Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries has defected to Reform UK, calling the Conservative Party “dead”. Speaking to the Daily Mail, the former culture secretary said members must now “think the unthinkable and look to the future.” Her move comes on the eve of Reform’s annual conference, where she is expected to open proceedings with a speech. A man whose arrest triggered protests outside an Essex hotel housing asylum seekers has […]

At least fifteen people have been killed and eighteen others injured after the Gloria funicular in Lisbon derailed and crashed. Emergency services say five of the injured are in a serious condition. The tram-like funicular, popular with tourists, was left almost completely destroyed. Video showed rescuers pulling people from the wreckage. Authorities say foreign nationals are among the victims but have not released identities. Two women have been arrested after […]

A driver has appeared in court accused of failing to stop after a crash that killed two children riding an e-scooter in Essex. Sixteen-year-old Roman Casselden and his nine-year-old sister Darcie died at the scene in Ashlyns, Pitsea, on the first of February. Twenty-one-year-old Deimante Ziobryte appeared before Basildon Magistrates’ Court and will return in January. Police say she is charged in connection with the fatal collision. A US judge […]