All news by author: John Siddle

Our investigation found Czech-made Skorpions offered on British military collectables websites. The guns can be legally sold here if they have been deactivated and can only fire blanks

Fara Williams was 17 when family problems left her on the streets, staying in hostels and at friends’ houses. She kept her plight a secret from teammates, moving from shelter to shelter as she played

Air fares from the UK surged by 31.4% in the year to May, according to the Office for National Statistics – more than treble the 8.7% rate of inflation, but this hasn't stopped Brits from travelling

Rishi Sunak and his Government have changed student loan funding to cut the state’s contribution from 44p in the pound to 19p from September, leaving students to pay off their loans from when they earn £25,000 a year

Victim claims the cat, called Haze, pounced as she stroked his head – and sank his teeth in deeper as she tried to shake him off

The cost of sprinklers is ­estimated at £500,000 per block. Birmingham City Council has spent £93million on 181 systems in its stock of 188 high-rises – 64% of the sprinkler installations in the survey.

WHSmith, Argos and M&S were among 202 companies a Government report said had fallen foul of wages legislation

Unions said the broadband and mobile network operator sent out letters last week. Sources suggest 800 to 2,000 will go

P&O Ferries admitted breaking the law by sacking hundreds of people without notice last year, but it has now set up a crewing agency in Malta to recruit further staff from overseas

Supermarkets including the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury's have been accused of greedflation by Unite as their shareholders are set for a bumper £1.2bn payout.

The man, known only as MA, was jailed for 10 months for abusing a child and ordered to sign the sex offender register. The pervert won a legal bid after telling the court he feared prosecution in Iraq

Oleskandr Demchenko launched the campaign History Art Metal, transforming fragments of combat vehicles into panels and pendants. The artworks are being sold to help pay for medicine for civilians

The former Top Gear presenter has trademarked his own brand of teetotal drinks in a nod to his Diddly Squat farm, which features on the Amazon Prime series Clarkson's Farm

Philip Jansen has been blasted as he looks set for bonus and share payouts worth up to 200% of his £1.1million basic wage despite BT's 12% dip in profits over the past year

Sean Sherry spent nine years in the NHS but quit in tears after suffering crippling burnout. It turned out to be a lucrative decision as he now earns the same level in an entry-level tech job

God’s Own Country already has 20 vineyards, making 100,000 bottles a year – with heatwaves bringing record-breaking harvests of quality grapes

More than 4,000 members of the Army, RAF, Royal Navy and Commonwealth forces in immaculate dress uniforms accompanied the 260-year-old Gold State Coach carrying King Charles and Queen Camilla from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace

Social workers at Derbyshire County Council were probed about what chances were missed to save baby Finey after he died on Christmas day at the hands of his parents

The Prison Officers Association union said the job was one of the most 'dangerous workplaces in Western Europe' with 1,000 officers hospitalised in 2021 alone

Last year 185,664 days were lost to stress out of just over a million sick days in all, 8% more than 2021. That is equal to a daily average of almost 3,000 medics calling in ill

Sussex Police wants members of the public to trawl CCTV footage in a bid to help them catch rapists. Lia Dumbrill, who was raped by a cop, said the plan is an 'insult to victims and survivors'

The high street banking giant has agreed to a court hearing next year over the case which relates to thousands of customers who claim to have been trapped on high interest rates following the Northern Rock collapse

The heartbroken grandmother of tragic Lola James said she was due to look after the girl the night she was murder - and she will forever regret taking the night off

Single mum Juliette Thomas spent three years recouping her money from British Airways through the courts under mis-selling laws after a disastrous two week holiday

As one in five worry about where their next meal is coming from during the cost of living crisis, the shocking amount of dumped food in parliament has been revealed