Crime

Published: 28 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Parliamentary scrutiny over the failed espionage trial involving Christopher Cash, a former parliamentary staffer, and Christopher Berry, an academic from Oxfordshire, has exposed significant weaknesses in how the case was handled. The hearing, conducted on Monday by the joint committee on the national security strategy, marked the first time senior officials publicly explained how the prosecution of the...

Published: ২৭ October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. In a quiet field near Great Bardfield in Essex, the echoes of a long-forgotten tragedy are being carefully unearthed. Over 80 years ago, on 26 January 1944, 23-year-old US Air Force pilot 2nd Lieutenant Lester Lowry embarked on a routine training flight in his P-47 Thunderbolt, a powerful warplane nicknamed “Lucky Boy.” Tragically, the aircraft spiraled out of...

Published: ২৭ October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Milli Tanner, a 23-year-old from Evesham, Worcestershire, has revealed the harrowing ordeal she faced after her persistent health complaints were repeatedly dismissed by medical professionals. Over a span of more than two years, Tanner visited her GP thirteen times, sought help at A&E, and even consulted NHS 111, only to be told that she was “too young” to...

Published: ২৭ October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. SALFORD, UK — A mother of two tragically lost her life after receiving a weight loss injection purchased on the black market, highlighting growing concerns over the illegal distribution of potent medical drugs in the UK. Karen McGonigal, 53, had been seeking ways to manage her weight after the end of a long-term relationship left her feeling desperate...

Published: 25 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A tragic incident in the Oxfordshire village of Islip has left a community in shock, as a nine-year-old girl was found dead on Tuesday morning and a woman is now fighting for her life in hospital. Police confirmed on Friday night that the woman, aged 49, remains under intensive care and is under constant police watch. Specially trained...

Published: 25 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. In late 2012, Samantha Walker-Roberts boarded a Megabus from Manchester to London, bound for the Houses of Parliament. In an airless Westminster room, she recounted her story to Keith Vaz, then chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee. Walker-Roberts’ abuse began in October 2006, aged 12, when she reported a sexual assault in a graveyard at a police...

Published: 24 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The long-awaited national inquiry into grooming gangs in the UK faces fresh delays, with sources suggesting it may not commence until next year. The postponement follows a series of high-profile withdrawals and internal disputes over the role of safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, throwing the investigation into uncertainty. Government insiders speaking to The Times report that the departure of...

Published: 24 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A 21-year-old British man who carried out a series of arson attacks on behalf of the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group has been described in court as an “easy puppet” for Russian operatives, manipulated through his obsession with online gaming. Dylan Earl, a labourer from Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire, admitted receiving payments from the Wagner mercenary group to firebomb an east London...

Published: 23 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The board of Lisbon’s public transport company has resigned following a damning report on the Glória funicular crash that killed 16 people, including three Britons. The tragedy occurred when a cable snapped on the 140-year-old tram, causing a carriage to derail and collide with buildings and iron poles in the city’s historic centre. On Monday, Portugal’s Aircraft and...

Published: 22 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. New government reforms will ensure that individuals convicted of sexual offences will no longer be granted parental responsibility for children conceived through rape. The proposals, set to be debated in parliament as part of the Victims and Courts Bill on Monday, 27 October, aim to protect survivors and their children by removing the legal ability of perpetrators to...