General news

• Harry and Meghan honour inspiring sick children at WellChild awards

  04-09-2018 23:54
  Harry and Meghan have honoured inspirational children who lead normal lives despite battling serious conditions.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex met the winners of the WellChild awards, which aim to recognise the achievements of youngsters with serious health problems and the medical staff who treat them.Matilda Booth, who has spina bifida and is paralysed from the chest down, chatted to the pair as they attended the ceremony.
  
  Read more

• Labour fully adopts international antisemitism definition but adds free-speech protection

  04-09-2018 21:55
  Labour has voted to fully adopt the international definition and examples of antisemitism but has been criticised for adding a free-speech clause.Members of the party's National Executive Committee backed a change in its code of conduct to help it investigate, suspend and expel members accused of discrimination against Jewish people.The vote marks a crucial moment in a row that has dominated Labour all summer, pitting MPs against each other and seeing serious allegations levelled at Jeremy Corby
  
  Read more

• We will not roll over for Brussels, says Brexit secretary

  04-09-2018 21:37
  Dominic Raab, secretary for exiting the EU, arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street, London, on Tuesday.Dominic Raab has chided Tory Brexiters who are urging the prime minister to dump her Chequers proposals in favour of a Canada-style free-trade deal, insisting that the government will not “roll over” at the first signs of criticism from Brussels.Raab, the Brexit secretary, told MPs on their return to the Commons after the summer recess that he was surprised that some backbe
  
  Read more

• Nerve agent used on Skripals 'same one that killed Dawn Sturgess'

  04-09-2018 21:28
  Dawn Sturgess died in July as a result of accidently coming into contact with novichok.The nerve agent that killed a woman in Amesbury, Wiltshire was the same one used to poison the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury, the international chemical weapons watchdog has confirmed.Dawn Sturgess and her partner, Charlie Rowley, fell ill on 30 June after coming into contact with the chemical.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Theresa May under further pressure to 'chuck Chequers'

  04-09-2018 21:23
  Theresa May came under further pressure to "chuck Chequers" and rethink her Brexit strategy as MPs returned to the House of Commons after their summer break.The prime minister's plans for the UK's future relationship with the EU came under attack from both Labour and former Conservative ministers in parliament on Tuesday, with the government warned against "self-delusion" over the viability of the proposals.Meanwhile, a Sky Data poll revealed the majority of Britons disapprove of Mrs May's Brexi
  
  Read more

• Labour fully adopts international antisemitism definition and adds free-speech protection

  04-09-2018 21:14
  Labour has voted to fully adopt the international definition and examples of antisemitism but has been criticised for adding a free-speech clause.Members of the party's National Executive Committee backed a change in its code of conduct to help it investigate, suspend and expel members accused of discrimination against Jewish people.The vote marks a crucial moment in a row that has dominated Labour all summer, pitting MPs against each other and seeing serious allegations levelled at Jeremy Corby
  
  Read more

• Amesbury novichok was same as poisoned Skripals - OPCW

  04-09-2018 21:11
  The novichok that left Dawn Sturgess dead after she collapsed in Amesbury was the same as that which poisoned the Skripals, the OPCW says.The body that polices the worldwide use of chemical weapons released its report after it was invited by the UK to analyse the substance that left Ms Sturgess dead and her friend Charlie Rowley in hospital.It comes as the brother of novichok victim Charlie Rowley told Sky News the 45-year-old is being treated in hospital for meningitis, as he struggled with the
  
  Read more

• Labour party moves to defuse anti-Semitism row

  04-09-2018 21:10
  Britain's opposition Labour Party adopted an internationally accepted definition of anti-Semitism on Tuesday, trying to defuse a row that has heaped pressure on its leader at a time when the government is struggling over Brexit.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran campaigner for Palestinian rights, has been criticised by members, lawmakers and Jewish leaders for not fully adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of anti-Semitism.Tuesday's move may still not satisf
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Most Britons disapprove of Chequers Brexit deal - Sky poll

  04-09-2018 21:03
  The majority of Britons disapprove of the Brexit plan proposed by the UK government, with most saying they would prefer a closer relationship with the EU than suggested in the proposals, a Sky Data poll reveals.Former education secretary Justine Greening suggested the Chequers deal was less popular than the poll tax - a flat tax on every person in the country first imposed in 1989, which led to widespread protests and is often cited as a factor leading to Margaret Thatcher being deposed as
  
  Read more

• Why women are dressing up like Handmaids to protest

  04-09-2018 20:45
  The outfit is inspired by Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale.
  
