West Mercia police satisfied no other parties involved in deaths of David Louden and three-year-old Harrison in KidderminsterThe deaths of a police officer and his three-year-old son in Kidderminster are being treated as a suspected murder-suicide.West…
Southern Water sewage is destroying protected harbour, say activists
Campaigners say Chichester harbour at risk of environmental ruin from dumping of raw sewageDischarges of raw sewage by Southern Water into a protected natural harbour risk causing an environmental catastrophe, say campaigners.Chichester harbour in West…
Gun licence applicants in UK face social media checks after Plymouth attack
Police asked to review firearm application processes, as minute’s silence to be held in PlymouthApplicants for permission to own a firearm or shotgun will be subject to social media checks after the Plymouth mass shooting, ministers have said.Questions…
West Midlands mayor tells PM: ‘Red wall voters want to see delivery’
Andy Street says the region’s new Tory voters need concrete policies to match Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ pledgeBoris Johnson has been urged by one of the most senior Conservative figures outside London to match the symbolism of his “levelling up” p…
Plymouth shooting: police urged to take misogyny more seriously
Gunman who killed five regularly expressed hatred of women but had firearms licence reinstated in JulyFlags at half mast in Plymouth with city still in shock from shootingPolice must start taking misogyny more seriously in order to prevent more tragedi…
UK universities open vaccination centres on campus to encourage student uptake
Institutions offer to train staff and students as volunteers in joint operation with NHS Universities are setting up their own vaccination centres in an attempt to make campuses as safe as possible for the autumn term. And with millions of students arr…
Councils seek funds to fight rise in children’s type 2 diabetes in England and Wales
Local authorities urge minister to step up investments to meet target of halving childhood obesityCouncils are calling for more support to meet the government’s target of halving childhood obesity after recording an “extremely worrying” 60% increase in…
Banksy confirms he is behind British seaside ‘spraycation’ artworks
Anonymous artist posts Instagram video charting his coastal tour in an ageing camper vanBanksy has confirmed that he is indeed the author of a number of works that have appeared recently in seaside towns on the UK east coast.An Instagram video clip, ju…
Record number of NHS England patients waiting for routine hospital treatment
Health secretary warns 5.45m figure will rise sharply even further, as result of backlog from pandemicSajid Javid has warned that the number of people needing hospital treatment in England is set to rise sharply, outstripping the new record of almost 5…
‘Systematic failings’ in England’s care system as boy restrained in hospital
High court hears incident meant other seriously ill children had to be moved to nearby hospitalsThe “shameful” case of a violent 12-year-old boy who was detained in hospital by 15 police officers illustrates the “systemic failings” in England’s care sy…