All news by author Elizabeth Baker

Sport

18 Feb 2025 765

Football League referee, 46, is charged with child sex offence and suspended from officiating

An assistant referee who officiated EFL and FA Cup matches is due to appear in court charged with a child sex offence.

World

18 Feb 2025 649

Dublin stabbing victim was a Nigerian asylum seeker who had previously been accused of rape in Italy

Quaham Babatunde, 34, was fatally stabbed in the chest in the center of Dublin early Saturday morning - his friends say he was accused of rape in Italy.

Tech

17 Feb 2025 674

Meta intends to connect the US and India with the world’s longest undersea cable project

Project Waterworth, which involves a cable longer than the Earth’s circumference, will also reach South Africa and Brazil.

World

17 Feb 2025 660

Libya’s inaugural private oil company expands under the influence of the eastern commander

A Libyan company linked to the powerful faction that controls eastern Libya has exported oil worth at least $600 million since May, marking an end to the National Oil Corporation’s monopoly on exports, according to shipping records and U.N. experts.

Crime

17 Feb 2025 916

Hospital placed on lockdown after 16-year-old boy stabbed in the street

Police are investigating after a Birmingham hospital was forced into lockdown when a group ‘ambushed’ the emergency department.

Tech

17 Feb 2025 774

Major internet provider in London with 1,300,000 users has been hit by an outage

London’s largest fibre internet network is experiencing major outages.

Crime

17 Feb 2025 859

Woman who was shot dead at a Kent pub on Valentine’s Day identified

Police continue to search the River Thames for the suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of Lisa Smith, 43, from Slough, on Friday.

News

17 Feb 2025 615

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle responded to Donald Trump with a blunt statement

It has come to light that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archewell Foundation has donated money to several organizations associated with Donald Trump’s rival party, the Democrats - and now the couple’s team has defended this decision.

Crime

17 Feb 2025 659

Assassination of Europe’s ’most wanted’ drug lord who once faked his death

Marco Ebben was one of Europe’s ‘most wanted’ men for smuggling drugs from Brazil to the Netherlands.

Politics

17 Feb 2025 569

Starmer prepared to deploy British troops in Ukraine if a peace deal is achieved

It is believed to be the first time the PM has been explicit about deploying British peacekeepers to Ukraine.

News

16 Feb 2025 721

A 17-year-old boy dies after an Audi overturns at a petrol station

A 17-year-old boy has died after his car overturned at a petrol station in East Sussex.

World

16 Feb 2025 794

Google complied with censorship requests from Russia and China

An investigation has revealed the tech firm’s collaboration with authoritarian regimes to eliminate unfavorable content.

News

15 Feb 2025 826

Britain’s most miserable town might soon become part of London

The UK’s most miserable town dubbed ‘an island of despair’ could become a part of London leaving some people less than thrilled.

World

15 Feb 2025 575

Craig and Lindsay Foreman: British couple detained in Iran are named - as the family expresses ’significant concern’

Craig and Lindsay Foreman’s family state they are "deeply focused" on ensuring the safety of the British nationals following their detention in Kerman, Iran. They referred to their detention as an "unexpected turn of events".

Sport

15 Feb 2025 852

Oxford versus Portsmouth halted due to medical emergency as broadcast is removed from TV

Oxford United and Portsmouth had completed only 15 minutes of their Championship game on Saturday when a medical emergency occurred in the stands, prompting both teams to leave the field while staff addressed the situation.

News

15 Feb 2025 703

Cardiff city center ’stay away’ warning after bus attack and street mobs

A large mob was captured on video clashing with police on foot and on horseback around Cardiff city centre - following reports of missiles being thrown at the pub and a bus being attacked.

News

14 Feb 2025 807

The most mischievous night club in Chelsea has returned at 151 King’s Road

Sticky floors and rum drinks are out, mushroom cocktails and house party playlists are in! Chelsea’s new-old club is poised to become the town’s most hedonistic, celebrity-studded venue, according to Simon Mills.

Crime

14 Feb 2025 655

Calvin Parris: One of the UK’s most wanted men sentenced to 12 years in prison following arrest in the Algarve

Parris, from Cardiff, was the final member of an organized crime group to be sentenced after being detained by Portuguese police in October.

News

14 Feb 2025 667

Renowned Chiltern Firehouse was affected by a fire just hours before the Valentine’s dinner service.

A fire has broken out at a luxury five star hotel in central London as 100 people are evacuated from the historic building.

World

14 Feb 2025 613

DR Congo’s M23 fighters capture Bukavu airport ahead of African Union summit

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi traveled to Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference in an effort to rally international support.

Investigation

14 Feb 2025 779

Russian political technologist Yevgeniy Minchenko: who is behind the blackmail, fake ratings, and political intrigues?

Yevgeniy Minchenko, who considers himself a leading political strategist in Russia, has worked for the government throughout his career, yet he has not been included in the sanctions lists so far.

Investigation

14 Feb 2025 1211

Illegal empire of Faliali: how the murdered businessman managed online bets worth $80 million per month

Halil Falyali, a Turkish Cypriot businessman known for his extravagant lifestyle and political connections, was killed in 2022. Behind the scenes, he is alleged to have operated a vast illegal online betting empire, according to Turkish prosecutors and his former head of finance, who spoke exclusively to OCCRP.

World