  Read more

• Seven jailed for life over fatal stabbing of teenager in Manchester

  04-09-2018 20:33
  Group who attacked Sait Mboob were jailed under ‘joint enterprise’ law.Five men and two teenage boys have been jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 14 to 19 years after a teenager was stabbed to death in Manchester’s Moss Side.Police called to reports of fighting on Crosshill Street on 8 August last year found 18-year-old Sait Mboob with stab wounds to his back, arms and leg.
  
  Read more

• Seven jailed for fatal stabbing of teenager in Manchester

  04-09-2018 20:33
  Group who attacked Sait Mboob were jailed under ‘joint enterprise’ law.Five men and two teenage boys have been given jail sentences of up to 19 years after a teenager was stabbed to death in Manchester’s Moss Side.Police called to reports of fighting on Crosshill Street on 8 August last year found 18-year-old Sait Mboob with stab wounds to his back, arms and leg.
  
  Read more

• Labour adopts full anti-Semitism definition

  04-09-2018 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour agrees to adopt the full international definition of anti-Semitism, after months of rows.
  
  Read more

• Contaminated blood inquiry accused of silencing victims before it starts

  04-09-2018 20:09
  Lawyers for hundreds of people affected by a contaminated blood scandal have accused a public inquiry of trying to "silence victims" in a dispute over legal fees.After a 30-year campaign by victims and families, Theresa May last year ordered a public inquiry, to be chaired by retired judge Sir Brian Langstaff.Now, the solicitors for some victims say they may not be able to provide proper legal representation because the inquiry is failing to meet their legal costs.
  
  Read more

• Scotland Women qualify for World Cup for the first time

  04-09-2018 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Scotland Women qualify for the World Cup finals in France for the first time with win in Albania.
  
  Read more

• Male Suicide At Lowest Rate In 30 Years – But Concerns Remain About Young Men

  04-09-2018 19:57
  Male suicide rates are at their lowest in the UK for more than 30 years,
  
  Read more

• David Beckham enlists 'Mr Loophole' Nick Freeman to fight speeding charge

  04-09-2018 19:54
  David Beckham has enlisted a lawyer known for helping celebrities get off driving charges to help him fight a speeding allegation.The former England captain is accused of driving a Bentley at 59mph in a 40mph zone on the A40 in Paddington at shortly after 5.30pm on 23 January.Beckham, 43, entered a not guilty plea last month and solicitor Nick Freeman - whose clients have included the likes of ex-cricketer Andrew Flintoff, former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and ex-Liverpool goalkeepe
  
  Read more

• Roxanne Pallett quits radio show after CBB punch row

  04-09-2018 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The ex-soap star also pulls out of a pantomime after a row over her Celebrity Big Brother appearance.
  
  Read more

• Asian gang 'got girl high before biting and raping her' in Sherwood Forest

  04-09-2018 19:43
  A vulnerable child who had low self-esteem was bitten and raped by a group of Asian men in Sherwood Forest after being given drugs and alcohol, a court has heard.Sheffield Crown Court was also told the men threatened to abandon the girl in the forest if she did not comply with their dermands.Prosecuting barrister Michelle Colborne QC told the court: "She did not take any pleasure in this act.
  
  Read more

• Jose Mourinho 'reaches deal in Spanish tax dispute'

  04-09-2018 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The Manchester United manager is reported to have agreed to pay a fine to the Spanish authorities.
  
  Read more

• Families of three dead Windrush victims can claim compensation

  04-09-2018 19:29
  Caroline Nokes expressed sympathy for those wrongly deported who have since died.The families of three wrongly deported Windrush victims who died before UK officials were able to repatriate them will be able to claim compensation, the immigration minister has told the House of Commons.Caroline Nokes offered a number of fresh apologies during her response to an urgent question in parliament on the Windrush scandal, and said the home secretary, Sajid Javid, had written to the families of those who
  
  Read more

• Suspected shoplifter 'attacked staff with noxious irritant' in Notting Hill

  04-09-2018 19:10
  Three people were taken to hospital after staff at a store in west London were sprayed with a "noxious irritant" by a suspected shoplifter.Police were called to the premises in Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, at around 2.10pm on Tuesday, where they found one person bleeding and two others also injured.Although all three victims required treatment at the scene and were later taken to hospital, a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said their injuries "are not thought to be life-threatening or changin
  
  Read more

• Labour's NEC Approves Full International Anti-Semitism Definition As Corbyn Avoids Defeat On Anti-Israel Criticism

  04-09-2018 19:09
  Labour's ruling body has tried to draw a line under the party's damaging anti-
  
  Read more

• Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho 'fined €2m' in tax fraud case

  04-09-2018 19:03
  Jose Mourinho has reportedly been fined €2m (£1.8m) and given a one-year suspended prison sentence after settling his Spanish tax evasion case.The Manchester United manager was charged last year with two counts of tax fraud dating back to when he coached Real Madrid.Prosecutors alleged that the Portuguese defrauded Spain's tax office of €3.3m (£2.9m) in 2011 and 2012.
  
