Author: Darren Smith

The Independent Office for Police Conduct has confirmed that the Metropolitan Police firearms officer who shot and killed Chris Kaba will face no disciplinary proceedings, following the officer’s acquittal on a murder charge and a subsequent change in the law governing armed police officers. The Metropolitan Police officer who shot and killed Chris Kaba will not face any disciplinary proceedings, the Independent Office for Police Conduct has confirmed. The watchdog had already paused gross misconduct proceedings against the officer in January, and has now formally ended them altogether. The decision follows the officer’s acquittal on a murder charge at the…

An independent review has upheld the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision not to bring further charges against convicted killer nurse Lucy Letby, after the families of six more babies sought to challenge the ruling under the Victims’ Right to Review scheme, though her case remains at the centre of an ongoing miscarriage of justice campaign. Convicted nurse Lucy Letby will not face any further criminal charges, after an independent review upheld the Crown Prosecution Service’s earlier decision not to prosecute her over additional allegations involving nine children, six of whom were the subject of a subsequent challenge by their families. Letby…

The nine-year-old girl who died after being found seriously injured at an industrial estate in Angus has been named by Police Scotland as Minnie Merriman, as the 35-year-old man charged in connection with her death prepares to appear at Forfar Sheriff Court. Police Scotland have named the nine-year-old girl who died after being found seriously injured at an industrial estate in Arbroath as Minnie Merriman. A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with her death and is due to appear at Forfar Sheriff Court on Wednesday. Minnie was found seriously injured at Elliot Industrial Estate shortly after…

Francis Owens, a 74-year-old gardener and landscaper described by his son as the “Renaissance man of Chipping Campden,” has died after a large fire broke out in fields behind Berrington Road in the historic Cotswolds town, with 13 fire engines sent to tackle the blaze. Francis Owens, a 74-year-old gardener and landscaper, died after a major fire broke out in fields behind Berrington Road in Chipping Campden on Monday. Emergency services were alerted at 5.38pm and sent 13 fire engines to bring the blaze under control, but Mr Owens was pronounced dead at the scene. His son, Patrick Owens, has…

A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape after a woman in her 20s reported being attacked overnight on Brighton beach, with Sussex Police cordoning off part of the seafront near the i360 tower as forensic officers search the scene. Sussex Police have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of rape after a woman in her 20s reported being attacked on Brighton beach overnight. Officers sealed off part of the seafront, including an area of beach in front of the i360 tower, as forensic teams searched for evidence following the report. The force said the incident is understood…

A body has been found during the search for a 13-year-old boy who got into difficulty while swimming off Hornsea, East Yorkshire, with Humberside Police saying they believe it to be the missing teenager, though formal identification has not yet taken place. Police searching for a 13-year-old boy who got into difficulty while swimming in Humberside have found a body during their search. Formal identification has not yet taken place, but Humberside Police said they believe the body to be that of the missing teenage boy. Chief Superintendent Phil Booker of Humberside Police described the outcome as “an incredibly heartbreaking…

A 35-year-old man has been charged after a nine-year-old girl was found with serious injuries at an industrial estate in Arbroath and later died in hospital, with Police Scotland confirming the pair were known to one another. A man has been charged in connection with the death of a nine-year-old girl who was found seriously injured at an industrial estate in Angus. Police Scotland said officers were called to Elliot Industrial Estate in Arbroath at around 12.02am on Monday after the schoolgirl was discovered injured. She was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where she later died. The force confirmed…

An out-of-control SpaceX rocket stage has crashed into the far side of the Moon with the force of roughly three tonnes of TNT, carving out a new crater and giving scientists a rare chance to study the effects of a known artificial impact. An out-of-control SpaceX rocket has collided with the Moon, striking the surface with the force of around three tonnes of TNT and leaving behind a freshly formed crater. The 4,000-kilogram spacecraft sent up a cloud of dust on impact, though the collision took place on the Moon’s far side, making it impossible to observe directly from Earth.…

Two people have died after two firefighting helicopters collided in mid-air near Psatha, north-west of Athens, just hours after Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned that strong winds meant aerial firefighting crews could no longer operate safely. Greece’s fire service has confirmed that two people died when two firefighting helicopters collided while tackling wildfires near Psatha, north-west of Athens. The victims were the only two people on board one of the aircraft involved in the crash, while the crew of the second helicopter were rescued alive. According to local media, one of those who died was Greek and the other…

Greek police have charged a 26-year-old Afghan national with the murder of British aid worker Elisabeth Jane Ross after he reportedly confessed to killing her and using her bank cards in the days that followed, with investigators saying the pair are believed to have met through her humanitarian work. Greek police have charged a man with the murder of Elisabeth Jane Ross, the 38-year-old British woman, also known as Lisa, whose body was discovered inside a suitcase in an abandoned car park in the Kypseli district of Athens on 18 July. The suspect, reported to be a 26-year-old Afghan national,…