General news

• Former boxer Frank Bruno treated in hospital for pneumonia

  04-03-2019 23:25
  British boxing star Frank Bruno is recovering after being treated in hospital for pneumonia.Fans filled the 57-year-old former heavyweight champion's Twitter replies with get well soon messages after his agent, Dave Davies, posted from his account."Frank has contracted pneumonia," he wrote.
  
  Read more

• North Sea offshore workers add further strike dates in shift dispute

  04-03-2019 23:19
  Aker and Petrofac previously proposed a change to the on-off shift rotation from two weeks on, three weeks off to a three-three and three-four basis.
  
  Read more

• Steve Bruce’s Sheffield Wednesday blunt Blades in Steel City stalemate

  04-03-2019 23:00
  Sheffield United missed the chance to return to the automatic promotion spots as they were held to a goalless draw at Hillsborough.In the opening stages United’s Jack O’Connell appeared to be hit by objects thrown at him by the home crowd. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• No link between autism and MMR, affirms major study

  04-03-2019 23:00
  Doubts about the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine were sown in the late 1990s. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesThe measles, mumps and rubella vaccine does not cause autism, according to a major study carried out in an attempt to reassure growing numbers of vaccination-doubters, as measles outbreaks surge.Doubts about MMR were sown by the gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield, who hypothesised in 1998 that it was linked to autism. The symptoms of the condition often begin to manifest at a
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Louis Theroux: The Night in Question review – an incendiary look at campus rape

  04-03-2019 23:00
  Theroux is, as ever, compelling in this exploration of sexual assault on US college campuses. But this was a troubling and problematic film‘I got woken up with her slapping me, and she said we shouldn’t have had sex,” says Yale student Saif Khan. “A few days later, I found out she is accusing me of rape.” So begins Louis Theroux: The Night in Question (BBC Two). With Theroux interviewing a young man accused of sexual assault. With his version of the night in questio
  
  Read more

• Sebastian Coe backs ‘purple patch’ Laura Muir to paint Tokyo gold in 2020

  04-03-2019 22:59
  • Ability to change pace puts Muir among the greats, says Coe• Coe: there is ‘no question’ Muir can win Olympic goldSebastian Coe believes there is “absolutely no question” Laura Muir can win Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 after her “double-double” at the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow.Lord Coe, who won Olympic 1500m titles in 1980 and 1984, had a grandstand seat as Muir destroyed her rivals to add the 1500m title on Sunday to her 3,000m win tw
  
  Read more

• Charles compares Southend to Ayia Napa as he celebrates UK-Cyprus relations

  04-03-2019 22:58
  The Prince of Wales hosted Cyprus’s president Nicos Anastasiades at Buckingham Palace.
  
  Read more

• Speaker urges police to bring Brexit bigots to book

  04-03-2019 22:56
  John Bercow was responding to a point of order brought by Tory MP Nicky Morgan in the Commons.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Sarah Burton repays Alexander McQueen’s faith in classic style

  04-03-2019 22:55
  Deeply personal Paris fashion week show highlights brand’s support for designer
  Lee Alexander McQueen died in 2010, but not before he had predicted the trajectory of fashion this decade with extraordinary accuracy. He believed fiercely in fashion as armour for women, had an unsettling instinct to needle into the dark heart of sexual politics, and an impulse to celebrate female strength. It is uncanny, in hindsight, to note the extent to which McQueen predicted a reckoning in gender politic
  
  Read more

• Rudd to end repeat PIP assessments for disabled pensioners

  04-03-2019 22:49
  The Work and Pensions Secretary says she wants to 'level the terrain' for disabled people.
  
