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Two NHS medics stuck in South Africa are appealing for help getting back to the UK so they can join the NHS battle against coronavirus. Catriona Walker, from Manchester, and Holly Watts, from Nottingham, were enjoying an extended break in the country, having travelled out in mid-January, but are desperately trying to get home so … Read more
#OneMillionClaps coronavirus appeal featuring version of Queen classic ‘We Will Rock You’ will tonight launch to raise £5m for NHS when millions are set to clap on their doorsteps again Appeal will be promoted with short film voiced by comedian David Walliams New lyrics for Queen classic are ‘NHS we love you. We say, we … Read more
Police have issued an anniversary appeal 20 years on from the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl – saying ‘It’s now time to tell’. Sarah Benford was last seen in the Kettering area of Northamptonshire on April 6 2000, before a murder probe was launched three years later. Speaking on the anniversary of her disappearance, Detective … Read more
The bus lane bandits! More than 80% of fines for driving in bus lanes are overturned on appeal as councils are accused of turning roads into ‘money-making traps’ Figures show up to 86% of fines for driving in bus lanes are overturned on appeal In Doncaster 526 of 658 drivers who appealed were let off in … Read more
Students who want to appeal against ‘carefully considered’ A-Level grades awarded to them by teachers amid the coronavirus pandemic could be forced to take a gap year before taking tests, the exam watchdog has warned. Yesterday, teachers were told to submit ‘fair and carefully considered’ GCSE and A-Level grades for their pupils, in lieu of … Read more
Filmmaker Derek Jarman’s blue shed is saved for the nation by successful £3.5m appeal after Oscar winner Sandy Powell auctioned off suit signed by A-listers including Al Pacino, Scarlett Johansson and Leo DiCaprio Jarman’s remote cottage in Kent saved for the nation after fundraising drive 7,300 people pledged £3.5m to keep blue house from being … Read more
Morrisons has won a Supreme Court appeal over whether they should be held liable for £55million in damages after an employee leaked the payroll data of 100,000 colleagues. Andrew Skelton was jailed for eight years in 2015 for orchestrating the leak after he was disciplined by bosses for dealing legal highs from his office desk. … Read more
Police launch urgent appeal to find two missing brothers, aged 12 and 9, who disappeared during coronavirus lockdown Two brothers, aged nine and 12, were last seen in south Manchester on Tuesday Police have said in a statement that concerns are growing over their safety It is believed that the brothers may have travelled to … Read more
Rapper, 31, who gave Holby City actor’s daughter, 24, hallucinogenic drugs then filmed her as she died at Bestival will appeal his manslaughter by gross negligence conviction Ceon Broughton convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence of girlfriend Louella Fletcher-Michie was given the drug 2C-P by the rapper at Bestival in 2017 Broughton jailed for eight-and-a-half … Read more
An online dealer who sold deadly diet pills to a bulimic student has been convicted of manslaughter for the second time after an appeal. Bernard Rebelo, 32, from Gosport in Hampshire, was initially jailed in 2018 for seven years over the death of ‘troubled’ Eloise Parry, 21. A jury deliberated for a day to find … Read more