  Read more

• Sturgeon accused of running out of ideas with policy programme

  04-09-2018 18:51
  Critics said the Scottish first minister’s programme showed her government was ‘past its sell-by date’.Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to increase spending on mental health, low-carbon vehicles, schools and hospitals as she unveiled a low-key legislative agenda.Sturgeon said her government would again focus on increasing Scotland’s health and wealth, as she sought to shift public attention from the controversy over sexual harassment allegations against her predecessor Alex Sa
  
  Read more

• The rise in school exclusions is a result of the education market

  04-09-2018 18:32
  Michael Gove is blamed by many people for the extra pressure placed on schools leading to more exclusions.The exclusion rates in state schools are indeed “deeply concerning”, if not a national scandal (Revealed: dozens of schools excluding one in five pupils, 1 September).A significant number of children who ought to be in school are left to their own devices, often wandering around public spaces.
  
  Read more

• In praise of do-gooders and those who care

  04-09-2018 18:31
  Social work theorists address the way we make relationships.One good example is Gillian Ruch in her book Relationship-Based Social Work.• The findings from the Lancet public health study (Social care needs for over-85s predicted to double in next 20 years, 31 August) show that action is urgently needed to ensure that the most vulnerable people are rightly and fairly supported in the UK.
  
  Read more

• Barry Bennell abuse survivor helps Hollyoaks football grooming plot

  04-09-2018 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  A victim of football coach Barry Bennell has advised Hollyoaks on its football abuse storyline.
  
  Read more

• Labour fully adopts international definition and examples of antisemitism

  04-09-2018 18:27
  Labour has fully adopted the international definition and examples of antisemitism in a crunch vote by its ruling body.Members of the party's National Executive Committee backed a change in its code of conduct to help it investigate, suspend and expel members accused of discrimination against Jewish people.
  
  Read more

• Viagogo sues Ed Sheeran's promoter in fraud claim

  04-09-2018 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm claims Stuart Galbraith voided genuine tickets, potentially making fans to pay twice.
  
  Read more

• Firefighter helps save a life on a Ryanair flight back from a family holiday

  04-09-2018 18:16
  Retained firefighter Daniel helped save the life of an elderly woman as he travelled home from a family holiday in Portugal.
  
  Read more

• Home Office backed 'slave labour' pay for immigration detainees

  04-09-2018 18:15
  Detainees have brought legal action against the Home Office.Home Office ministers have overruled their own officials who recommended an increase to £1 per hour rates paid to immigration detainees to do menial jobs.The information has emerged as part of a legal challenge against the Home Office brought by detainees protesting about being paid what they called a “slave labour” rate for jobs such as cleaning toilets or working in kitchens.
  
  Read more

• Light aircraft crashes into sea at Pembrokeshire beach

  04-09-2018 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The aircraft ended up nose-first in the sea at Whitesands Bay in St Davids, Pembrokeshire.
  
  Read more

• Four-year-old cycles from Land's End to John O'Groats

  04-09-2018 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Rhoda, four, is thought to be the youngest person to cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats.
  
  Read more

• Watford teen hacker admits making bomb threats to schools

  04-09-2018 17:41
  A British teenager has pleaded guilty to sending bomb threats to thousands of schools and a United Airlines flight.George Duke-Cohan, 19, admitted making the threats to UK schools last March, causing 400 of them to be evacuated.Speaking to the perpetrator at the time, Sky News learned that the emails were spoofed to look like they had been sent by Minecraft gaming network VeltPvP due to the hoaxer's feud with the group.
  
  Read more

• Fenwick cuts 400 jobs amid crisis for UK department stores

  04-09-2018 17:38
  Fenwick, the department store chain, is to shed 421 jobs as part of a cost-cutting plan following a slump in profits.The retailer reported on Tuesday it had not been immune from the struggles facing its competitors, including Debenhams and House of Fraser - the latter of which fell into administration last month before being bought out by Mike Ashley's Sports Direct.Fenwick, whose roots can be traced back to 1882, posted a 93% fall in pre-tax profits to £2m in the year to 26 January.
  
