The man who had claimed to have abducted EastEnders’ actress Gemma McCluskie, who was later found murdered and chopped to pieces by her brother, has been sentenced for a six-year jail term, police said. He was sentenced at Medway Magistrates’ Court. A resident of Greenhithe, Kent, Sam Dunne, 19 accepted committing the crime. He told the court that he had made a call to Gemma McCluskie’s two brothers demanding…

The UK weather, characterised by cold snaps over the winter, will add £200-£1600 to average energy bills a year as small electricity suppliers like OVO and Co-operative Energy have amplified prices. This estimate of energy experts, regarding electricity price rise, is likely to worry the consumers as statistics have divulged that the British households spent an additional £40 heating their residences in March on account of the cold weather. The…

The Jubilee Park rape case, involving the rape of an 11-year-old girl in Edmonton on November 23, 2012, has seen a new development, with the prosecution alleging during the Old Bailey trial that the Jubilee Park rapist raped the girl for up to three hours and threatened to video the rape and knife the 11-year-old girl in case she attempted to flee. Opemipo Jaji, the suspect in the Jubilee Park…

Labour MP Glenda Jackson launched an impassioned attack on the legacy of the dead former Conservative PM Margaret Thatcher, expressing that the three-time PM perpetrated heinous social, spiritual and economic damage on Britain. The Glenda Jackson attack in the Parliament on Margaret Thatcher after her death enraged the Tory backbenchers, who howled as Glenda Jackson furiously denounced the Margaret Thatcher legacy for Britain. The dead Margaret Thatcher was accused by…

A Chelsea home in west London, which was purchased in 1967 by a retired barrister and his wife for £17,000, is certain to give the occupants a profit of 18000%. Realty agents have remarked that they are confident that the Chelsea home would far surpass its £3million price tag in the market. The Chelsea profit home in question consists of over five floors in the sought-after zone. The owners of…

The Church of England may permit a priest to bless responsible gay couples in the church, as per a Church of England paper, which has the endorsement of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Justin Welby, and certain other leading bishops. The Church of England paper on blessing gay couples remarks that the priests may devise accommodations for gay couples, who are attempting to engage with the challenges of life in…

American Apparel ads have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) due to their voyeuristic nature. The gratuitous ads of the clothing retailer depicted a sequence of pictures of two females on the ‘advertising’ page of American Apparel website. The complaint against the American Apparel ads, presented to the ASA, said that the females were shown in vulnerable positions in a manner that objectified them. American Apparel UK has…

Detection of Bute, in Asda’s Smart Price corned beef has resulted in the recalling of batches of the product. The product affected by bute, which is a veterinary medicine, is a 340g tin of ‘Smart Price’ corned beef. All batch codes of the product having been recalled and Asda has requested the customers who have purchased the 340g tins with any date code, not to consume the corned beef but…

Margaret Thatcher’s death has ensured a special session of the UK Parliament on Wednesday, in which the British parliamentarians will congregate to thrash out the sociopolitical and sociocultural legacy of the former PM, who was known more by the moniker, Iron Lady. The death of Margaret Thatcher on Monday, which was due to a stroke at the age of 87, was followed by torrential commendations for her political persona from…