MPs slam decision to give alerts contract to Post Office scandal firm

Backlash over emergency alerts system continues as MPs blast ‘strange’ decision to award contract to Japanese IT giant behind the Post Office Horizon scandal The controversial emergency alerts system will be tested on phones on Sunday Fujitsu won the £5.7mn contract, after playing a ‘pivotal role’ in Horizon scandal MPs and peers have condemned the […]

Noel Hanna: N. Ireland climbing legend, 56, has died in Nepal

British climbing legend Noel Hanna, 56, who summitted Everest 10 times dies while descending from 26,545ft Annapurna mountain in Nepal Officials said the climber’s body had been flown to Nepal’s capital Kathmandu Hanna lived in Dromore in Co Down with his wife Lynne, who is also a climber  Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died […]

Sadiq Khan confirms plans for new 'West London Orbital' rail link

Sadiq Khan confirms plans for new ‘West London Orbital’ rail link between Hounslow and Hendon that will open in the 2030s – as Mayor faces backlash to ridiculed ‘Superloop’ bus route and ULEZ expansion New ‘West London Orbital’ rail project would run from Hounslow to Hendon Stops at Isleworth, Brentford, Acton, Harlesden, Neasden and Brent […]

Andrew Tate's time in jail has 'taken its toll', his lawyer reveals

Andrew Tate’s time in a Romanian jail has ‘taken its toll’ and left him ‘unable to sleep more than two hours a night’, his lawyer reveals as the influencer posts video mocking his infamous ‘pizza box’ arrest Andrew Tate is under house arrest on suspicion of human trafficking and rape His lawyer Tina Glandian has […]

Grandmother freed from jail after arranging honour killing in India

EXCLUSIVE: Grandmother, 86, who arranged for her daughter-in-law, 27, to be lured to India and murdered in honour killing is FREED from jail despite Dominic Raab bid to keep her caged Bachan Kaur Athwal, now 86, was jailed in 2007 for murdering Surjit Athwal  Read more:  Mother who murdered her 42-day old baby could be freed […]

Australian man dies on Kokoda Track

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A 48-year-old Australian man has died after collapsing on the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Kokoda Track Authority chief executive Julius Wargirai said his agency was contacted by the tour group organisers on Sunday who […]

US Attorney arrests two for 'conspiring' to act as Chinese spies

DOJ accuses China of using illegal police station in New York City’s Chinatown to spy on and ‘harass’ dissidents inside the US: FBI arrest two men on ‘espionage charges’ for targeting pro-democracy activist in California Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, are set to appear at a Brooklyn federal court on Monday Prosecutors say […]