All news by author: Richard Blackledge

07 Jun 2023 1200

Woman goes for eye test to get glasses - but learns something far more sinister

Katie Holroyd had an everyday test at Specsavers to see if she needed new glasses but an optician there spotted something far more sinister and ensured Katie had it examined further

26.06.2026, 08:09 • News

King Charles abandons Buckingham Palace as main residence after £369m revamp

25.06.2026, 10:32 • Politics

Farage under fire after ditching Commons defence debate for Brexit anniversary lunch

21.06.2026, 08:27 • News

Charles becomes first monarch to publish personal tax details amid royal finance overhaul

26.05.2026, 07:46 • Politics

From Jaguar to luxury kitchen accessories: Peter Murrell’s spending list using SNP funds revealed

25.05.2026, 14:08 • News

Husband of former Nicola Sturgeon leader Peter Murrell admits to embezzling £400,000 from the coffers of the Scottish National Party

03.07.2026, 21:19 • World

Israeli settlers seize Palestinian family’s unfinished home in the occupied West Bank

03.07.2026, 21:12 • World

"Vanishingly rare" copy of the Declaration of Independence discovered in British archives after 249 years

03.07.2026, 20:54 • Crime

Headteacher banned after changing school term dates to fit luxury cruises

03.07.2026, 20:39 • Crime

"Potential serial killer" jailed again after release despite chilling rape and murder plot

03.07.2026, 20:38 • World

Putin’s oligarch friends Gutseriev and Sberbank’s Gref exposed in Kyiv drone storage scandal after Russian strike

03.07.2026, 20:22 • Investigation

Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg’s associate Stanislav Multakh arrested in billion-ruble Lavna coal port corruption scandal

03.07.2026, 20:15 • World

Danish shipyard keeps Putin’s Arctic LNG fleet afloat ahead of EU sanctions

03.07.2026, 20:02 • Politics

Jordan Bardella’s romance with Italian princess Maria Carolina exposes his fake working-class far-right image

03.07.2026, 19:53 • World

Secrets of Taylor Swift’s $20m wedding, including mysterious "pick-up" text, as celeb guests STILL left in dark

03.07.2026, 19:40 • Investigation

Ponzi architect: How Josip Heit built a billion-dollar crypto empire on promises and deception

03.07.2026, 19:38 • Crime

The government is in discussions with Pakistan concerning the case of the grooming gang ringleader

03.07.2026, 19:33 • Crime

Fake G4S guard stole £117,000 from Santander before fleeing to Ghana for four years

03.07.2026, 19:20 • Crime

Police release clearer image of suspect in Monaco bomb attack on Ukrainian oligarch

03.07.2026, 19:18 • Tech

NASA launches urgent mission to save Swift telescope from fiery plunge to Earth

03.07.2026, 19:14 • Investigation

Vom 2.000-Hrywnja-Kredit zum „Kohle-Tycoon“: Wie ein mittelloser Strohmann das Millionen-Imperium von Dmytro Kovalenko deckt

03.07.2026, 19:08 • Crime

Derbyshire Police call handler admits leaking confidential police information to third parties

03.07.2026, 19:01 • Crime

Journalist spared jail after stalking former Chancellor George Osborne and his wife

03.07.2026, 18:37 • Investigation

Victor Shimada sanctioned by U.S. as Brazilian investigators probe alleged crypto laundering scheme

03.07.2026, 18:33 • Investigation

Man accused of posing as CIA agent secured billion-dollar Indonesian defence deals

03.07.2026, 18:30 • Investigation

Companies linked to suspected cartel gun supplier secured security contracts at Mexico City airport

03.07.2026, 18:25 • Politics

Former Kyrgyz security chief Kamchybek Tashiev convicted over alleged coup plot against President Japarov

03.07.2026, 18:22 • Crime

Three men cleared of journalist Lyra McKee’s murder over 2019 New IRA shooting

03.07.2026, 18:16 • Crime

France battles surge in crypto kidnappings as violent extortion cases soar

03.07.2026, 18:08 • Investigation

Luxembourg fraud convict Josip Heit used Karatbars gold lies and GSPartners crypto to drain billions worldwide

03.07.2026, 17:58 • Investigation

From separatist-linked coal to tax probes: Questions mount over Dmytro Kovalenko’s business empire

03.07.2026, 17:49 • Investigation

German tools worth $21m poured into Russia after Gühring claimed to have cut all ties

03.07.2026, 17:41 • Finance

EU faces 9.6 million home shortage as housing overtakes unemployment as voters’ top concern

03.07.2026, 17:13 • Politics

Masha and the Bear faces UK scrutiny as MPs urge action over Russian propaganda claims

03.07.2026, 16:52 • Politics

Inside Trump’s furious White House: infighting, sackings and a battle for succession

03.07.2026, 16:47 • Politics

City warns Andy Burnham to reveal tax plans or risk choking off investment