  Read more

• Failing Grayling invaluably diverts attention from cabinet incompetence | John Crace

  04-03-2019 22:39
  The transport secretary has become a world leader in a hotly contested field of political uselessnessIt is almost three years ago to the day that I first used the phrase Failing Grayling. A nickname for Chris Grayling that I have gone on to use with increasing frequency as his disasters have magnified exponentially. Now Failing Grayling has not just become common parlance across the whole country, it has gone international – with the New York Times dedicating a whole profile to our newest
  
  Read more

• Failing Grayling invaluably diverts attention from cabinet incompetence

  04-03-2019 22:39
  Chris Grayling in January. On the day Labour tabled two urgent questions about the transport secretary, he was not to be seen in parliament. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty ImagesIt is almost three years ago to the day that I first used the phrase Failing Grayling. A nickname for Chris Grayling that I have gone on to use with increasing frequency as his disasters have magnified exponentially. Now Failing Grayling has not just become common parlance across the whole country, it has gone internation
  
  Read more

• Pensioners freed from disability benefits reviews, says Rudd

  04-03-2019 22:30
  Amber Rudd is seen as a potential Tory leadership contender. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesHundreds of thousands of pensioners will no longer have to undergo reviews to carry on getting their disability benefits, Amber Rudd, the work and pensions secretary, will say on Tuesday.Rudd is to announce the overhaul of personal independence payments (Pip) for older people, after years of complaints about the system, which requires many claimants to repeatedly prove their entitlement to benefits.The
  
  Read more

• Luke Perry: forever the thrillingly cool teen pinup

  04-03-2019 22:20
  Perry never quite escaped the shadow of Beverly Hills, 90210. But this was not a failing – it was proof of how seminal the show, and Perry’s handsome rebel Dylan McKay, was to a generation
  Teen pinups who free themselves of their TV origins can be counted on one hand with fingers to spare: Ron Howard. Michael J Fox. Zac Efron.Luke Perry never quite made it to those ranks, but that’s no discredit to him. Despite working pretty regularly until the day he died – which is mor
  
  Read more

• Are Liverpool wilting under pressure – or renewing their early-season steel? | Andy Hunter

  04-03-2019 22:15
  The club have lost the Premier League lead but a side who have not conceded in five games are hardly ‘bottling it’Jordan Henderson was unequivocal about how Liverpool would handle the slip from leaders to chasers in the title race. “It will not change our mindset,” the Liverpool captain said at Goodison Park where, on the streets outside, Evertonians rejoiced not in a goalless draw from the 233rd Merseyside derby but depriving their rivals of two precious points in pursui
  
  Read more

• Mauricio Pochettino hits out over Tottenham’s ‘massive disadvantage’

  04-03-2019 22:03
  • Spurs manager rails at Borussia Dortmund’s extra day
  • Spurs take 3-0 lead into Champions League last-16 tieMauricio Pochettino has complained bitterly about Tottenham’s lack of preparation time for their Champions League second leg at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday night. As was the case before the first leg at Wembley, which Spurs won 3-0, the Bundesliga leaders have been afforded an extra day.Spurs drew 1-1 with Arsenal at Wembley in the Premier League at lunchtime on Sa
  
  Read more

• Labour Anti-Semitism Row Reignites After Councillor Suspended For Joking About ‘Jew Process’

  04-03-2019 22:03
  Labour's anti-Semitism row has reignited once more after a local councillorwas suspended for joking about "Jew process" and MPs criticised the party'shandling of abuse cases
  
  Read more

• Man in court charged with attempted murder after actor attacked

  04-03-2019 21:56
  The incident took place on Saturday afternoon outside the Scottish Poetry Library as Tam Dean Burn was leaving an event.
  
  Read more

• Labour MPs’ anger at Corbyn staffer’s role in anti-Semitism cases

  04-03-2019 21:56
  Critics of the Labour leader say move of junior staff member to the complaints unit questions the independence of the process.
  
