British Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie dies at the age of 70.
Month: May 2024
Steve Wright charged with 1999 murder of Victoria Hall
Seventeen-year-old Victoria was last seen alive in the early hours of 19 September 1999 in Suffolk.
Funeral held of UK aid worker killed in Gaza
Jim Henderson’s funeral takes place in Truro after he was killed in an air strike in Gaza.
Ex-Post Office boss cries as she admits incorrect evidence
Paula Vennells broke down several times during her evidence to the Horizon IT scandal inquiry.
UK breakthrough could slash emissions from cement
Scientists from Cambridge University find an ingenious way to decarbonise one of the world’s most polluting materials.
Man guilty of murdering lodger and cutting up body
The severed remains of Simon Shotton were discovered at various locations in Bournemouth.
Inflation rate falls to lowest in almost three years
Prices rose at 2.3% in the year to April, down from 3.2% the month before, official figures said.
Election speculation feels different this time
Westminster is gripped by talk of a snap election – all eyes are now on Rishi Sunak to clear it up.
Climate change made UK’s waterlogged winter worse
One farmer in Lincolnshire told the BBC that a third of his farm could not be planted in time this year.
Remains found in river believed to be Sarah Mayhew
Two people are accused of murdering the 38-year-old whose remains have now been found in two locations.