  Read more

• Charlie Rowley: Novichok victim in hospital with meningitis

  04-09-2018 17:36
  The brother of novichok victim Charlie Rowley has told Sky News the 45-year-old is being treated in hospital for meningitis.Mr Rowley was readmitted last month, weeks after he was poisoned with a nerve agent that killed his partner Dawn Sturgess.Matthew Rowley said his brother had lost his sight and cannot move his hands, arms or legs.
  
  Read more

• New Natural History Museum room honours Mary Anning

  04-09-2018 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The room has been transformed in honour of pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning.
  
  Read more

• Three hurt in Notting Hill 'noxious substance' attack

  04-09-2018 17:16
  Three people have been taken to hospital after an apparent noxious substance attack in the Notting Hill area of west London.Officers from the Metropolitan Police were called to Westbourne Grove at about 2.10pm on Tuesday.A hazardous area response team from the LAS was also dispatched.
  
  Read more

• Parent calls Essex Police 999 over PE kit error

  04-09-2018 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  A police force control room labelled the call "just another example of misuse of 999".
  
  Read more

• Orkney Library's Fortnite joke tweet is internet hit

  04-09-2018 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Orkney Library's joke punch line about the gaming craze Fortnite finds a lot of love on social media.
  
  Read more

• Quiz: How well do you know 80s and 90s movies?

  04-09-2018 17:01
  Hair was big, clothes were loud, budgets were massive and Kevin Costner was the king of the box office. But how much do you really know about films from the 1980s and 90s?What memorably gruesome death meets one of the teen vampires in The Lost Boys? Death by microwaveDeath by lawnmowerDeath by stereoDeath by chocolateWhich big-haired 80s pop legend sang the theme song from The NeverEnding Story? Paul YoungNik KershawLimahlMidge UreYou wouldn’t get away with it nowadays, but in 80s comedy R
  
  Read more

• Telenor Norway head leaves after failing to agree new role

  04-09-2018 16:54
  The head of Telenor's Norwegian business is leaving the group after failing to agree a new role as the company looks to develop potential new leaders in the face of a rapidly changing global telecoms market.Oslo-listed Telenor is one of the world's largest mobile operators with around 178 million subscribers across Scandinavia and Asia.The company's operations in Norway contributed about a quarter of the group's total operating profit of 26.7 billion Norwegian crowns in 2017.
  
  Read more

• EU27 to offer Theresa May a 'carrot and stick' approach to Brexit

  04-09-2018 16:52
  The EU27 are planning a “carrot and stick” approach to Brexit at an upcoming summit, offering Theresa May warm words on the Chequers proposals to take to the Conservative conference alongside a sharp warning that they need a plan for Northern Ireland within weeks.May committed in December, and again in March, to agree on a plan for avoiding a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
  
  Read more

• Make misogyny a hate crime, Stella Creasy urges

  04-09-2018 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour's Stella Creasy wants to change the upskirting bill so misogyny is an aggravating factor.
  
  Read more

• Irish court appoints inspectors to Ireland's largest newspaper group

  04-09-2018 16:41
  DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's High Court on Tuesday granted an application by the state's corporate watchdog to appoint inspectors to investigate potentially unlawful conduct at Independent News & Media (INM), the country's largest newspaper group.
  
  Read more

• Grenfell inquiry: Stay-put advice 'good' says firefighter

  04-09-2018 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Alan Moore said there would have been more causalities had people on higher floors tried to leave.
  
  Read more

• Novichok victim Charlie Rowley treated for meningitis

  04-09-2018 16:29
  Charles Rowley was readmitted to Salisbury district hospital last month.The Novichok victim Charlie Rowley is being treated in hospital for meningitis and sight problems but is hoping to be discharged within a month.Speaking to ITV News from his hospital bed, Rowley said his eyesight had improved but was not yet fully restored and said there was still “a bit of meningitis in the system”.
  
  Read more

• Novichok poisoning victim Charlie Rowley treated for meningitis

  04-09-2018 16:29
  Charles Rowley was readmitted to Salisbury district hospital last month.The novichok poisoning victim Charlie Rowley is being treated in hospital for meningitis and sight problems but is hoping to be discharged within a month.Speaking to ITV News from his hospital bed Rowley said his eyesight had improved but was not yet fully restored and said there was still “a bit of meningitis in the system”.
  
  Read more

• Lucy McHugh murder: Facebook urged to give police access to suspect's account

  04-09-2018 16:16
  Tech companies like Facebook should hand over account passwords within minutes of approval being granted, the head of the Met Police has said.The body of the 13-year-old was found in woodland at Southampton Sports Centre in July.Stephen Nicholson, 24, had been questioned on suspicion of murder and sexual activity with a child but was released on police bail.
  
  Read more

Follow @GeneralnewsUK on Twitter!