News 05/04/26

Donald Trump has posted an expletive laden message on Truth Social, threatening Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

He warned civilian infrastructure could be targeted and said Iran would be living in hell if the shipping route is not reopened. The comments come before his deadline for Tehran to act by Monday, with the strait effectively closed since war began at the end of February.

Two more people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal shooting of fourteen year old Eghosa Ogbebor in Woolwich.

A sixteen year old boy and a nineteen year old man have been arrested and remain in custody. A forty six year old man has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and remains in custody as police continue their investigation.

Industry leaders say the next generation of comedy voices could struggle to break through without more funding and incentives.

While British comedy is popular worldwide, it has not traditionally received guaranteed state support. Grassroots venues and production companies say they need help to support emerging talent. Leading figures have met the government, calling for comedy to be recognised as an art form to improve funding access and policy development.

Donald Trump says a crew member has been rescued from deep inside enemy territory after an F-15 fighter jet was downed on Friday.

Posting on Truth Social, he said the United States military carried out one of the most daring search and rescue operations in its history. He said the colonel was monitored throughout, had injuries but would recover after being found in mountainous areas of Iran.

More than twelve million people will see their state pension rise by £575 a year from tomorrow.

The triple lock means payments increase each April by inflation, wage growth or 2.5%. This year’s 4.8% rise takes the new state pension from £235.25 to £241.30 a week, while the basic rate also increases.

The prime minister has described it as “deeply concerning” that Kanye West has been booked to perform at a London music festival despite previous antisemitic remarks and a celebration of Nazism.

The forty eight year old rapper, who last performed in the UK at Glastonbury in 2015, will headline all three nights of the Wireless festival in July. Since then, West has faced criticism for antisemitic posts on X, a Super Bowl advert directing people to a swastika t-shirt, and a song referencing Hitler. Sir Keir Starmer said in a statement it was deeply troubling that he had been booked for the festival.

A drug dealer has been jailed after being caught with cocaine and cannabis during a police investigation.

Dalbir Tak, fifty two, of Stoke Poges Lane, was stopped while driving on Windsor Road on 14 August 2025. Officers found thirty two wraps of cocaine and twenty three wraps of cannabis in his vehicle, with a combined street value of around £2,590. Tak pleaded guilty on 26 January to one count each of possession with intent to supply a class A controlled drug, cocaine, and possession with intent to supply a class B controlled drug, cannabis.

A man has been charged with murder after a seven month old baby died after being shot in her pushchair in New York.

Amuri Greene, twenty one, faces three counts of murder and one of attempted murder after Kaori Patterson-Moore was fatally shot on 1 April. Greene appeared in court on Friday and pleaded not guilty. Police believe the baby was an unintended victim of a gang related shooting. A second suspect, Matthew Rodriguez, eighteen, has been arrested in Pennsylvania with charges pending.