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A High Court challenge against the construction of a Chinese mega embassy in London has failed.The decision to uphold planning permission for the site on the old Royal Mint, near the Tower of London, has dismayed campaigners from the Royal Mint Court Residents’ Association (RMCRA), which represents families and businesses in about 100 properties.The RMCRA fear the site poses an espionage threat and will be used to enforce “draconian” Chinese laws in the UK and to target dissidents.The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets defended the claim, saying they “conscientiously and…

Gloucester-Hartpury wing Mia Venner and Exeter scrum-half Flo Robinson have full-time England contracts for the first time, having been named among 32 deals for the 2026-27 season.Venner made her England debut in 2020 as a 17-year-old, but had to wait five years before picking up her second cap against Italy in the 2025 Six Nations.Despite finishing as joint-top try-scorer in the 2024-25 PWR season, she missed out on selection for the World Cup. However, Vennuer was part of the squad that won an eighth straight Six Nations this year, appearing in wins over Scotland and Italy as head coach John…

Gwinnett will now have to serve her six-year sentence, and is set to appear at Manchester Magistrates Court later in relation to her failing to appear at court previously.When she was sentenced in her absence last year, Preston Crown Court heard Gwinnett controlled retired accountant Joan Green’s finances and isolated her from her family.The judge in the case said Gwinnett treated the 89-year-old as a “cash cow to be milked until she was dry”.The fraudster flew to Tenerife in 2025 just hours after a court application to vary her bail conditions to allow her to purportedly scatter her brother’s ashes…

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A disqualified driver with 90 previous convictions has admitted causing the death of a great-grandfather after crashing into his garden and hitting him with a stolen car.Fraser Garden, 55, killed John Bell, also known as Jack, in Broughty Ferry when the crash happened in April.A court was told Garden, who had been given two previous lifetime driving bans, was driving at almost three times the speed limit and had taken cocaine.Judge Lord Braid, who described Garden’s actions as “truly appalling”, deferred sentence until 21 August.Garden pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh to causing John Bell’s death by dangerous…

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BP’s decision to put their North Sea assets up for sale is a sad day for many of my former colleagues in St James Square – and a source of deep insecurity for the 1,100 workers directly connected to UK Upstream. This is among a wider Aberdeen-centred industry that, according to trade body Offshore Energies UK, is already losing 1,000 jobs a month due to government policies. Specifically, these are high taxes, a ban on new licences except from existing or connected fields, and a failure to take final decisions on Jackdaw and Rosebank – two fields ready to start…