2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (482+ words) Leicestershire’s Ellie Moore was bursting with pride after topping the podium at a national school sports event to cap an unforgettable experience in the East Midlands. Moore, 14, who lives in Hinckley, featured at the School Games National Finals and took…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (775+ words) Hundreds of thousands of passengers who have been affected by Tuesday’s air traffic control problems are “unlikely to be entitled to compensation”, the aviation regulator has said. Travellers were caught up in the disruption after hundreds of flights were cancelled…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (697+ words) Lady Joan Branson died aged 80 at a private London hospital (Faye Sadou/MediaPunch/Alamy/PA) A private hospital’s failure to provide preventative medication contributed to the death of Sir Richard Branson’s wife, an inquest has concluded. Lady Joan Branson, 80, died…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (833+ words) The boss of the UK’s main air traffic control provider will face a grilling from the Transport Secretary on Wednesday as widespread disruption continues with hundreds of flights cancelled following a technical issue. Flight monitoring website Flightradar24 said 1,300 flights to and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (607+ words) West Midlands Police have asked a protester who was thrown out of the Reform UK conference to come forward after footage showed audience members pulling her hair and grabbing her head. The force said it had not received a direct…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (184+ words) A person has died after an incident on the Thameslink line between St Albans and London. British Transport Police said officers were called at 3.40am on September 3 after reports of a “casualty on the tracks” in Cricklewood. Thameslink and East Midlands…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (79+ words) Herts Advertiser Traffic stopped on M1 near Hemel Hempstead after 'incident' - Traffic has been stopped in both directions on the M1 near Hemel Hempstead this morning. - Emergency services are responding to an incident between junction 8 and junction 9 near Hemel Hempstead. - There are…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (760+ words) Professor Jason Arday was the victim of a “public execution”, his friend and peer Lord Simon Woolley told a vigil which was attended by thousands of people. During his speech, Lord Woolley revealed his friend had said during a meal…...

4+ week, 13+ hour ago   (653+ words) More than £20,000 has been raised for the family of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday after a Windrush campaigner launched a fundraising drive in his memory. Prof Arday had resigned from his post as the professor of sociology of education last…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (271+ words) The death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday is a “tragedy” and should be a “moment for reflection”, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said. Prof Arday, who resigned after a plagiarism row, was pronounced dead after emergency services were called an…...