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London’s Burning actor John Alford has died in prison two months after being jailed for sexual assault. In January, Alford, whose real name was John Shannon, was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years after being found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2022. He rose to fame playing Billy Ray in the ITV drama London’s Burning and also appeared in BBC’s Grange Hill. A Prison Service spokesperson confirmed his death […]

Donald Trump says the United States has carried out what he called one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East. In a post on Truth Social, he said the strikes totally obliterated every military target on Iran’s Kharg Island. He added that for reasons of decency he had chosen not to wipe out the oil infrastructure on the island. Kharg is a small island […]

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the US Navy will be escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Thursday he plans to use the effective closure of the strategic waterway, which handles 20% of the world’s oil, as leverage against the US and Israel. Bessent added that tankers are already moving through, including Iranian and some Chinese-flagged vessels, and confirmed […]

A woman has been jailed for four and a half years after falsely accusing ten men of raping her. Stacey Sharples, thirty one, from Farnworth in Bolton, pleaded guilty at Bolton Crown Court to ten counts of perverting the course of justice. The false allegations were made between twenty thirteen and twenty nineteen. Greater Manchester Police said most of the men were arrested and spent time in custody, with some […]

US forces have carried out strikes on sixteen mine-laying boats near the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier, Donald Trump said ten inactive mine-laying boats had already been destroyed, adding there was “more to follow” in an update posted at 8:24pm. The announcement came less than an hour after the president indicated uncertainty over whether mines were present in the strait. He said Washington had “no reports” confirming Iran’s involvement, but insisted […]

RAF fighter jets have carried out military action to defend the nations of Jordan and Bahrain overnight, the Ministry of Defence says. The jets successfully took out an uncrewed aerial system in defence of Jordan and intercepted a drone heading towards Bahrain, it said. Iran's foreign minister has criticised the US for destabilising oil prices with strikes on the country. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is giving a statement in the House […]

A fire at a vape shop has forced the closure of Scotland’s busiest railway station until further notice, Network Rail says. Dozens of trains were cancelled on Sunday after a four-storey building on Union Street, near Glasgow Central Station, caught fire. The building has partially collapsed, and the station will remain closed on Monday as firefighters continue to tackle the blaze more than five hours after it began. A spokesperson […]

The King will describe this as a time of great challenge during his message to mark Commonwealth Day. In an extract released ahead of the annual event celebrating Commonwealth nations, King Charles, who is also head of the Commonwealth, says the day comes at a moment of both challenge and possibility. He says communities and nations are facing increasing pressures from conflict, climate change and rapid transformation, but adds that […]

A van driver has been jailed for eight years after crashing into gates near a London university campus and killing a student. Christopher Jackson, who is twenty seven and from Southampton, had previously admitted causing the death of Aalia Mahomed by dangerous driving on the eighteenth of March last year. The Old Bailey heard that the twenty year old student had been sitting on a bench close to King’s College […]