Michael Crick
Sun poll suggests Ukip won’t get shock result in Heywood and Middleton
The first opinion in the Heywood and Middleton by-election suggests that Labour are comfortably on course to retake the seat.
Search results for ‘eton’
695 items found
-
6m
Maids Moreton murder verdict
An “evil” church warden is facing life imprisonment for the murder of a 69-year-old university lecturer.
-
5m
Julie Hambleton on Birmingham pub bombings ruling: ‘How can it not be in public interest to name mass murderers?’
Bereaved families say they feel like they’ve been “punched in the stomach”, after senior judges ruled the suspects in the Birmingham pub bombings should not be named in fresh inquest hearings. Twenty-one people died in the IRA atrocity in 1974. Julie Hambleton’s sister Maxine was killed in the bombings.
-
4m
Baroness Warsi: ‘Muslim women should not be a useful political battleground for old Etonians’
Comments by Boris Johnson about women wearing burqas have been described as ‘Islamophobic’ and ‘totally unacceptable’ by Muslim groups. In an article, the former foreign secretary wrote: “It is absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes.”
-
5m
Julie Hambleton on Birmingham pub bombings: ‘Surviving family members are bereft with grief’
Julie Hambleton, whose sister died in the Birmingham pub bombings, discusses the High Court’s decision.
-
3m
Man in custody after detonating pipe bomb in New York
A man is in police custody in New York after detonating a pipe-bomb near the city’s busiest bus terminal. Four people, including the suspect, were injured. The New York authorities say the suspect was inspired by so called Islamic State and learned how to make his bomb from the internet.
-
2m
Las Vegas eyewitness Tony Dumbleton: ‘People were shouting there’s an active shooter’
Tony Dumbleton, a British fireman in Las Vegas with his wife, discusses what he experienced.
-
Dale Vince on tax: ‘no skeletons in my wardrobe’
In his first interview since questions were raised about his tax affairs, Labour donor Dale Vince tells Channel 4 News that he has “no skeletons in my wardrobe”.
-
Meet the Islamic State teen who refused to detonate device
A teenager sent to carry out a suicide bombing by Islamic State is being paraded by Iraqi officials after he refused to detonate the device.
-
-
Sochi 2014: Lizzy Yarnold wins gold in skeleton
Lizzy Yarnold wins Team GB’s first gold medal at the Winter Olympics, triumphing in the skeleton.
-
Sliding for gold: skeleton Athlete Lizzy Yarnold
A latecomer to the high-speed sport of skeleton, GB medal hope Lizzy Yarnold brings formidable determination to the pursuit of Olympic glory.
-
Team GB’s skeleton racers – sliding to the top?
The sport has been described as sliding through a wind tunnel on a tea tray. But skeleton racers are among Britain’s medal hopes at Sochi. Keme Nzerem dons his helmet and joins them on the track.
-
Winter Olympics: Keme Nzerem tries out the skeleton
Winter Olympics: watch Keme Nzerem try out the skeleton, aka the speeding tea tray.
-
Newspaper ‘hacked’ voicemail of Kate ‘babykins’ Middleton
The Duchess of Cambridge’s voicemail was hacked by News of the World journalists, the Old Bailey has heard, revealing Prince William’s pet names “babykins” and “baby” for his then girlfriend.
-
Tutu’s Templeton award for ‘spiritual principles’
On Tuesday Archbishop Desmond Tutu receives the Templeton prize for his work in “affirming life’s spiritual dimension”. But the civil rights activist has not said what he will do with the £1.1m award.
