The Telegraph 2024-11-24 00:16:34


‘We got XL bullies banned – now I am setting my sights on jailing career criminals for good’




Career criminals are more likely to be spared jail than at any time in the last two decades, official figures show…

Starmer and his Justice Secretary represent two of England’s most crime-ridden constituencies




Sir Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, are the MPs for two of the constituencies with the highest crime rates in England and Wales, new analysis shows…

Driver killed after tree falls on car as Storm Bert batters Britain




A man in his 60s was killed when a tree fell on his car as Storm Bert battered large parts of Britain, leaving thousands of homes without power and sparking widespread travel chaos…

Lucy Letby hospital outlines 15 reasons why ‘baby killer’ was innocent




A neonatal ward manager at Lucy Letby’s hospital outlined 15 reasons why the nurse could not be to blame for the deaths and collapse of babies, it has emerged…

Dirty pants on washing line recorded as non-crime hate incident by police




Police recorded a soiled pair of underwear hung on a washing line as a non-crime hate incident (NCHI), it has emerged…

Welby criticised for ‘egregious failure’ to act over convicted paedophile




The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing fresh criticism for an “egregious failure” to act in the case of a convicted paedophile…

Britain’s best-paid inmates earn more than officers who guard them




Britain’s highest-paid inmates are earning more on average than the prison officers who guard them, it can be revealed…

Ukraine has lost more than 40pc of land it captured in Russia’s Kursk




Ukraine has lost more than 40 per cent of the territory in Russia’s Kursk region that it seized in August, a senior Ukrainian military source said…

Putin’s new hypersonic missile is a warning to Britain – this footage shows why




It may be innocently called “the hazelnut”, but this is a fig leaf disguise…

Trump could sanction British lawyer leading ICC push for Netanyahu arrest




Donald Trump is considering sanctions against a British lawyer over the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu…

Watch: Rhodes scholars demand scheme stops ‘aiding genocide’ in protest at formal dinner




Rhodes scholars have demanded the Oxford University programme stop “aiding and abetting genocide” in a protest at a formal dinner…

North Korean general wounded in Ukrainian strike

A high-ranking general has become the first senior North Korean military figure to be wounded fighting for Russia against Ukraine, Western officials have said…

Matt Gaetz withdraws from nomination as Trump’s attorney general




Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration to serve as Donald Trump’s attorney general amid accusations he had sex with a 17-year-old girl…

Starmer ‘standing with Hamas’ by backing Netanyahu arrest warrant, Johnson claims




Boris Johnson has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “effectively standing with Hamas” over the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu…

Animal rights activists demand Sly Old Fox pub change its ‘derogatory’ name




It’s a historic pub that has played host to a cast of famous faces including Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy since it opened its doors in 1891…

Paddy McGuinness to sue over claim he went to a Michelin-star restaurant during charity bike ride




Paddy McGuinness, presenter for Radio 2, has launched legal action over claims he stopped at a Michelin-starred restaurant during his 300-mile Children in Need charity bike ride…

King meets Elton John – and finds himself subject of joke – at Royal Variety Performance




The King met Sir Elton John as he arrived at the Royal Variety performance on Friday night…

Jay Rayner accuses Guardian of employing anti-Semites




Restaurant critic Jay Rayner has accused The Guardian of employing anti-Semites and its editor of lacking the courage to take them on – turning up the heat on the identity crisis gripping the Left-wing news organisation…

‘I tried the banned maggot-ridden cheese you can only get on the black market’




Costanzo Carta takes a big knife, cuts into a chunky wheel of tawny cheese and there they are, white and wriggling in a lively fashion: maggots…

Lucy Letby hospital outlines 15 reasons why ‘baby killer’ was innocent




A neonatal ward manager at Lucy Letby’s hospital outlined 15 reasons why the nurse could not be to blame for the deaths and collapse of babies, it has emerged…

Ukraine has lost more than 40pc of land it captured in Russia’s Kursk




Ukraine has lost more than 40 per cent of the territory in Russia’s Kursk region that it seized in August, a senior Ukrainian military source said…

‘Visibly startled’ garden gnome made of Ecstasy found in Netherlands drugs raid




Police found a garden gnome weighing nearly 2kg and made of the drug Ecstasy during a raid in the Netherlands…

Dirty pants on washing line recorded as non-crime hate incident by police




Police recorded a soiled pair of underwear hung on a washing line as a non-crime hate incident (NCHI), it has emerged…

Philippines VP: I’ve hired hitman to kill president and his wife – this is why




The vice-president of the Philippines has hired a hitman to kill the country’s president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, his wife and the speaker of the house, in the event she is assassinated…

Philippines VP: I’ve hired hitman to kill president and his wife – this is why




The vice-president of the Philippines has hired a hitman to kill the country’s president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, his wife and the speaker of the house, in the event she is assassinated…