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Car insurers to pay 270,000 drivers share of £200m compensation | Insurance
An estimated 270,000 drivers are receiving a total of £200m compensation from car insurers after the regulator found they were short-changed when their vehicle was stolen or written off. The money is being paid out after a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which found insurers had undervalued vehicles when paying out on claims. […]
Judge quashes Home Office decision to extradite vulnerable man to US | Extradition
A high court judge has quashed a Home Office decision that paved the way for a vulnerable autistic man to be extradited to the US on cybercrime charges carrying a possible 52-year sentence. The UK government has accepted that Diogo Santos Coelho, 25, a Portuguese national, was groomed and exploited online by adults from the […]
Peter Mandelson unlikely to retain Labour whip if he returns to Lords, senior peer says – UK politics live | Politics
Mandelson not likely to retain Labour whip if he returns to Lords, senior peer suggests Peter Mandelson is not likely to remain a Labour peer if he returns to the House of Lords, a senior member of the party has predicted. Lord Foulkes, a former MP and minister who has been a member of the […]
Outgoing MI6 chief says Putin has ‘bitten off more than he can chew’ in Ukraine | Espionage
The outgoing head of MI6 has issued a damning indictment of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying that Vladimir Putin has “bitten off more than he can chew”. Richard Moore, known within MI6 as C, used his farewell speech in Istanbul to say that while Russia was unlikely to win on the battlefield, his agency was […]
UK households put a record £103bn into Isas amid ‘dash for cash’ | Isas
British households stuffed a record £103bn into tax-efficient individual savings accounts, according to annual figures that underline the strong appetite for the certainty of cash over stock market investments. Savers opened 15m Isas in the 2023-24 tax year, up from 12.4m the year before and the highest level for 13 years. The spree was driven […]
Red squirrel population thriving on Isle of Wight and could almost double, study finds | Wildlife
Red squirrels are thriving on the Isle of Wight where they have enough food and a suitable habitat to support a population that could almost double, a study has found. Using climate models, the researchers mapped how the red squirrel population would fare under different climate breakdown scenarios such as temperature changes and low levels […]
Girl, nine, shot with airgun in ‘racially aggravated assault’ in Bristol | Bristol
A nine-year-old girl was shot with an airgun in what is being treated as a racially aggravated assault in Bristol, say police, who have increased patrols in the area. The victim, who has been left “traumatised”, was hit three times by a pellet and the white male suspect, thought to be 17 to 18 years […]
Met investigates racist graffiti found in staff area at its own police station | Metropolitan police
The Metropolitan police have launched a criminal investigation into one of their own police stations after racist graffiti was found daubed on a wall to which officers and staff have access. Graffiti containing the N-word is alleged to have been found written on a toilet wall at Charing Cross police station in central London. It […]
Britons Peter and Barbie Reynolds freed after eight months in Afghan detention | Afghanistan
A British couple have been freed from months of detention in Afghanistan, the UK Foreign Office confirmed. The Taliban released Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband, Peter, 80, after eight months of detention. The couple were arrested in February as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, central Afghanistan. They had been held since […]
British and Irish governments to unveil new Troubles legacy proposals | Northern Ireland
The British and Irish governments are to unveil a new framework to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles in an effort to resolve an issue that has bedevilled politics in the region and relations between London and Dublin. Hilary Benn, the Northern Ireland secretary, and Simon Harris, Ireland’s foreign minister, are scheduled […]