  Read more

• Labour general secretary fails to placate angry MPs over antisemitism

  04-03-2019 21:54
  Jennie Formby came under fire from MPs about her handling of the antisemitism issue. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty ImagesLabour MPs have claimed the party’s general secretary, Jennie Formby, had “not learned anything” when they confronted her about the handling of antisemitism at a tense meeting in Westminster on Monday.Formby faced a coordinated onslaught from MPs, who challenged her over a report in Sunday’s Observer that members of Jeremy Corbyn’s inner circle ha
  
  Read more

• Chris 'failing' Grayling goes missing amid international headlines

  04-03-2019 21:54
  Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has been branded "an international embarrassment" after his "Failing Grayling" moniker attracted headlines on the opposite side of the Atlantic.Following recent criticism of his performance in various ministerial roles, Mr Grayling was the subject of an article in the New York Times on Monday.The cabinet minister, who has sat at the top level of government since 2012, was described by the newspaper as having become "a byword for haplessness in a golden age of p
  
  Read more

• Hillsborough disaster: police officer in charge showed 'lack of leadership'

  04-03-2019 21:27
  Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield arrives at Preston crown court.Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAThe South Yorkshire police officer in command of the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough, at which 96 people were killed, showed a “lack of leadership” and “poor decision-making,” the court hearing his prosecution for manslaughter has been told. Ch Supt David Duckenfield failed to prepare thoroughly for the match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, according to
  
  Read more

• Grayling ferry fiasco: Eurotunnel will get £33m 'deal or no deal'

  04-03-2019 21:27
  Transport secretary should be sacked, says Labour, on day he evaded scrutiny in the Commons The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, is an “international embarrassment” who should be sacked without delay, Labour said after it emerged the government must pay £33m to Eurotunnel over the Brexit ferry fiasco whether or not Theresa May seals a Brussels deal.Informed sources say the out-of-court settlement made on Friday involves a straight payout to the Channel tunnel train operator
  
  Read more

• Grayling ferry fiasco: Eurotunnel will get £33m 'deal or no deal'

  04-03-2019 21:27
  Chris Grayling was not in the Commons to answer an urgent question about the £33m payment.Photograph: Hannah McKay/ReutersThe transport secretary, Chris Grayling, is an “international embarrassment” who should be sacked without delay, Labour said after it emerged the government must pay £33m to Eurotunnel over the Brexit ferry fiasco whether or not Theresa May seals a Brussels deal. Informed sources say the out-of-court settlement made on Friday involves a straight payout
  
  Read more

• Dawid Malan aims to grab T20 chance and show he is England class

  04-03-2019 21:23
  • Malan dropped after first Test against India in August 2018
  • ‘I still believe I’m good enough to play international cricket’For Dawid Malan the three T20 internationals that conclude England’s tour of the Caribbean are anything but an afterthought given they offer him a chance to prove a point following a difficult year.The 31-year-old has not represented his country since a miserable first Test against India at Edgbaston last August, when he was deemed surpl
  
  Read more

• Chris Grayling Absent From Grilling Over Botched Brexit Ferry Deal, As MPs Ask: 'Where Is He?'

  04-03-2019 21:17
  Another troubled day for Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, began with aless-than-flattering profile in The New York Times and ended with MPsdemanding to know where he was
  
  Read more

• Backlash as May rejects link between stabbings and police numbers

  04-03-2019 21:09
  Members of the public speak to a police officer near the scene at St Neot’s Road in Harold Hill, east London following the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old Jodie Chesney on Friday night. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PAThe prime minister has sparked a backlash over the government’s handling of rising knife crime after she insisted there was “no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers” amid new evidence of a sharp rise in teens using knives.Police and crim
  
  Read more

• Man charged after firearm found in car following ‘deliberate’ crash

  04-03-2019 20:58
  Police believe an Audi was driven into the Nissan in the east end of Glasgow on Saturday morning.
  
