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A senior Army commander was on Wednesday night under investigation over claims he broke lockdown to see his lover. Married father-of-three Major General Rupert Jones, the son of a Falklands war hero, was in charge of the UK military’s response to the coronavirus pandemic abroad. Maj Gen Jones, 51, has admitted having an affair with … Read more
The FBI is reportedly investigating an exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui over his funding of a slew of media projects in the US and his involvement with former White House adviser Steve Bannon. Sources familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that FBI agents have been speaking with acquaintances of both Guo and … Read more
The police officers involved in the shooting of a Sudanese asylum seeker who knifed six people are being investigated after they failed to subdue him with tasers. Police tasered the attacker, Badreddin Abadlla Adam, a Sudanese asylum seeker, at the Park Inn hotel, Glasgow, on Friday lunchtime. Moments before they killed him he had seriously … Read more
Senior CPS lawyer is being probed by her employers after petition set up by far-right group Britain First calling for Nelson Mandela statue to be removed is posted on her Facebook page Kim Kendall, 59, was reported to bosses after the appeal went on her timeline The petition says the statue of the freedom fighter … Read more
Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings was investigated by police for flouting the government’s own lockdown rules, it was revealed tonight. The Downing Street aide is claimed to have travelled from London to his parents’ Durham farm in March – after the coronavirus travel ban came into force. Offers did not fine him for making the … Read more
A police officer who was suspended after allegedly assaulting two people including a 15-year-old boy is being investigated over a third complaint of using force excessively. It has emerged the West Midlands Police (WMP) officer was recorded on phone video Tasering a man in the Handsworth area after a pursuit on February 27. The force … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Boris Johnson to be probed by sleaze watchdog over £15,000 Caribbean holiday amid controversy over who footed the bill Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be investigated for his Caribbean holiday He and fiancee Carrie Symonds accepted ‘accommodation for a £15k getaway’ The Observer said the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Kathryn Stone, decided to pursue an … Read more