Category: News


Wales train crash: Passenger flung from seat in ‘blink of an eye’


A man died and 15 rail passengers were injured in a head-on collision after a train slid while braking, initial evidence suggests. No significant injuries were reported among passengers but it is believed that one suffered a fatal heart attack after the crash. He was a passenger in his sixties, police said.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/transport/article/two-trains-crash-wales-railway-lines-closed-latest-r7sghz8wb

What happened to Chris Kaba? The ‘chaotic’ night he was shot


Chris Kaba hugged his mother and set off from her home in Peckham, southeast London, shortly after 9pm on September 5, 2022. He said he was going to visit a friend and drove away in a blue Audi Q8.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/chris-kaba-shooting-what-happened-reconstruction-tk9k3t7k8

 


Labour minister won’t say high earners protected by ‘working people’ pledge


A government minister has refused to say that someone earning a six-figure salary is covered by Labour’s promise not to raise tax on “working people”, deepening confusion over its manifesto pledge.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/wes-streeting-defends-budget-tax-raid-0vszl5d0k

 


No UK apology over slavery at Commonwealth summit


The government has said there will not be an apology over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, when King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer visit the Commonwealth summit in Samoa next week.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qzkg0ldqzo

Badenoch and Jenrick clash over ECHR at Tory hustings


Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick clashed over Britain’s membership over the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in Thursday night’s Conservative leadership hustings.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/10/17/tory-leadership-badenoch-jenrick-debate-gb-news-live/

 


Why Thomas Tuchel should not be England manager


It is remarkable that after 1,066 England games over 152 years, one still has to point out that international football is about measuring one country’s resources against another.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/10/15/foreign-manager-appointment-thomas-tuchel-england-football/