A father was stabbed to death on his way to work a night shift just 15 minutes after leaving his newborn baby at home. A murder investigation has been launched after the 24-year-old man was found with stab injuries inside a silver VW Polo in north-west London on Saturday night. Police were called to the […]
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Airbus bribery scandal: Intermediary 6 declared bankrupt in UK
Former Coronation Street star Philip Middlemiss has been declared bankrupt, the M.E.N. can reveal. The actor was judged to be insolvent after Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [HMRC] launched a bankruptcy petition against him because of unpaid taxes. Mr Middlemiss, who played bookie Des Barnes in the soap for eight years, told the M.E.N. he […]
Confirmed: Coronavirus hits UK; two members of same family tests positive
Britain has confirmed its first two cases of SARS-like coronavirus, which has killed more than 210 people in China while spreading around the world. Two patients in England, who are members of the same family, have tested positive for coronavirus, Chief Medical Officer for England Professor Chris Whitty said. UK health experts had earlier raised the risk […]
Boss surprises 200 workers with a huge £8million Christmas bonus
A Generous boss gave his employees a huge surprise this Christmas – after announcing an astonishing £8 million bonus would be divided between nearly 200 staff. Each member of staff at Maryland-based St John Properties was given an average payment of £38,000 to reward their hard work after the company had a successful year. Lucky […]
UK Police intensify manhunt for killers of Ghanaian-born British Dominic Ansah
The British Police have urged suspects connected to the deaths of Ben Gillham-Rice and Ghanaian born British Dominic Ansah to turn themselves in. Dominic Ansah and Ben Gillham-Rice, both 17, died from knife injuries after they were attacked at a house party in the Emerson Valley area of the town on 19th October. After a […]
Germany and UK deport 22 Ghanaians
By John Elliot HAGAN, Accra The Kotoka International Airport (KIA) Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service has received 17 Ghanaian deportees from Germany on board chartered flight CT3721. The deportees, all males, who are aged between 21 and 60 years, were escorted by 67 police officers, including paramedics. They were deported for immigration-related issues […]
Bukom Banku wins international first fight in UK with a knock out in round 3
Famous Ghanaian boxer, Braimah Kamoko aka Bukom Banku has brought honor to himself and his fans by winning his first-ever international fight through a knockout in the UK. Braimah Kamoko also known as African Mayweather faced Hungarian boxer, Ferenc Albert at St George Hall in Bradford, the UK on Saturday, September 7. Prior to the […]
Demand for medical cannabis increase as hundreds seek private clinics to access it
Hundreds of people in the UK are turning to private clinics for medical cannabis, BBC News has been told. Since its legalisation in November 2018, there have been very few, if any, prescriptions for medical cannabis containing THC on the NHS. And this has led some patients, with conditions such as epilepsy and MS, to […]
Ghanaian, Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng promoted to a Minister of State in UK
Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng, a British Conservative Party politician with Ghanaian roots, was promoted Thursday by the new UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Mr Kwarteng has served as MP since 2010 for Spelthorne, Surrey, south-east England. On November 16, 2018, he was appointed Undersecretary of State in the Department for Exiting the European Union following […]
UK to bask in 35°C sunshine during hottest June day on record
You should probably carry a bottle of water and some sunscreen today because it’s going to be the hottest day of the year. The hottest weather is predicted in the southern part of the country, with temperatures potentially rising above 35C in London. The record for June in the UK is 35.6C , which was […]
Man arrives in UK on Friday, stole on Saturday, got jailed on Monday
A foreign national has said he wants to stay in the UK following a jail sentence for theft a day after he landed in the country. Leonard-Valter Tudor, 20, lined a bag with foil to try and avoid detectors at TK Maxx in Nottingham on Saturday – just hours after arriving in Britain. An accomplice […]
UK Emergency Services adopt Ghana-Style Digital Addressing System
Over a year after Ghana introduced a locally designed digital addressing system, British Police Forces and Emergency Services around the UK have announced the initial rollout of a digital addressing application (what3words) to assist their operations. The adoption of the digital addressing system, according to UK officials, is to help more accurately locate places and […]