British Medical Association chief calls for investigation into BAME coronavirus deaths

The head of the British Medical Association has called on the government to investigate if and why black, Asian and minority ethnic people are more likely to die from coronavirus.  The first ten doctors to die in the UK from Covid-19 were all BAME – with ancestry from regions including Asia, the Middle East and … Read more

Brazil legend Ronaldinho staying at a four-star hotel while he remains under investigation for fraud

Barcelona and Brazil legend Ronaldinho has been ordered to stay under house arrest – but will reside in a presidential suite at a luxurious four-star hotel after being released from prison in Paraguay. He remains under investigation for passport fraud following his and his brother Roberto’s arrest on March 6 after allegedly entering Paraguay on … Read more

Investigation launched after dead chick is tied to railings on road named in honour of WWI soldiers

Investigation launched after dead chick is tied to railings on road named in honour of WWI soldiers WARNING: Article contains images some readers may find distressing   The bird was found on the Road of Remembrance in the town of Folkestone, Kent RSPCA not able to establish if the bird was dead or alive when it … Read more

Murder investigation launched after man, 35, is stabbed to death in north east London

A murder investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed to death in north east London last night.  Police were sent to Walthamstow at around 11pm after 35-year-old Tomas Macionis, who was originally from Lithuania, was stabbed in the chest. Despite the desperate attempts of paramedics he died a short time later. A man, aged in his … Read more

Civil servant who was ‘tied to a chair’ is sacked after an internal investigation

Civil servant who was ‘tied to a chair and gagged by her male colleagues after speaking out about misogyny’ is sacked after an internal investigation dismissed the incident as ‘high jinks’ Staff claimed during the inquiry that one prank would involve wrapping staff members in sticky tape if they fell asleep during night or late … Read more

Moseley double murder investigation sees man, aged 40, being led away from Belle Walk

Shocking moment double murder suspect, 40, is led away by police after two women were killed on quiet street in Birmingham Two mothers, aged 43 and 52, are attacked and killed in Moseley, Birmingham   Neighbours describe ‘horrible scene,’ with ‘police and ambulances everywhere’ One man says Belle Walk is a ‘friendly area’ as he describes … Read more

Manchester United helping police investigation into ‘racist attack’ on teenage Old Trafford worker

A 19-year-old boy was allegedly called a ‘slave’ and left with bruised ribs and a fractured eye socket after security guards attacked him as he tried to make his way to work at a Manchester United home game.  The teenager, who was working for Arc hospitality firm at Old Trafford, was allegedly called a series … Read more

Dame Cressida Dick cleared over complaints for her role in Operation Midland investigation

2011: Beech downloads a criminal injuries compensation form later found on his PC 2012: Carl Beech gives his first interview, to Wiltshire Police, in which he claims to have been abused by his step-father and Jimmy Savile. The enquiry was classified ‘undetected’ and taken no further. October 22, 2014: Carl Beech begins to make his … Read more

Calls for probe into why investigation into kidnap of Dubai ruler’s daughter dropped

Princess Shamsa was abducted from Cambridge after she went on the run in 2000 and the High Court has ruled her father Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum was behind the plot  Demands are growing for independent inquiries into the roles of the Foreign Office and Cambridgeshire Police after an investigation into the abduction of a princess in Britain … Read more

Only 1,895 Americans have been tested for coronavirus, investigation reveals

Only 1,895 people in the US have definitively been tested for coronavirus, according to a new investigation.    The Atlantic could only verify that as many tests had been run, despite federal officials claims that they now have capacity to test 15,000 Americans for the virus that’s infected nearly 300 across the country and killed 15.  … Read more