News 07/01/26

Football legend Kevin Keegan has been diagnosed with cancer, his family has said.

The former England forward and manager, aged seventy four, was admitted to hospital with ongoing abdominal symptoms. A statement said tests revealed cancer and that he will undergo treatment, adding he is grateful to the medical team for their care.

Teachers at Manchester primary schools are striking, saying pupil violence has reached untenable levels and some children are fearful of attending.

Staff at Lily Lane Primary School in Manchester and Ravensfield Primary School in Tameside began action on Tuesday after concerns were allegedly ignored. Teachers said Ravensfield pupils have brought knives to school, thrown furniture, and have attacked staff.

A teenager charged with endangering others during a sea crossing said he was forced to do so.

Aman Naseri, aged eighteen, is accused of piloting a boat carrying forty six people during the first Channel crossing of the year on the fifth of January. At Margate Magistrates Court he pleaded not guilty and was remanded in custody to appear at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday.

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the UK provided support for the seizure of the Marinera, also known as the Bella 1 oil tanker, today.

The operation at sea involved an RFA Tideforce vessel, while the RAF provided surveillance support from the air. In a statement, the ministry said the UK gave enabling support to the United States at its request to interdict the vessel.

A murderer and another inmate who fled a prison on New Year’s Day have been arrested.

Matthew Armstrong and Daniel Washbourne were detained today after absconding from HMP Leyhill. Armstrong, aged thirty five, was convicted of murder during a robbery in Warwickshire in 2009. Washbourne, aged forty, has previous convictions for false imprisonment and violence against a person, police said.
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A man who groomed, assaulted and raped two vulnerable girls while working at a children’s home has been jailed for eight years.

Alexander Boyd, also known as Sandy, targeted the girls while employed as a social care officer at a residential unit for looked after children in Oban, Argyll and Bute. Prosecutors said the fifty six year old manipulated both victims under the guise of friendship.

The oil tanker Marinera has been secured and is now in United States custody, according to an American official speaking to the US partner network NBC News.

The Department of Homeland Security led the operation with support from the US military. Law enforcement officials are currently on board the vessel, with Homeland Security taking the lead role.

The United States is attempting to seize a Venezuela linked oil tanker after a pursuit lasting more than two weeks across the Atlantic, according to reports.

A US official told Reuters the seizure involves the Coast Guard and military. Russian state media RT reported a helicopter believed to be carrying US forces was trying to land on the tanker. The move follows the vessel avoiding a US maritime blockade and rebuffing boarding attempts off Venezuela in December, potentially raising tensions with Russia.

Miles Cross opened new email and bank accounts and obtained a new mobile phone to start a business intended to make a profit.

The product he bought in bulk was sold for a single purpose. Cross, aged thirty three, has been jailed for fourteen years for selling a chemical that could have been used by people intending to take their own life. Two people died as a result of his dealing in that chemical.

A bus carrying schoolchildren crashed into a ditch after slipping on black ice, while nine children were injured in a separate crash.

Images showed a double decker bus nose first down an opening at the side of the road in Kent. Police were called shortly after eight am after a bus left the road at Chilmington Green in Ashford.

The Met Office has issued new wind warnings, including an amber alert, as the UK braces for the first named storm of the year.

The amber warning affects western Cornwall from five pm tomorrow until eleven pm on Friday as Storm Goretti arrives. Hazards include damage to buildings, injuries from flying debris and large waves. A yellow warning also applies to parts of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.
A Turkish national has been jailed for eleven years after being convicted of supplying thousands of small boats and engines used by people smugglers to transport asylum seekers across the English Channel.

Adem Savas was also fined four hundred thousand euros, equivalent to three hundred and forty six thousand pounds. The forty five year old was arrested at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam in November twenty twenty four and later stood trial in Bruges, Belgium

Bowel cancer samples that have been stored for up to a century will be analysed to try to explain the mysterious rise of the disease in younger people.

Despite most cases still being found in older adults, the increase in younger patients has been seen worldwide. In the UK, rates have risen by seventy five percent in under twenty fours since the early nineteen nineties, but scientists remain unclear why. At St Mark’s National Bowel Hospital, a basement holds tens of thousands of archived cancer samples for study.

US President Donald Trump has discussed options to acquire Greenland, including possible military action, the White House said.

It told the BBC that acquiring the semi autonomous Danish territory was a national security priority. The comments followed a joint European statement backing Denmark. Mr Trump said the US needed Greenland for security, prompting Denmark to warn any attack would end Nato.

A proposal has been made to use a former Slough oil terminal for storage after unauthorised waste was left on the site.

A plan for land at the former Langley Oil Terminal on Station Road was registered by Slough Borough Council on December twenty nine. It argues continued open storage use is lawful, based on evidence of activity over at least ten years, supported by extensive documents.

Britain’s first named storm of the year is set to strike this week, bringing heavy snow and strong winds as a new year cold snap continues to bite.

The storm has been named Goretti by Meteo France, and the south of the UK is expected to be most affected on Thursday and Friday. Meteorologist Dr Christopher England said the exact track is uncertain, but the most likely scenario is heavy rain spreading from the southwest on Thursday, turning to snow from Wales across to East Anglia.

Campaigners for assisted dying will ask the House of Lords to sit late or start early to ensure legislation can pass within the allotted time.

Supporters of the bill say concern is growing that it may not clear all parliamentary stages in the days available. A motion asks peers to agree that further time should be provided for consideration of the bill. Extending Friday debates is one option, but that could anger some Jewish peers because Shabbat begins at sunset. Lord Shinkwin has said later sittings on Fridays would disadvantage him due to travel arrangements.