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Why does Russia want to invade Ukraine?

THE EYES of the world are on Ukraine as Russia continues to build up its armed forces along the border and engage in military exercises. Western military experts fear Russian President Vladimir Putin could launch a full scale invasion, as of February 2022, in a matter of days to seize territory given up by Russia in the fall of the Soviet Union. […]

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Police blame 'needless' paperwork for 50% rise in charge delays

Police blame ‘needless’ paperwork for 50% rise in time it takes to charge suspect: Victims left waiting average of 419 days after reporting crime Detectives say getting cases ‘trial ready’ wastes time before charge authorised  Officers tasked with compiling third party evidence and thousands of data files  This then has to be reviewed and redacted to remove people not involved […]

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Boris Johnson to 'roll back the state and trust the people'

Boris Johnson will roll back the state and ‘trust the people’ after two years of Covid regulations, says PM’s new chief of staff Steve Barclay under No10 ‘reset’ plan in wake of Partygate Steve Barclay offered ‘red meat’ to disaffected Tory MPs and voters alike today Said it would be ‘a priority to restore a smaller state’ after years of […]

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Mother jailed for helping herself to £90k from pre-school's accounts

Treasurer mother-of-two is jailed for 18 months for helping herself to £90,000 from pre-school’s accounts and leaving them with only 58p Gemma Waterhouse, 39, left the trustees and staff feeling ‘very angry, betrayed’  She covered up the losses and even forged the pre-school manager’s signature  The ‘disgraceful’ charity fraud went undiscovered from 2012 to January 2019 A mother-of-two treasurer has […]

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Decision on Kamila Valieva's 2022 Olympic future expected on Monday

BEIJING — The Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear the Kamila Valieva doping case on Sunday night here in Beijing, and expects to decide on the Russian figure skating star’s continued participation in the 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday afternoon, some 24 hours before the women’s singles competition begins. CAS said in a statement Saturday that it would hold […]

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