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Coates said she had felt “incredibly alone” and “deserted by the British authorities” throughout her campaign for justice for her daughter, and urged the government to give her their full backing.Seiger said Lucy Harrison’s family wanted the case lifted beyond routine consular handling.Coates said she was not asking the Foreign Office to interfere in the American justice system, but wanted ministers to publicly support her family.The family have requested a meeting with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and other senior officials.”I think, save Sarah Hall, my MP, who has done everything in her capacity to raise and escalate Lucy’s case, it’s…
A heated political row over whether British taxpayers should fund security for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has intensified as the couple’s relocation from California draws closer, with estimates suggesting the bill could reach £5million annually.Lord David Blunkett, who served as home secretary under Tony Blair, has entered the debate by proposing a compromise arrangement.The Labour peer argued that a “middle ground” package involving one or two protection officers accompanying Prince Harry would be “perfectly reasonable” temporarily, subject to review after two years.His intervention comes as politicians from across the spectrum have staked out sharply differing positions on the…
Boy George has entered the ongoing public row over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s rumoured plans to relocate back to Britain.The Culture Club singer pointed out what he sees as a glaring inconsistency in the national conversation.”If no one cares about the return of Harry and Meghan to the UK, why is everyone talking about it?” the star posted on X.The singer went further in a separate social media post, declaring that he would welcome the Sussexes back to London.Boy George has weighed in on the debate surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s rumoured UK return | PASocial media users…
More than 5,000 drivers have been caught breaking road rules and parking illegally within months of a major council launching a car equipped with CCTV cameras.Leicester City Council has confirmed that 5,229 fixed penalty notices have been issued by the camera enforcement vehicle between April 1 and July 31.The vehicle is equipped with an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera in a bid to slash the rate of dangerous parking incidents.Specific areas are targeted by the so-called “CCTV car”, including red routes, zig-zag markings outside of schools and bus stop clearways.Motorists found to be breaking parking rules around the city…
In May a pair of charity hikers were met with jeers from a queue at the summit as they tapped the trig point to complete a charity challenge.Jamie Richardson, 32, and Richard Thiedeman, 34, from Lincolnshire, were climbing Yr Wyddfa as part of the Three Peaks challenge to raise money for their friend who has motor neurone disease (MND).”I was getting booed and then there was a gentleman who was at the top, who had just had his photo taken and he physically tried to stop me,” Richardson said. He said he had just touched the summit point and heard…
Cameron was at the peak of her powers when she beat Katie Taylor by majority decision in Dublin in May 2023, handing the Irish superstar the first professional defeat of her career.Taylor avenged that loss five months later, but Cameron’s career subsequently stalled somewhat as she struggled to secure the biggest fights.She has now reignited it under Most Valuable Promotions, co-owned by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, becoming a two-weight world champion when she beat Michaela Kotaskova for the vacant WBO light-middleweight title in April.Now, Cameron, 22-1 (8 KOs), has the chance to prove she remains one of the very…
Angela Rayner has watered down housing restrictions on new homes as Labour scrambles to hit its building targets.The Housing Secretary vowed to build 1.5 million new houses by the end of the decade but is currently running well behind the target.Under current guidelines, new builds must be within double the footprint of the existing building on a site and at least half of the previously undeveloped part of a plot must be left unbuilt on.The changes mean plans to build in gardens can be bypassed where “additional development can be accommodated without harm to the overall character of the area,…
Millions of drivers are set to hit the road over the coming bank holiday weekend, which could lead to traffic chaos nationwide.Fresh estimates suggest that up to 25 million motorists could hit the road this August bank holiday, with almost three-quarters of UK drivers planning at least one journey.Saturday (August 29) is expected to be the busiest day over the long weekend, as up to 9.2 million motorists could hit the road.Bank holiday Monday (August 31) is expected to be the quietest day over the weekend, with just 10 per cent planning to travel.Almost half (47 per cent) of surveyed…
It wasn’t until 2022 when she had grief counselling that she confronted what had happened.The following year she made a formal complaint to police.”I am a mum now and my children are the age that I was then – and that cannot happen to them,” she said.She said finding the courage to contact police was difficult and it “took me a few days just to pluck up the courage”.Det Con Andrew Jones, from West Midlands Police’s Major Crime Team, said: “I would like to express my gratitude to the brave woman who came forward to report what Allen had done…
Compartmentalising life and not bringing personal problems to training that could affect performance and other athletes around them is part and parcel of life as an athlete.It is something Scott has learned to do, especially during that difficult spell last year which coincided with an important period of training.”When I talk about what happened at Christmas time, it all happened during a really testing period in rowing. We were going through a lot of trials which ended up dictating a bit of our selection for the year,” she added.”I actually didn’t share a lot of what was going on at…