- Thursday, March 13, 2025
Similar to Dry January, Sober October aims to encourage people to abstain from alcohol for a whole month, often raising money for charity in the process. The idea of Sober October actually started in the UK as a way to raise money for people with cancer. But are there any…
A 24-year-old man who raped a schoolgirl in a South London car park has been sentenced to more than 11 years in jail. Saqeef Riaz, grabbed the teenager and dragged her to a Lidl supermarket car park where he raped her in August last year. But during the assault, she…
The Metropolitan police commissioner has promised that he ‘will be ruthless in rooting out’ racists from the force following the emergence of a WhatsApp group chat scandal involving serving and retired officers, according to reports. Former Met officer Rob Lewis, who created the group, was suspended this week for posting…
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is believed to be investigating a ‘high-profile’ player following claims that he hurled racist slurs at his former team-mate years ago. According to a Sportsmail report, the player in the eye of the latest storm hitting English cricket used the derogatory word P*** against his…
A woman was jailed and has been ordered to pay a penalty of more than £27,000 for taking 150 illegal driving tests in England and Wales, according to reports. Inderjeet Kaur of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, took driving tests for other people in Swansea, Carmarthen, Birmingham and London and earned more than…
NHS England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), and the Met Office’s joint cold weather plan for England which was updated this week have advised Britons to ‘speak to your GP before starting any exercise this winter’. A section in the plan entitled ‘main public health messages’ states that individuals…
Home secretary Suella Braverman is considering strengthening legislation to further deter companies from employing illegal migrants, a media report said as Britain grapples with a wave of asylum seekers crossing the English Channel dangerously. Under the existing laws, employers hiring illegal migrants can be jailed for five years and fined…
The Harry Potter author JK Rowling has called Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon ‘destroyer of women’s rights’ as the former extended support to people protesting over a new gender recognition law in the country, media reports said. On Thursday (6) lawmakers in Scotland showed the green light to a new…
Former world champion boxer David Haye has been cleared in an assault case with a London court ruling that not every touch was unlawful. Nickesh Jhala had alleged that Haye grabbed him by the throat and threatened to kill him at a Paul Chowdhry comedy event at the Hammersmith Apollo…
Director Om Raut has finally broken his silence over the backlash that his upcoming directorial Adipurush has been facing ever since its teaser launch. A number of people have objected to the depiction of Ravan, played by Saif Ali Khan, in the film. Some have also bashed it for its…