  Read more

• House panel seeks Trump documents from 81 individuals and organizations

  04-03-2019 20:58
  Trump’s sons and Jared Kushner asked to provide papersJudiciary committee gives recipients two weeks to respondUS politics – liveA House of Representatives panel led by Democrats sent document requests to 81 individuals and organizations associated with Donald Trump on Monday, in the most aggressive play yet by the newly installed Congress to investigate alleged wrongdoing by the president. Related: Democrats target Trump Jr, Weisselberg and more as investigations growContinue readin
  
  Read more

• Five arrests after knife-wielding gang targets college

  04-03-2019 20:57
  Five people have been arrested after a knife-wielding group of males started threatening students at a college in Lancashire.Police said the "targeted" attack at Runshaw College in Leyland resulted in a 17-year-old boy being nicked on the arm.Lancashire Police said officers were sent to the college just before 4pm as a "group of males" walked onto the property as students were leaving.
  
  Read more

• Angela Rayner has panic buttons fitted after online threats

  04-03-2019 20:54
  Angela Rayner: ‘We have to stop the personal attacks and be kinder to each other.’ Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Rex/ShutterstockLabour MP Angela Rayner has said she recently received rape and death threats from “someone claiming to be a Jeremy Corbyn supporter” and that she had had panic buttons fitted at her home. The shadow education secretary spoke out about her experience on Monday after receiving a string of “nasty tweets and social media comments”, aft
  
  Read more

• MPs maul ‘international embarrassment’ Chris Grayling over Commons no-show

  04-03-2019 20:48
  Health Secretary Matt Hanock answered questions over the Eurotunnel legal settlement despite Labour wanting to quiz the Transport Secretary.
  
  Read more

• Man, 32, Charged With Murder Of 14-Month-Old Girl Hollie Ashurst In Wigan

  04-03-2019 20:43
  A man has been charged with the murder of a 14-month-old girl who died onFriday after being taken to hospital with head injuries
  
  Read more

• Five arrested after gang with knives enter college grounds

  04-03-2019 20:43
  Police officers were sent to Runshaw College in Leyland, Lancashire, shortly before 4pm on Monday.
  
  Read more

• Baby who died from head injuries was everyone’s ray of sunshine, says mother

  04-03-2019 20:41
  Daniel Ashurst, 32, from Wigan, has since been charged with her murder and remanded in custody to appear before Wigan Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Luke Perry – a life in pictures

  04-03-2019 20:28
  The American actor, who became a teen heartthrob with his role in Beverly Hills 90210, has died of a stroke aged 52. We look back at some of his most notable performances Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Guaidó returns to Venezuela with new hope to unseat Maduro

  04-03-2019 20:22
  Washington warned on eve of arrival Maduro faces ‘strong and significant response’ if Guaidó is detained or threatened The opposition figurehead battling to dislodge Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has made an audacious and dramatic homecoming, flying into the country’s main airport as he sought to re-energize his campaign for political change.Juan Guaidó – who secretly left Venezuela last month to conduct a support-seeking tour of South Am
  
  Read more

• Emmanuel Macron: Dear Europe, Brexit is a lesson for all of us: it’s time for renewal

  04-03-2019 20:17
  We can’t let nationalists exploit public anger. I want an ambitious project that lets the people really take back controlCitizens of Europe, if I am taking the liberty of addressing you directly, it is not only in the name of the history and values that unite us, but because time is of the essence. A few weeks from now the European elections will be decisive for the future of our continent.Never since the second world war has Europe been so essential. Yet never has Europe been in such dang
  
  Read more

• Facebook criticised after women complain of inaction over abuse

  04-03-2019 20:15
  Amnesty says social media firm must do more to support users who report harassmentHuman rights campaigners have called for action after a survey revealed that more than half of the reports that women lodge about harassment on Facebook are met with no action from the social media company.The Survation poll, commissioned by the feminist campaign group Level Up, found that 29% of the 1,000 women who took part had been harassed on Facebook. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• EU must learn from Brexit and reform, says Emmanuel Macron

  04-03-2019 20:15
  French president sets wide-ranging plans to overhaul EU in response to UK’s vote to leaveDear Europe, Brexit is a lesson for all of us; it’s time for renewalEmmanuel Macron has called for a new European agency to fight against international cyber-attacks and the manipulation of election campaigns, as well as a ban on foreign powers funding European parties, as he set out plans to overhaul the EU in response to Britain’s vote to leave.The French president, a pro-European centris
  
  Read more

• Knife crime 'has become a normality' in Sheffield

  04-03-2019 20:14
  Survivors and affected families share their stories of knife crime in South Yorkshire.
  
