Fourteen-year-old was bundled into car in Bradford by gang who wanted £10,000 ransom, court heardA schoolboy who was thought to have made money trading in bitcoin was kidnapped by a gang who demanded £10,000 for his safe return, a court heard.The 14-ye…
Motorist fined after CCTV confuses his number plate with woman’s T-shirt
David Knight told to pay £90 after KN19TER registration is mixed up with pedestrian’s ‘Knitter’ top 120 miles awayDavid Knight was baffled when he received a fine for driving in a bus lane in Bath – about 120 miles away from his home.But the builder an…
After David Amess’s horrific death, here’s how to protect our democracy | Brendan Cox
It is incumbent on all of us to reject polarisation, show decency and tolerance, and debate our opponents in good faithBrendan Cox is co-founder of Survivors Against Terror, and the widower of Jo Cox MPAfter the horrific and senseless killing of David …
‘It’s not as carbon-hungry’: UK’s largest sunlit vertical farm begins harvest
In a greenhouse in Worcestershire, Shockingly Fresh grows towers of leafy veg for supermarket shelvesThe largest naturally lit vertical farm in Britain has begun harvesting and the creators plan to build 40 more.It looks nothing like a traditional farm…
‘Where’s the logic?’: how England’s ‘no jab, no job’ policy will hit a care worker
Debbie Vickers is among tens of thousands of care home staff likely to lose jobs because of Covid vaccine rulesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCarol Thomas, a retired health academic who lives with multiple sclerosis, is abo…
Youth homelessness has risen 40% in five years, says UK charity
Centrepoint estimates 121,000 homeless or at risk, with analysis showing black people disproportionally affectedYouth homeless in the UK has increased by an estimated two-fifths in five years, rising to more than 120,000, a leading charity director has…
Want to know what a just transition to a green economy looks like? Ask the workers | Anna Markova
People don’t need catchprases: they need resources and empowerment so they can secure good green jobsAnna Markova is the Trades Union Congress’s co-lead on climate and industrial policyIf you really want to know what a just transition looks like, don’t…
UK public warms to road pricing as fuel duty replacement considered
Almost four in 10 back road pricing to replace fuel duty and other taxes as people switch to electric carsRoad pricing is seen as a fairer possible system to raise revenue than fuel duty and motoring taxes, thinktank research has found.The switch to el…
Fire breaks out at tower block in south-west London
London fire brigade sends 70 firefighters to Battersea as images online show flames peeling from top of blockA fire has broken out at a tower block in south-west London. The London fire brigade said it had sent 70 firefighters to Westbridge Road in Bat…
Coronavirus live: UK Covid response a ‘public health failure’, inquiry finds, Thailand set to welcome back tourists
Britain’s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic led to more deaths, Commons inquiry finds; Thailand to drop mandatory quarantine for UK and US visitorsWHO recommends extra jab for immunocompromised peopleUK records 40,224 new infections as well …