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Gavin Williamson ordered to apologise over bullying texts to Wendy Morton The Independent Expert Panel (IEP) has told former cabinet minister Gavin Williamson to apologise after a parliamentary inquiry found he had bullied a colleague in text messages. Sir Gavin quit as a minister last year after sending foul texts to former Tory chief whip Wendy Morton. In the texts, he accused Morton of excluding some MPs from the Queen’s funeral in September last year. Sir Gavin sent the messages in the lead-up to the funeral and Morton lodged a complaint with Parliament in November. In a report, published Monday,…

Schools won’t have to pay to fix crumbling concrete, minister says Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has told Sky News that schools affected by collapse-risk concrete will not have to pay for repairs out of their budgets. Keegan said there will be no new money to fix the problem, but the costs will be covered by the Department for Education (DfE). More than 100 schools in England have been told to close or partially close due to the risk of the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) and the collapsing of school buildings. There has been a row over who will pick…

Amber Gibson’s brother jailed for life for killing teenager Connor Gibson, 20, has been jailed for a minimum of 22 years after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting and murdering his 16-year-old sister in a park in Hamilton. Amber Gibson’s body was found in Cadzow Glen on 28 November 2021, two days after she was last seen. Connor Gibson strangled Amber then got rid of his clothes and called the children’s home Amber was staying at to pretend she was still alive. Another man, Stephen Corrigan – unknown to both Amber and Connor – has been found guilty of…

The 27-year-old had a falling out with head coach Rigobert Song last year.

The controversial filmmaker is currently at Venice Film Festival.

‘He told me “life’s tough, this is your job”.’

Arsenal v Man Utd: Police investigating after Roy Keane allegedly assaulted at Emirates An investigation is underway into an alleged assault of former footballer and Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane at the Emirates Stadium following Man United’s 3-1 loss to Arsenal.  Footage online shows pundits Micah Richards and Roy Keane involved in an altercation with an individual. Keane – a former Man United player – was the alleged victim of an assault. Sky Sports says Richards was “acting to defuse a situation”. Micah Richards, 35, and Roy Keane, 52, were working on Sky Sports’ coverage of the Premier League game.…

Biden disappointed Xi will not attend G20 summit Joe Biden has said he is “disappointed” China’s Xi Jinping won’t be attending the upcoming G20 summit in India. “I am disappointed… but I am going to get to see him,” the US president told reporters on Sunday but did not say when that meeting may take place. Beijing announced that its Premier Li Qiang would lead China’s delegation at the summit in Delhi this week. Xi and Biden last met at the G20 summit in Indonesia last year. US-China ties remain tense despite a flurry of diplomatic visits from Washington this…

Australia rescues sick researcher from Antarctica A sick Antarctic researcher has been successfully evacuated from a remote outpost on the continent. An urgent rescue mission was launched last week to reach the man who has an undisclosed “developing medical condition.” The rescue mission required a retrieval team, a massive icebreaker ship and two helicopters. In an update on Monday, the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) said the man had been flown to its icebreaker, RSV Nuyina and the man is en route to Tasmania. The research station has limited medical facilities – and only about 20 people live there during winter…

Amber Gibson, 16, was sexually assaulted, strangled and left in a woodland by her own brother Connor in 2021.