  Read more

• Varadkar plays down claims Enda Kenny influenced EU data protection laws

  04-03-2019 20:00
  A Facebook document claims that Enda Kenny offered to help the social media giant influence other EU member states on EU data legislation.
  
  Read more

• Martin Rowson on May's Brexit 'bribe' for poorer towns – cartoon

  04-03-2019 19:52
  Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Battle of Orgreave: Home Office rejects independent review

  04-03-2019 19:41
  The confrontation on 18 June 1984 between riot police and striking miners. Photograph: Photofusion/Rex/ShutterstockThe home secretary has rejected an offer by the bishop of Sheffield to set up an independent panel to examine events surrounding the “battle of Orgreave”, one if the most brutal clashes between police and miners during the 1984 miners’ strike.The Right Rev Dr Peter Wilcox said there was strong public support for the government to commission a review, but he had bee
  
  Read more

• Former SDLP chief hopes to give NI a voice in Europe after Brexit

  04-03-2019 19:34
  Mark Durkan will run as a candidate for leading Irish party Fine Gael for Dublin in the European elections in May
  
  Read more

• Theresa May considers calls for vote on future relationship with EU

  04-03-2019 19:31
  May is facing a huge challenge to win enough support for her Brexit deal next week. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty ImagesTheresa May is considering demands from Labour MPs for a parliamentary vote on the UK’s future relationship with the EU as the price for backing her Brexit deal, as she faces an uphill battle to win over Conservative Eurosceptics.The prime minister has been told by Labour MPs that a package of greater guarantees for workers post-Brexit, due to be unveiled on Wednesday
  
  Read more

• Is it cruel to set up nets that prevent birds nesting?

  04-03-2019 19:29
  Jeremy Vine and Chris Packham were among those protesting against a property developer’s use of nets in a hedge to keep birds awayA battle broke out at the weekend over a hedge in Lincolnshire. The hedge, near the town of Winterton, was covered in netting by Partner Construction, which has applied for planning permission to build 40 homes on the site. This is standard practice, the developer said, in order to prevent birds from nesting in a habitat that might be damaged if building work be
  
  Read more

• Child abuse complaints against late Tory MP ‘not reported to police’

  04-03-2019 19:12
  The Westminster strand of the wide-ranging Independent Inquiry into Child Abuse heard about claims Peter Morrison had a 'penchant for small boys'.
  
  Read more

• An LGBT education would have spared me years of misery

  04-03-2019 19:04
  ‘If we let those who are bigoted win this argument, the message is reinforced to every LGBT student that they are still outsiders and far less valued in this world.’ Photograph: Photoalto/REX/ShutterstockSimon Jenkins agonises about the implications of LGBT education on parents, teachers and even on government ministers, but does not mention the most impacted group of all: LGBT pupils themselves (Sex education is not a matter for ministers, Opinion, 1 March). When I realised I was ga
  
  Read more

• The more the word 'woke' is used as a slur and a joke, the more we need it

  04-03-2019 19:02
  By the time we got our heads around what woke was, it felt like it was going to end up as the political-correctness-gone-mad it was meant to counter. But I’ve changed my mind
  Woke. How do you react to this four-letter word? With an eye roll? Cynicism? Or the exhaustion that comes with checking your privilege ceaselessly when everything is a potential culture war and the world teeters further to the right?As someone who has been writing a column that claims to be wide awoke, let me tell you
  
  Read more

Follow @GeneralnewsUK on Twitter!