A top Lego executive and friend of the Danish royal family has died following a tragic skiing accident in Switzerland.Michael Halbye, 64, was holidaying at Verbier’s exclusive Swiss Alps resort when tragedy struck on Saturday, April 12. The Danish fin…

A fraudster has been handed a suspended sentence after claiming £150,000 in bounce back loans for his cafe in Brighton. Mehmet Akyuz, 36, of Conway Street, Brighton, East Sussex, submitted three loan applications for businesses that were not operating…

Bin workers are poised to strike across the country, union sources have warned, as the Birmingham dispute enters its sixth week with no end in sight.Unite, one of Britain’s largest trade unions, is considering staging a series of walkouts nationwide i…

At least 11 major NHS hospital trusts across England are fast-tracking ethnic minorities to top jobs as part of diversity initiatives.The schemes are designed to help ethnic minority employees gain promotions into senior roles and improve representati…

Schools are turning to legal experts to create codes of conduct for parent WhatsApp groups amid concerns that abusive messages could lead to teachers taking legal action against their employers.Head teachers reportedly fear they could be held responsi…

A murderer was found to have gone two months without a tag after claiming his legs were too swollen for an ankle monitor. It comes as criminals in England and Wales are going unmonitored for months after their release due to “chaos” within the tagging…

Fish and chip shop owners across Britain are facing a crisis as they report making no profit on cod sales amid soaring costs, tightening fishing quotas and Labour’s National Insurance rise. Many chippies are struggling to balance rising expenses with …

Welsh farmers are fighting Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s nationwide pylon rollout by refusing to let Green Gen Cymru onto their land.Landowners are willing to face criminal charges for blocking access, with campaigners saying they are “not going to m…

A Lesbian couple from Albania are allowed to remain in Britain after claiming they would be targeted in their “homophobic” home country. Lawyers for the women – who claimed they were targeted after they were spotted kissing in public – stated that whi…

Ancient cave paintings potentially dating back 2,000 to 3,000 years have been discovered in Brazil’s Itatiaia National Park.The artwork was found in a cave within the park, which straddles the border between Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais states.The …

A desperate search is underway to find a National Lottery winner from Sevenoaks who has just one week left to claim their life-changing prize.The lucky ticket holder stands to receive £10,000 every month for 30 years but must come forward by Tuesday, …

A man who was killed after a suspected gas explosion has now been named and pictured. David Howard, 53, died at the scene of the incident on Saturday in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The property where the explosion took place was destroyed, and Nottingha…

The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme aimed at using personal data of individuals known to authorities to identify those most likely to commit murder.Researchers are reportedly employing algorithms to analyse the data of thou…

A woman has been jailed for 24 weeks after committing 16 offences in Cambridgeshire during a two-month crime spree.Lauren Slater, 29, was sentenced at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on April 2 after admitting to the string of crimes which took place …

Ryanair has imposed a five-year travel ban on a passenger whose disruptive behaviour forced a flight to divert earlier this year.The airline is also pursuing legal action against the individual, seeking more than €3,000 in damages through Polish court…

London has fallen out of the top five richest cities after a millionaire exodus in the latest blow for Rachel Reeves.It has lost a higher proportion of millionaires than anywhere in the world aside from Moscow. An annual global wealth report revealed …

A Muslim-majority country has banned women from wearing niqabs as they claim they could hide “attackers in disguise” and are “alien to our society”.Women in Kyrgyzstan will be fined for wearing the garment under a new plan supported by the country’s M…

Animal rights group Peta has written to the Cambridge Dictionary requesting a change to what they call the “unfair” definition of rats.The organisation is campaigning against the dictionary’s informal definition that describes rats as “unpleasant” and…

Barclays has ditched gender and ethnicity targets in the US as the British bank has bowed to US President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity drive.Managers at the US branch of the British bank will no longer be required to evaluate how new hires and promot…

Barclays has ditched gender and ethnicity targets in the US as the British bank has bowed to US President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity drive.Managers at the US branch of the British bank will no longer be required to evaluate how new hires and promot…

A couple have been left devastated after their meticulously crafted garden was ruined by their neighbour’s careless fence painting.The homeowners, who share their property journey on social media as @weir_home, had spent years creating their “dream ga…

Elon Musk has hit out at US President Donald Trump’s tariff tsar, calling him a “moron” who is “dumber than a sack of bricks”.The billionaire slammed Peter Navarro, Trump’s senior counsellor for trade, after he called Musk merely a “car assembler” rat…

Donald Trump’s tariffs on numerous economies took effect on Wednesday morning, including a 104 per cent levy on Chinese goods, as the US president introduced a fresh round of tariffs targeting several trade partners.Import rates to the US from exporte…

Donald Trump’s tariffs on numerous economies took effect on Wednesday morning, including a 104 per cent levy on Chinese goods, as the US president introduced a fresh round of tariffs targeting several trade partners.Import rates to the US from exporte…

Thick smoke can be seen across Greater Manchester this afternoon following a fire in Salford. Photos show large plumes of black smoke rising into the sky, with fire crews on the scene.A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service confi…