Two more people have been arrested in connection with the murders of great-grandparents who died in an arson attack at their home in St Helens. Eric Greener, 77, and Sheila Jackson, 83, died after the blaze in the early hours of 15 July. On Thursday, Merseyside Police said that a 33-year-old man from Aigburth was…

Food inflation will rise to 6% by the end of the year – posing a “significant challenge” to household budgets in the run-up to Christmas, industry leaders have predicted. The British Retail Consortium is warning that the chancellor risks “fanning the flames of inflation” if she hikes taxes in the coming budget. Despite intense price…

The mother of a five-year-old boy who died after being sent home from hospital because of a “lack of beds” has told Sky News that the second report into his death “has not brought closure for the family”.  Yusuf Nazir died in November 2022. His mother Soniya had rushed her son to Rotherham Hospital’s A&E,…

Two British children, aged 11 and 13, have drowned in eastern Spain. The Spanish General Directorate of Civil Protection said in a statement that the two children died on Tuesday evening after getting into difficulty off Llarga beach in Salou, Tarragones, Catalonia. Their father had entered the water with them and was rescued, it added.…

Flights have resumed after an air traffic control problem caused widespread disruption. The National Air Traffic Service (NATS) apologised and said the glitch happened at 4.05pm at its Swanwick control centre but the system was restored 20 minutes later. “This was a radar-related issue which was resolved by quickly switching to the back up system…

A woman who stabbed her ex-partner in the heart on Christmas Day after seeing his Tinder profile has been found guilty of his murder.  Kirsty Carless, 33, plunged a knife into the heart of 31-year-old Louis Price in the early hours of 25 December 2024, in an attack “motivated by anger and jealousy and fuelled…

An aspiring rapper who stabbed a charity worker to death in front of his young son in a barber shop has been jailed for life. Renai Belle murdered his former friend Josh McKay, 33, in the neck after he refused to fund his career, the Old Bailey heard. The 30-year-old carried out the pre-meditated attack…

Flights have resumed after a technical issue at air traffic control caused widespread disruption. The National Air Traffic Service, or NATS, said the glitch happened at its control centre at Swanwick, Hampshire at 4.05pm before restoring the system 20 minutes later. NATS initially issued a statement saying they were “limiting the number of aircraft flying…

Several women who survived sexual exploitation in Rotherham have said they have “no faith” in a police force investigating allegations its own officers took part in abuse in the town. The police watchdog has said there is no conflict of interest in South Yorkshire Police (SYP) investigating its own staff after victims of the Rotherham…

TikTok will now alert parents when their teenager posts a public video, as part of new safety tools launched this week. Just days after the UK introduced sweeping new internet safety rules, the social media company released more protections for young users. One new feature alerts parents, via the platform’s ‘family pairing’ setting, when their…