Author Archives: OP King

Image copyrightPRESS EYEImage captionMary Lou McDonald will be in Belfast with deputy leader Michelle O’Neill on Monday Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald believes a deal can be done to restore power sharing at Stormont. The new party leader says Sinn Féin wants to see “genuine power sharing that delivers for everybody”. Speaking to BBCContinue reading “Sinn Féin leader: it’s ‘decision time’ for Stormont talks”

Image copyrightAFP/GETTYImage captionMore than 200 princes, ministers and businessmen were held in the purge A luxury Saudi hotel that served as a detention centre for dozens of princes and top officials held in a corruption drive since November has reopened. Reception staff at the five-star Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh told the OP’S NEWS  the hotel wasContinue reading “Riyadh Ritz-Carlton corruption purge Saudi hotel reopens”

Image copyrightWEST MIDLANDS POLICEImage captionJasmine Forrester died after being found seriously injured at a property in Wolverhampton The uncle of an 11-year-old girl has been charged with her murder. Delroy Forrester, 51, was arrested after Jasmine Forrester was found seriously injured at a house in Wolverhampton on Friday. She was discovered at the address inContinue reading “Jasmine Forrester’s uncle charged with murder”

Image copyrightGOOGLEImage captionOfficers were called to Bray Tower in Camden on Friday morning A murder investigation has begun after the body of a 55-year-old woman was found in a flat in north London. Officers were called to Bray Tower in Camden on Friday morning after paramedics reported a woman had been found with stab injuries.Continue reading “Murder inquiry as woman’s body found in Camden flat”

Image copyrightPAImage captionThe voluntary charge would apply to high value homes in the borough Some of the richest residents in a wealthy London borough would be willing to pay more council tax. A survey of people living in properties worth £10m or more found they would support the Westminster Community Contribution scheme. They would beContinue reading “Rich Westminster residents back council’s voluntary donation scheme”

Image copyrightBETTY LONGBOTTOM/GEOGRAPHImage captionStaff and students at the Headingley campus were told to remain inside for several hours A man armed with an axe has gone on the run after fleeing from the scene of a four-vehicle crash. He is thought to have been driving a van which was involved in the smash in Sheepscar,Continue reading “Leeds axe-man on run after crash”

Image copyrightDEVON AND CORNWALL ROADS POLICING TEAMImage captionThe brand-new Volvo left the showroom four hours before the crash at Cheriton Bishop, Devon A driver crashed their brand-new car four hours after picking up the keys because they did not read the handbook, police said. The Volvo hit a slow-moving articulated lorry on the A30 atContinue reading “Driver crashes new car ‘after not reading handbook’”

Image copyrightTHAMES VALLEY POLICEImage captionRoads policing officer Jamie Payne caught Sam the swan after a pursuit on foot A policeman found himself in a real-life Hot Fuzz situation when he was called in to help catch a swan. PC Jamie Payne swooped in when the bird was spotted on the A33 near Reading. After wingingContinue reading “PC in ‘Hot Fuzz’ swan chase near Reading”

Image captionWitnesses are being asked to contact police A man whose car crashed into a house during a police chase has died. The unnamed 22-year-old was driving a Toyota Auris when it hit the home in Smith Fold, Queensbury, Bradford, before striking a garden wall, at about 11:55 GMT on Friday. West Yorkshire Police saidContinue reading “Driver who hit house in Bradford police chase dies”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES “Authentic” Scottish whiskies are to be protected by a new trade alliance. Scotland Food and Drink and the Scottish Craft Distillers Association (SCDA) have been brought together. SCDA members will now become members of the government-backed body automatically. It has an objective of increasing the value of the food and drink industryContinue reading “New alliance will back ‘authentic’ Scottish whisky”