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Boris Johnson has said that a Commons Privileges Committee investigation into whether he lied to MPs with his partygate denials shows he has “not committed any contempt of Parliament”. In a statement, the former prime minister said: “I am grateful to the committee for their work over the last ten months. I believe that their labours have helped establish the obvious truth. “It is clear from this report that I

That's according to the Crown Prosecution Service Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been charged with gross negligence manslaughter after the remains of a baby were found in a wooded area. The Crown Prosecution Service said the aristocrat and her partner were also accused of concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice. An infant’s remains were found on Wednesday after a major two-day search operation

Hamilton and Formula One’s governing body spent much of last season at loggerheads over the jewellery ban Lewis Hamilton will be allowed to wear his nose stud after he was awarded an FIA medical exemption following “concerns about disfigurement”. Hamilton and Formula One’s governing body spent much of last season at loggerheads over the jewellery ban, with Hamilton eventually conceding defeat at the British Grand Prix in July. However, the

She disappeared in 2019, and Police confirmed last year that remains found in a loft in Milton Keynes belonged to the teenager Mourners were in tears as they lined the roads to pay their respects to Leah Croucher as her funeral took place. Ms Croucher vanished on February 15 2019, and police confirmed in October 2022 that human remains found in the loft of a house in Furzton, Milton Keynes,

That's according to data from RAC Fuel Watch The cost of both petrol and diesel fell for the fourth consecutive month in February, yet drivers requiring diesel continue to be overcharged at the pump, according to new data. The price of an average litre of unleaded dropped by another penny to 147.2p, according to data from RAC Fuel Watch, while diesel fell by 3.19p to 167.9p. As a result, the

The independent MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark “was found to have used abusive language with racial overtones” MP Neil Coyle has been recommended for a five-day suspension for drunkenly abusing two people in a Commons bar, using “abusive language with racial overtones” on one occasion. The Independent Expert Panel found he breached Parliament’s bullying and harassment policy in a report published on Friday over two incidents. One was the

Looking back, the 24-year-old accepts he was a “bad” and “angry” child before being “saved” by basketball after joining a local club in Peckham Grassroots sport coaches continue to play a key role in helping guide children towards fulfilling their potential, according to London Lions player and Uganda international Jonathan Komagum. Research commissioned by the Lions, the capital’s only professional basketball team, revealed 28 per cent of people from ethnic

Three lifeboats from Kent and a French tug were deployed in the Channel on Friday evening after a fire started on a ferry with nearly 200 people on board. HM Coastguard has said it was alerted to a blaze in the engine room of the Isle of Innisfree just after 5.30pm. Irish Ferries, the boat’s operator, said there were 94 passengers and 89 crew members on board, who are all

The former Prime Minister spoke at the Global Soft Power Summit in London Boris Johnson has suggested he may not vote for Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, criticising it as “not about the UK taking back control”. The Prime Minister’s chief political rival said on Thursday he would find it “very difficult” to support the Windsor agreement despite claiming some credit for the new pact being brokered.

Older people who take fewer than 2,000 steps a day are three times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared with those who take 4,500 steps a day, new research suggests. The study of people aged 70 or older also indicates that walking an additional 500 steps per day, or an additional quarter mile of walking, was associated with a 14% lower risk of heart disease, stroke