Author Archives: OP King

Image copyrightPACEMAKERImage captionA multi-agency search operation was launched along the Braid River The five-year-old boy who died in hospital after he fell into a river in Ballymena, County Antrim, has been named locally as Kayden McGowan-Fleck. Kayden was pulled out of the Braid River on Saturday afternoon in a major multi-agency rescue operation and wasContinue reading “Ballymena school mourns boy, 5, after fatal river fall”

A woman in her 80s has been rescued after becoming stuck in her bath for about three days. A neighbour called police when she had not seen the elderly woman for several days, and her curtains had not been opened, which was “out of character”. Essex Police forced entry to the house near Thurrock, whereContinue reading “Woman in her 80s stuck in Essex bath for three days”

Media captionBoris Johnson meets Aung San Suu Kyi for Rohingya talks Boris Johnson has met Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi for talks amid the Rohingya refugee crisis. The foreign secretary called for the safe return to the country of refugees who have fled following a military crackdown. Nearly 700,000 people have leftContinue reading “Boris Johnson meets Aung San Suu Kyi for Rohingya talks”

Image copyrightNORTHAMPTONSHIRE POLICEImage captionThe teenagers had been placed in accommodation by Northampton County Council’s social services department All but one of a group of Vietnamese teenagers who went missing after entering the UK illegally remain at large two months after a police appeal. The 13 teenagers, aged between 14 and 18, were housed by NorthamptonshireContinue reading “Northamptonshire Vietnamese illegal immigrant teens still missing”

Image copyrightCMRTImage captionThe walker’s feet and boots had frozen in the conditions A walker has been rescued in a nine-hour operation after becoming stranded in blizzard conditions about 3,000 ft up a mountain. Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team was called out on Saturday evening to help the man on Carn Ban Mor, a Munro-height mountain inContinue reading “Nine-hour rescue for stranded walker”

Media captionUKIP leader Henry Bolton says he still has ‘strong affections’ for Jo Marney UKIP leader Henry Bolton is confident he will win the backing of his party in a vote of members next weekend, he told the OP’S NEWS Andrew Marr. Mr Bolton suggested he was still in a relationship with Jo Marney, whoseContinue reading “UKIP leader Henry Bolton: It’s not all over”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Details of people on state benefits could be handed to energy firms so they can give them special rates. The plan, under consideration by the government, is intended as a new approach to help people who are struggling to pay their energy bills. It would allow power companies to transfer customers toContinue reading “Energy firms could get welfare data”

Image copyrightFAMILY HANDOUTImage captionMylee Billingham was taken to hospital with stab injuries but died a short time later A man has been charged with the murder of his eight-year-old daughter who was stabbed to death. Mylee Billingham was found with knife wounds at her father’s West Midlands home on 20 January. She died later inContinue reading “Mylee Billingham death: Father charged with murder”

Pro-European Conservative MPs could join forces with Labour to block the kind of Brexit Theresa May wants, a Tory rebel has warned the PM. Anna Soubry claimed there would be a Commons majority against leaving the single market and customs union. Labour’s Chuka Umunna, appearing alongside Ms Soubry on the Andrew Marr show, agreed withContinue reading “MPs could block Theresa May’s Brexit plan – Anna Soubry”

Media captionPenny Mordaunt: ‘They did absolutely the wrong thing’ Ministers could cut off funding for Oxfam if it cannot account for the way it handled claims of sexual misconduct by aid workers, the international development secretary says. Penny Mordaunt will meet the charity on Monday to hear more about claims staff used prostitutes in HaitiContinue reading “Oxfam Haiti sex claims: Charity ‘failed in moral leadership’”