She was one of Britain’s most acclaimed stage and screen stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier.
Month: January 2025
Rare ‘UFO clouds’ spotted in UK skies
Northern parts of the UK have been treated to the stunning sight of lenticular clouds. Matt Taylor explains how they form.
Knifepoint rapist who preyed on sex workers jailed
Adam Thomson is jailed for at least 18 years for raping three women and attempting to rape a fourth.
US woman in court over shop owner murder plot charge
Aimee Betro, from Wisconsin, was extradited from Armenia where she was arrested last summer.
Culture secretary rules out funding BBC from taxes
The culture secretary calls the TV licence “regressive” and is thinking “radically” about alternatives.
Liam Payne’s friend sues singer’s dad for defamation
Roger Nores has contested Geoff Payne’s claims he “abandoned” the late One Direction singer.
Mortgage rules could be eased to boost loans
The £100 limit on contactless cards could also be scrapped, as regulators respond to the prime minister’s plea.
Singer ‘helpless’ after baby girl contracted RSV virus
The country singer says her baby daughter spent 10 days in hospital with respiratory syncytial virus.
Fed up villagers turn potholes into attraction
Residents have set up Pothole Land after what they say is years of inaction on their rural road.
‘My sister was killed by the justice system’
On the day a determination is due on three deaths at Polmont YOI, Scott Allan says the prison destroyed his sister.
