13 h. ago Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system

Exclusive: Differences over changes to environmental and legal provisions to prompt economic growth hint at chaos at heart of governmentRachel Reeves is set to announce a round of planning changes before the budget as a way to kickstart Britain’s sluggish economic growth, but ministers are at odds over how radical to be.The chancellor will announce a number of moves designed to make it easier for developers to build houses and infrastructure projects, in the hope that they will fill about £3bn of her estimated £30bn black hole. Continue reading...

Politics

37 h. ago Rail firm fined £1m over death of woman who put her head out of train window

Bethan Roper, 28, died after being struck by a tree branch while returning home after a day out shopping

Economics

37 h. ago How the horrifying death of a woman remains unsolved a year later and the 'unbelievable' police failings that have left her family furious

It has been over a year since Katie Beattie was found dead in her flat wearing just a crop top and one sock, her body covered in mysterious bruises.

Events

48 h. ago Rail firm fined £1m over death of woman who stuck her head out train window

Great Western Railway (GWR) has been fined £1 million and ordered to pay more than £78,000 in costs after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety law

Economics

50 h. ago Rail firm is fined £1million over death of woman who was killed by a tree branch while sticking her head out of an open train window at 75mph

Bethan Roper, 28, died after hitting her head on an overhanging tree branch on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train travelling at 75mph near Twerton, Bath, in 2018.

Economics

4 d. ago Tennessee court sets execution date for state’s only woman on death row

Christa Pike received the death sentence at age 18 for the 1995 torture slaying of Colleen Slemmer

Events

4 d. ago Woman who adopted raw 'fruitarian' diet starves to death in Bali hotel room

Karolina Krzyzak, 27, began the experimental diet - consuming only raw fruit - when she was aged 19 and became obsessed with body image and the concept of 'clean eating'.

Events

4 d. ago Tennessee court sets execution date for the state's only woman on death row and 3 male inmates

The Tennessee Supreme Court has set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row

Events

4 d. ago Woman, 27, starves to death in Bali hotel room after weighing 3.5 stone on 'fruitarian' diet

Karolina Krzyzak, who is from Poland but moved to the UK to study at Leeds University, weighed hardly anything after she started following an extreme diet when she was a teenager

Events

4 d. ago Woman, 27, starves to death in Bali hotel room after adopting raw 'fruitarian' diet

Karolina Krzyzak began consuming only raw fruits when she was aged 19 but by the time she died she weighed as little as 3.5 stone, her fingernails had turned yellow and her teeth were rotting

Events

5 d. ago Ordinary Brits brace for '£30bn' Budget hit as Rachel Reeves 'reassures businesses they won't be targeted again to balance the books'

Rachel Reeves is said to have given assurances to executives about how the estimated £30billion black hole will be filled during private sessions at the Labour conference yesterday.

Economics

5 d. ago 'What do you mean, murder?' Moment cops arrest 'savage' killer who bludgeoned woman to death

This is the moment police arrest a 'savage and merciless' killer who bludgeoned a woman to death in her own home.

Events

5 d. ago North Ayrshire incident: Public advised to ‘avoid the area’ after death of woman in Irvine

An Irvine street remains closed while emergency services attend the scene.

Events

5 d. ago North Ayrshire incident: Public advised to ‘avoid the area’ after death of woman on Pladda Avenue in Irvine

An Irvine street remains closed while emergency services attend the scene.

Events

5 d. ago Woman found dead as cops lock down Scots street & public warned to ‘avoid the area’

A WOMAN has been found dead in a Scots town this morning as cops lock down a busy street. Emergency crews raced to the scene in Irvine, Ayrshire, at around 6.15am. The alarm was raised following the death of a woman in Pladda Avenue. The street has been closed down by police. Locals have been...

Events

7 d. ago Woman eaten over days by bear with just shoes and bucket left behind

A woman was savagely mauled to death while foraging for berries, and when rescuers finally got to the gruesome scene, all that they found were her boots and a chewed bucket

Politics

7 d. ago Man charged in connection with death of woman 10 months after horror Clydebank crash

The female pedestrian died following the crash in November last year.

Events

8 d. ago Moment killer who battered woman, 47, to death inside her own home before hiding body underneath towels is arrested

THIS is the moment a sick murderer who battered a woman to death in her own home is arrested. Matthew Battenbough, 33, used a knife, scissors and frying pan in his "savage and murderous" attack on "vulnerable" animal lover Leanne Williams, 47. Bodycam footage released by South Wales Police shows a shabby looking Battenbough being...

Events

8 d. ago BBC Breakfast star opens show with sad news after death of 'extraordinary woman'

BBC Breakfast host Sarah Campbell announced heartbreaking news during Saturday's edition of the hit morning programme

Events

9 d. ago Mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson's red SUV up for 'quick sale' on Facebook Marketplace

The red car belonging to Erin Patterson, the Australian woman who was convicted of poisoning her family members with death cap mushrooms, was spotted in a social media ad

Economics