A new health and social care tax will be introduced across the UK to pay for reforms to the care sector and NHS funding in England, the PM has said
Boris Johnson said it would raise £36bn for frontline services in the next three years and be the “biggest catch-up programme in the NHS’ history”.He accepted the tax broke a manifesto pledge, but said the “global pandemic was in no one’s manifesto”.However, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the plan was a “sticking plaster.The tax […]
A new health and social care tax will be introduced across the UK to pay for reforms to the care sector and NHS funding in England, the P…
Boris Johnson said it would raise £36bn for frontline services in the next three years and be the “biggest catch-up programme in the NHS’ history”.He accepted the tax broke a manifesto pledge, but said the “global pandemic was in no one’s manifesto”.However, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the plan was a “sticking plaster.The tax […]
Police investigating a serious assault which left the victim with significant injuries are today releasing CCTV images of three suspects
At just after midnight on Saturday 29 August, the victim was travelling on-board a service between London Waterloo and Farnborough when she got into a verbal altercation with a woman in the same carriage. The woman then leapt over the seat and repeatably punched the victim in the head before she was pulled away […]
A man who sent Daesh execution videos to a friend has been jailed for more than three-and-a-half years, following a proactive investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command
Florian Flegel, 23 was stopped at Stansted Airport on 12 October 2020 by counter-terrorism officers, using powers under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. He was due to board an outbound flight to Cologne, Germany. His mobile phone was seized and examined, and imagery which was indicative of an extremist mindset was found. […]
A man who sent Daesh execution videos to a friend has been jailed for more than three-and-a-half years, following a proactive investigati…
Florian Flegel, 23 was stopped at Stansted Airport on 12 October 2020 by counter-terrorism officers, using powers under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. He was due to board an outbound flight to Cologne, Germany. His mobile phone was seized and examined, and imagery which was indicative of an extremist mindset was found. […]
Two men have been convicted of the murder of a man who was attacked in his own home in Colchester
Alinjavwa Siwale, 22, was found injured at the address in Affleck Road shortly after 12.15am on Friday 11 December last year. He was pronounced dead at the scene, having suffered multiple stab wounds. A second man at the address had also been stabbed and he jumped over a neighbouring fence to get help. He […]
A 39-year-old man has been jailed for six years after assaulting a woman in Aldershot
Ian Robinson, from Andover, pleaded guilty to GBH with intent following an incident at a residential property on High Street in the town. The victim was left with significant facial injuries and bruising following the attack on Thursday 19 November last year. Robinson was charged following a long investigation carried out by Hampshire Constabulary […]
A man has been jailed for three years and six months for drugs supply offences in Southampton
Shiraz Ahmadzai, aged 19, from Cobden Avenue, Southampton was jailed at Southampton Crown Court today (7 September) after pleading guilty to three counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs – cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin at an earlier hearing. The court heard that on Thursday, 7 January, officers attended an address […]
An HGV travelling North on the M1 was reported to South Yorkshire Police for weaving from one side of the carriageway to the other
Concerned members of the public formed their own rolling roadblock until South Yorkshire Police could arrive to take over. The driver blew a whopping 90 at the roadside and was taken to custody where he failed to provide a specimen of breath. Magistrates sentenced the driver to 10 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 […]
A grieving family has paid tribute to a woman who tragically died following a collision in Bowburn at the weekend
Lyndsey Watkins was in a grey BMW when it was involved in a collision on the A688 bypass on Sunday morning (September 5). The 31-year-old was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. Lyndsey’s family said: “It is with deepest regret that we announce the death of our sister, Lyndsey. “She was a much-loved mam, […]