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The mother of a little boy who saved four lives by donating his organs has spoken of her son’s “bittersweet” legacy. Theo Kempthorne died suddenly in 2024 aged eight, but his organs helped other critically ill people, including another child and a father in his 30s. Theo’s mother, Gemma Kempthorne, 34, approached medics about organ donation after reading an article on transplants while she was […]

Three million UK households are being forced to skip meals and cut family visits amid cost-of-living pressures and collapsing consumer confidence, according to a survey. Which?’s latest Consumer Insight Tracker found consumer confidence fell to minus 62 this month – its lowest level since the height of the cost-of-living crisis in 2022. Some 71% of UK adults believe the UK economy will worsen over the […]

A further £25 million will be invested to increase security for Jewish communities after the suspected terror attack in north London, the Government has said. The funding will be aimed at boosting police patrols and protections around synagogues, schools and community centres. Legislation creating proscription-like powers to pursue people and organisations acting on behalf of malign state-sponsored groups will also be “fast-tracked” in the coming […]

As many as half of convenience stores and vape retailers in some areas are estimated to have links with organised crime, according to a Trading Standards report. Similarly, up to a third of American candy stores and one in four fast food takeaways in specific areas are suspected of being a front for criminal activity, the organisation’s Hidden In Plain Sight report said. A survey […]

The King and Queen have said farewell to the US president and first lady as they near the end of a frenetic four-day state visit. Charles and Camilla have fulfilled a packed agenda since touching down in Washington on Monday, while smoothing transatlantic tensions over the Iran war. Their busy and varied schedule took the royal couple from taking tea at the White House with Donald Trump and […]

Bank of England policymakers have signalled that interest rates could rise later this year if the Middle East energy shock has a longer-lasting effect on the cost of living. The outlook comes as interest rates were held at 3.75% on Thursday. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said it had decided to hold borrowing costs steady but that it was alert to the evolving situation in the Middle […]

A young neo-Nazi has been found guilty of planning a mass gun attack after being snared by MI5 in an undercover sting. Alfie Coleman, 21, from Great Notley in Essex, was convicted of preparing for terrorist acts on Thursday after an Old Bailey retrial. From the age of just 14, Coleman began to trawl the internet for extreme right wing material including a neo-Nazi text which he downloaded […]

The man suspected of carrying out a knife attack in north London was previously referred to the Government’s counter-extremism programme, police have said, as Sir Keir Starmer was heckled on a visit to the site. The 45-year-old was born in Somalia and came to the UK legally as a child in the 1990s, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said earlier on Thursday. The Metropolitan Police said he was known […]

Scott Parker has left Burnley following the club’s relegation from the Premier League. Burnley announced on Thursday they had parted company with their head coach by mutual consent. Parker led the Clarets to promotion to the top flight last year but this season has been a struggle with the team winning just four league games and relegated with four matches remaining. A statement from the club read: “Scott […]