of Sussex has been accused of making the Invictus Games a target for extremists by revealing he killed 25 people in Afghanistan (Steve Parsons/PA)
UK

Harry accused of making Invictus Games a terrorist target

The former head of the Royal Navy said the games will now face ‘serious security issues’

8 Jan 2023
The Duke of Sussex has claimed his father was jealous of both his wife Meghan and his sister-in-law, the Princess of Wales (Joe Giddens/PA)
Celebrity News

King jealous of ‘resplendent’ Meghan and overshadowed by Kate, Harry claims

Harry alleges his father feared having his limelight stolen ‘again’ – in an apparent allusion to his late mother, Diana.
7 Jan 2023
Jonathan Ashworth has outlined plans to entice over-50s to take up employment again (Yui Mok/PA)
Business News

Labour hoping to tempt retirees back to workforce with right to work from home

The party has also proposed the right to work fewer hours and the right to work at times that vary from week to week.
7 Jan 2023
The Duke of Sussex has admitted he was ‘probably bigoted’ before his relationship with Meghan Markle (Ben Birchall/PA)
UK

Harry admits he was ‘probably bigoted’ before relationship with Meghan

Harry’s CBS interview – the first he has done with American TV about his book Spare – airs on Sunday

6 Jan 2023
The Duke of Sussex has claimed his brother ‘felt tremendous guilt’ for not speaking up about his father’s affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, now the Queen Consort (Adam Butler/PA)
Celebrity News

Harry claims William was ‘tormented’ over King’s relationship with Camilla

The elder prince had ‘long harboured suspicions about the Other Woman’, according to his brother’s memoir.
6 Jan 2023
<p>Sean Patterson was killed while on holiday in Jamaica</p>
London

London man’s murder in Jamaica was ‘contract killing’, police claim

Sean Patterson was shot and killed near the pool of his villa on Monday

5 Jan 2023
<p>According to a deputy High Court judge, “99 per cent” of crimes perpetuated by “professional fraudsters” are not being investigated (Andrew Milligan/PA)</p>
Crime

Police ‘not interested in prosecuting fraud’, High Court judge says

The barrister spoke about the decline in prosecuting the crime since the 90s, saying ‘fraud just isn’t that exciting’

5 Jan 2023
The so-called Elgin Marbles could soon be returned to Greece as the British Museum reportedly closes in on a landmark deal (Matthew Fearn/PA)
UK

Elgin Marbles could ‘soon be returned to Greece in cultural exchange’

Current laws prevent British museums from legally giving away items considered national treasures

4 Jan 2023
The daughter of a British man who was killed in a helicopter crash to his wife on Australia’s Gold Coast has said their family is ‘heartbroken’ (CH9/AP)
UK

Family ‘heartbroken’ after UK couple die in Gold Coast chopper crash

Ron and Diane Hughes from Neston, Cheshire, had reportedly been visiting his daughter and her family in Australia when the tragedy occurred

4 Jan 2023
The Prime Minister has accused union boss Mick Lynch of making rail workers and border officers ‘foot soldiers’ in his ‘class war’, claiming that ‘an increasing number of union members want a deal’ (Jonathan Brady/PA)
UK

PM claims workers are ‘tired of being soldiers in RMT’s class war’

Rishi Sunak said rail workers wanted a deal but the RMT was making ‘unaffordable’ demands

18 Dec 2022
The Government’s outgoing adviser on tackling violence against women has accused former Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick of trying to minimise the murder of Sarah Everard by serving officer Wayne Couzens (Jonathan Brady/PA)
London

Cressida Dick accused of trying to downplay Sarah Everard murder

Dame Cressida Dick has denied she complained to the then-PM about the Government response to the murder being ‘blown out of proportion’ and said she always sought to tackle violence women and girls

18 Dec 2022
The Home Secretary’s ‘crazy rhetoric’ on migrants is stoking an increase in racism in Britain and ‘normalising’ the politics of Nigel Farage, according to a Government adviser who announced her resignation this week, saying she did not feel comfortable serving under Suella Braverman (Toby Melville/PA)
Politics

Braverman’s ‘crazy rhetoric’ on migrants stoking racism, outgoing adviser says

Nimco Ali, a campaigner and survivor of female genital mutilation, said the Home Secretary was ‘normalising the Nigel Farages’.
18 Dec 2022
A charity led by a black domestic abuse campaigner who was repeatedly asked where she ‘really came from’ at Buckingham Palace has had to pause its operations over safety fears (Kin Cheung/PA)
UK

Charity in Palace racism row pauses operations over safety fears

Sistah Space said it was ‘forced to temporarily cease’ many of its operations after Ngozi Fulani spoke out about her treatment at Buckingham Palace

10 Dec 2022
Kwasi Kwarteng has admitted he ‘got carried away’ during his brief stint as chancellor (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Politics

Kwarteng admits he ‘got carried away’ and Truss government ‘blew it’

The former chancellor said his biggest regret was that ‘we weren’t tactically astute’

10 Dec 2022
Prominent Brexit-backer and billionaire businessman Sir James Dyson has condemned Government plans to extend employees’ rights to work from home as ‘economically illiterate and staggeringly self-defeating’ (Jeff Overs/BBC)
UK

Dyson condemns Government plan to extend work from home rights

The outspoken Brexit-backer, who moved his headquarters to Singapore in 2019, said home-working hampers employers’ ability to organise their staff

8 Dec 2022
Police are searching for a 32-year-old man after a woman in her 40s was found dead in Sunderland (Andrew Milligan/PA)
UK

Search underway for 32-year-old man after woman found dead in Sunderland

Police believe Alexander Carr is aware his whereabouts is sought in relation to the death.
6 Dec 2022
The UK is ‘sleepwalking’ into a food supply crisis, the country’s union for farmers and growers has warned (Alamy/PA)
Business News

The UK is ‘sleepwalking’ into a food supply crisis, farmers union warns

Egg shortages ‘could just be the start’, the NFU said.
6 Dec 2022
Children at primary schools affected by the Strep A outbreak could be given antibiotics as a blanket prevention measure, in a move described as ‘rare’ by health officials (Alamy/PA)
Health

‘Antibiotics could be given to children en masse’ amid Strep A concern

It comes after an eighth child died from Strep A.
6 Dec 2022
<p>President Emmanuel Macron and Elon Musk meet in New Orlean</p>
World

Macron meets Musk for ‘honest discussion’ after Twitter criticism

The French leader criticised the billionaire the day prior over Twitter’s relaxation of content moderation policies

3 Dec 2022
Online gambling is causing a surge in suicidal young men turning to A&E, according to health bosses at the NHS (Alamy/PA)
Business News

Online gambling causing surge of suicidal young men in A&E, NHS clinic says

A 42% annual rise in demand for NHS gambling clinics has resulted in the health service needing to open another two facilities in England.
23 Nov 2022