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Tommy Robinson has lost a bid to bring a High Court challenge over his segregation in prison.A judge has refused permission for the far-right activist's application for a judicial review after he brought legal proceedings against Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood. The High Court was told Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was moved to a "closed" unit at Woodhill prison in Milton Keynes after intelligence suggested he "would […]

As the clock ticked down towards 12.01am Eastern Standard Time on 12 March, Liam Bates kept refreshing his browser.Over the preceding weeks, Marcegaglia, the stainless steel company whose long products division he headed up, had rushed to melt and ship as much metal as it could from its furnaces in Sheffield across to the east coast of America, ahead of the imposition of tariffs. Stainless steelUK and US industrially interlockedOf […]

Olympic gold medallist Tom Ford has become the fourth rower to be barred from competing for Cambridge at this year's Boat Race - as a row over eligibility criteria threatens to overshadow the historic event.Ford recently started an MBA at the University of Cambridge but enrolled for his undergraduate degree at Newcastle University in 2011. This means he fell foul of a rule introduced after double Olympic gold medallist James […]

A 15-year-old boy accused of killing an elderly man has told so many lies he has "difficulty keeping track", a murder trial has heard.The child allegedly racially abused 80-year-old Bhim Kohli, as well as kicking and punching him as he was on the ground, while a girl, then aged 12, filmed the attack and laughed. Mr Kohli suffered a spinal injury and fractured ribs in the alleged assault in Franklin […]

The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold as it warned of growing economic uncertainty linked to Donald Trump's trade war. The central bank's monetary policy committee, which meets every six weeks to set borrowing costs, voted 8-1 to keep the bank rate unchanged at 4.5%. Although the decision was widely expected, the vote was more unified than many assumed.Just one member of the committee, Swati Dhingra, voted to […]

The police fraud investigation examining the SNP could weaken the party's chances at the 2026 Scottish election amid trust in its finances being dented, one of Britain's leading political experts has told Sky News.Professor Sir John Curtice said the long-running inquiry, dubbed Operation Branchform, could prevent John Swinney's party from conducting an "effective ground war". Image: Professor Sir John Curtice. Pic: PA Detectives have charged Nicola Sturgeon's estranged husband Peter […]

The public inquiry into Lucy Letby's crimes will not be halted, its chairwoman has ruled, despite requests from hospital executives to do so.On Wednesday, Lady Justice Thirlwall refused the application from the senior hospital managers to pause the inquiry, pending the outcome of Letby's latest challenge to her multiple convictions for murder and attempted murder. Since September, the Thirlwall Inquiry has been examining how the former neonatal nurse was able […]

A wanted man suspected of killing his wife before her body was found in a car boot has been charged with her murder.Pankaj Lamba, who is the subject of an international manhunt following Harshita Brella's death last year, has also been charged with two counts of rape, sexual assault and controlling or coercive behaviour. Ms Brella, 24, was found in the boot of a silver Vauxhall Corsa in Brisbane Road, […]

A man has admitted to killing a mother and daughter in a motorway crash.Cheryl Woods, 61, and Sarha Smith, 40, of Caerphilly, died in the multi-vehicle crash on the M4 between junction 17 for Chippenham and junction 18 for Bath. Firas Zeineddine pleaded guilty to two charges of causing death by careless driving at Swindon Crown Court over his role in the accident on 20 October 2023.The 46-year-old, of Keynsham, […]