Author: News Desk

​ A MAJOR music venue has been evacuated after police received an anonymous threat against it.  Eventim Apollo told the 3,000 concert attendees to leave when officers informed management and sec…  

​Guardian analysis of hundreds of documents also finds complaints of rodents, bed bugs, overcrowding and fire safety issuesRaw sewage leaking into a living room, rodents, bed bug and mite infestations, overcrowding and fire safety issues make up just some of the complaints levelled at rogue landlords in tribunal filings in the past year.The findings come after the Guardian analysed hundreds of documents from the first-tier property tribunal involving tenants renting house-shares of five or more people (or three or more in parts of London) sharing kitchen and bathroom facilities, known as houses of multiple occupation or HMOs.Raw sewage leaking from…

​Ciolac, 35, died in hospital after officer reportedly fired three shots at man armed with knifeA man who was shot dead by armed officers in the car park of a police station in Derby has been named as Marius Ciolac.Armed officers were called at 9.55am on Friday after officers reported seeing a man armed with a knife in the secure car park of Ascot Drive police station. Continue reading… 

​Exclusive: Tory MPs warn PM she would lose vote on increasing benefits only in line with earnings rather than inflationLiz Truss is teetering on the edge of performing another big U-turn as Tory MPs warned she would lose a vote on delivering a real-terms cut to benefits while new research showed the move could push an extra 450,000 people into poverty.Despite desperate pleas for party unity from senior ministers after weeks of bitter infighting, the row over welfare threatened to overshadow the prime minister’s attempt to reassert her authority when the Commons returns from recess on Tuesday. Continue reading… 

​Brian Glendinning’s case highlights peril for football fans travelling to the Gulf nation this year, experts warnA British engineer is in jail in Iraq and facing extradition to Qatar over missed repayments on a small bank loan, in a case said to highlight the perils facing those travelling to the Gulf state for the World Cup.Brian Glendinning, 43, who had been contracted to work on a BP refinery in Iraq, was arrested on an Interpol “red notice” at Baghdad airport on 12 September and has been in a police cell since awaiting an extradition hearing. Continue reading… 

​Exclusive: Lib Dems accuse PM of ‘taking taxpayer for a ride’ with expense of 20 overseas trips between January and June this yearLiz Truss racked up a bill of almost £2m on overseas visits during her final months as foreign secretary, according to new analysis that the Liberal Democrats said showed she had “quite literally been taking the taxpayer for a ride”.In 20 trips during the first six months of the year, a total of £1.8m was spent, despite the now prime minister’s call for prudence with public money and government departments being told to find “efficiency savings”. Continue reading… 

​Exclusive: UK’s most senior female bishop calls for long-awaited white paper promising ‘bold action’The most senior female bishop in the country has launched a scathing attack on the government, accusing it of “burying its head in the sand” over “shocking” and “rampant” health inequalities.Dame Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, spoke out after the Guardian reported that Thérèse Coffey was dropping the government’s long-promised white paper on health disparities. Continue reading… 

The Observer – Putin dealt a bitter blow as blast cripples key bridge to Crimea Summary of the front page The Observer’s front page leads with the explosion on a bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland. The paper’s report says that Russian president Vladimir Putin has been “dealt a bitter blow” after the Kerch bridge was “crippled” in the explosion, stating that the link was a “personal prestige project” for Putin. The paper’s front splash also leads on more problems for PM Liz Truss, as it assesses her Tory Party Conference. “Fear and loathing at the Tory party conference,” reads…

Sunday Mirror – I’m glad my serial killer ex is dead Summary of the front page The Sunday Mirror leads on entertainment news for its front page. The paper runs an exclusive interview with the ex-wife of serial killer Peter Tobin, who died on Saturday. Tobin was convicted of killing three women and was described as a “monster” by his former partner Cathy Wilson. “There is a feeling of relief that he is now dead,” she tells the paper. Today’s top stories EXCLUSIVE: ‘I was married to serial killer Peter Tobin – he was a monster and I’m glad he’s dead’…

Sunday Express – ‘Heads down and charge’ Summary of the front page The Sun on Sunday has no space on its front page for politics, instead leading with the breakup of former Strictly Come Dancing Star AJ Pritchard and dancer Abbie Quinnen. Quinnen tells the paper she is “heartbroken” and “completely devastated.” Online, the Sun expresses its frustration over the in-fighting within the Tory party: “Liz Truss is not so much running a government as a political shark tank”. It continues: “So many rival factions are circling that her chances of creating the stability she needs to govern are vanishingly…