12 h. ago Moment brazen Edinburgh man 'tries to swindle local' with 'envelope trick' but gets caught

The man met up with another man under the guise of paying £400 for a phone.

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5 d. ago Heathrow fires: What caused the substation blaze which led to travel chaos

A new report unveils that a catastrophic failure led to the Heathrow power outage, prompting an Ofgem investigation into preventable faults

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5 d. ago Heathrow substation fire ‘caused by fault first identified seven years ago’

Ofgem opens investigation into National Grid as report finds incident that cut airport power was preventableBusiness live – latest updatesThe root cause of the substation fire that shut Heathrow airport in March was a preventable technical fault that National Grid had been aware of seven years ago but failed to fix properly, investigators have concluded.The final report by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) into the incident found said the fire that cut power to the airport, affecting more than 1,350 flights and almost 300,000 passengers, was “most likely” caused by moisture entering the insulation around wires sparking the electrical fault. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Nuked Blood: Post Office victims and Hillsborough survivors join veterans to urge Met investigation

After the Met was accused of a "cop out" on failing to investigate the Nuked Blood cover-up, victims of the Post Office scandal and the Hillsborough tragedy have joined veterans to urge ministers to intervene

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2 w. ago Amazon under UK investigation over alleged failure to pay suppliers on time

Regulator says it has ‘reasonable grounds’ to suspect company breached groceries supply code of practiceBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s grocery industry watchdog has launched an investigation into Amazon over allegations that the retail and technology company is failing to pay its suppliers on time.The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) said it had “reasonable grounds” to suspect that Amazon had breached a part of the groceries supply code of practice, which mandates that there should not be delays in payments made to suppliers. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Did Air India crash plane's engines fail during takeoff? Investigators believe emergency power system 'was likely active'

Preliminary finding of the probe into the crash involving Boeing Dreamliner 787 points towards problems with the plane’s engines during takeoff

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2 w. ago Did Air India crash plane's engines fail during takeoff? Investigators probe theory emergency power system 'was likely active'

Preliminary finding of the probe into the crash involving Boeing Dreamliner 787 points towards problems with the plane’s engines during takeoff

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2 w. ago Breakthrough in Air India plane crash probe as investigators reveal doomed flight could have been running on emergency power supply when 'both engines failed' during takeoff

Investigators are looking into whether the doomed Air India flight had an emergency-power generator operating when it crashed last week. 

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer bows to pressure to launch new grooming gangs investigation

New probe and statutory public inquiry will be a means to get ‘truth and justice’, home secretary saysKeir Starmer has launched a sweeping national operation to investigate grooming gangs and a statutory inquiry into institutional failure, marking a significant reversal after months of pressure on Labour to act.The National Crime Agency (NCA), the UK’s top investigative body, has been tasked with leading a coordinated national push to reopen historic group-based child sexual abuse cases and identify offenders who slipped through the cracks of previous police efforts. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Met pays damages to woman for failing to investigate rape claim against ex

Officers questioned woman but not the alleged rapist, bringing force into disrepute, rules watchdogScotland Yard has paid a five-figure sum to a woman after officers “brought the service into disrepute” for failing to investigate her report of rape by her ex-husband, the Guardian has learned.The Metropolitan police’s directorate of professional standards – known as the “Line of Duty unit” – criticised officers involved in the woman’s case, saying they had damaged the reputation of the force “at a time when we are working hard to build bridges with the public and re-build the trust we have lost”. Continue reading...

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last month Student, 19, killed and dismembered by man she met on first date as mum pays tribute

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Maxwell Anderson has been jailed for killing 19-year-old student Sade Robinson and then dismembering her and scattrering her body parts in the local area

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