All news by author Elizabeth Baker

25 Feb 2025 757

NHS England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard is stepping down from her role

Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of NHS England, is set to resign from her position.

25 Feb 2025 682

Fyre Festival 2 confirmed as the fraudulent founder causes outrage with $1,000,000 tickets

Billy McFarland, the founder of the infamous 2017 Fyre Festival, has shocked the world by confirming a sequel event, Fyre Festival II.

Crime

25 Feb 2025 908

Schoolboy stabbed, then struck by a car

The event left a trail of evidence from Crosby to Waterloo.

World

25 Feb 2025 898

Dashcam footage captures fatal bridge collapse in South Korea

Sections of a partly constructed elevated motorway in Anseong collapsed one after the other, killing at least three construction workers.

Crime

25 Feb 2025 740

Police may be granted authority to raid the homes of phone thieves as a prominent Bill is introduced to parliament

Police could soon have the ability to enter homes where stolen phones have been tracked, without needing prior court approval.

News

25 Feb 2025 783

Harrow crash: One person dead and child, 9, seriously injured in bus collision

Shocking photographs reveal the aftermath of the collision between a bus and a car on Whitmore Road in Harrow, northwest London, prompting the swift response of emergency services.

World

24 Feb 2025 862

EU and UK sanctions impact Russia’s military, energy, and trade sectors

The EU’s largest sanctions package, along with new UK measures, is designed to undermine Russia’s war efforts, strengthen energy restrictions, and fight against sanctions evasion as the war in Ukraine moves into its fourth year.

News

24 Feb 2025 777

Enraged Land Rover owner obstructs dealership in dispute over repairs to £120,000 car

A furious Land Rover owner blocked the entrance to a dealership in a six-hour stand-off after being denied warranty repairs on his £120,000 motor.

Investigation

24 Feb 2025 829

A 20-billion villa and romantic ties with Andrey Kostin: What’s behind the luxurious life of TV host Nailya Asker-Zade?

The luxury property of TV host Nailya Asker-Zade, including a villa worth 20 billion rubles, was acquired through offshore companies linked to VTB head Andrey Kostin and billionaire Alexander Svetakov, the owner of the Absolute company.

Politics

24 Feb 2025 818

Revealed: how members of the House of Lords benefit from commercial interests

A months-long Guardian investigation reveals weaknesses in the code of conduct that could lead to calls for further reform.

Politics

24 Feb 2025 765

Starmer doubles down on vow to send UK troops to Ukraine in peace deal as he rebukes Trump and unveils new Putin sanctions

Sir Keir Starmer today announced a new round of Russian sanctions to crank up pressure on Vladimir Putin to “make concessions” in peace talks.

World

24 Feb 2025 589

U.S. authorities questioned payments to former Nigerian official long before corruption charges

Former Nigerian National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki is accused of mismanaging funds meant to combat Boko Haram militants.

World

24 Feb 2025 644

Who is Dan Bongino? The right-wing commentator named as FBI deputy by Trump

A right-wing commentator whose social media posts often rake in more views than Fox and CNN combined has been appointed as Deputy Director of the FBI.

World

23 Feb 2025 662

Pope Francis sends a message to 1,200,000,000 Catholics from his hospital bed

Pope Francis has sent a message to 1.2 billion Catholics across the world after the Vatican confirmed he was in a critical condition.

Politics

23 Feb 2025 672

Donald Trump ‘blackmailing’ Ukraine for a $500,000,000,000 share of minerals

Donald Trump has never been one for subtlety, but his latest claim beats them all.

Politics

23 Feb 2025 679

Donald Trump promises to ’retrieve our money’ from Ukraine in an agreement with war criminal Putin

While speaking at the Republican CPAC conference, Donald Trump said he wants the US to get ’rare Earth and oil’ from Ukraine after Joe Biden gave the country $350 billion.

Politics

22 Feb 2025 577

Trump administration closes the national database tracking police misconduct

Database, initially proposed by Trump in 2020 and established by the Biden administration in 2023, is now offline.

Investigation

22 Feb 2025 748

Istvan Tiborcz, Viktor Orban’s son-in-law, is interested in purchasing the Russian division of Raiffeisen Bank – Der Standard reports

The report claims that representatives of the Russian Central Bank and the presidential administration are participating in the negotiations. Moscow reportedly proposed Tiborcz as a potential buyer.

Crime

21 Feb 2025 729

Manchester Airport tragedy: A 27-year-old man died after ingesting cocaine discovered in his underwear

A 27-year-old man died at Manchester Airport after swallowing cocaine concealed in his underwear, prompting an investigation into the sudden death at Terminal 2.

World

21 Feb 2025 862

Berlin Mitte knife attack: Police arrest suspect following stabbing at Holocaust Memorial

Police in Berlin reported that an unidentified person has left a man ’seriously injured’ at the Holocaust Memorial in Mitte. Investigations are ongoing at the crime scene this evening.

World