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Lib Dem leader says crisis at William Blake House is ‘one of my worst nightmares’ after Guardian revealed inquiry into financesEd Davey has accused a trustee of a learning disability care home of embezzlement and called for watchdogs to take over the charity to resolve a crisis he described as “one my worst nightmares”.The Liberal Democrat leader’s intervention at prime minister’s questions came hours after the Guardian revealed the Charity Commission has opened a serious inquiry into concerns around financial mismanagement and potential misuse of funds at William Blake House. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/25/ed-davey-accuses-william-blake-house-care-home-trustee-embezzlement Author : Patrick Butler

Witness claims suspect entered mosque during Ramadan evening prayers armed with axePolice in Manchester have arrested a suspect after he allegedly entered Manchester Central Mosque with an axe and a knife.Police were called at about 8.40pm to reports that two men had entered Manchester Central Mosque on Upper Park Roadand were acting suspiciously. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/25/man-arrested-entering-manchester-central-mosque-allegedly-weapon Author : Hannah Al-Othman and Maya Yang Publish date : 2026-02-25 12:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he told police he had heard that former US ambassador was planning to leave the countryThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published figures showing that local authorities in England dealt with 1.26m flytipping incidents in 2024/25 – 9% increase on the previous year.And there was an 11% increase in incidents involving a “tipper lorry load” amount of rubbish. There were 52,000 of these, up from 47,000 in 2023/24. Defra said these alone cost councils £19.3m.These figures show the equivalent of 142 monster landfills a day took place, confirming what communities across the country

Ukrainian president says trilateral meeting with with Russia expected in early MarchThe “reset” of post-Brexit relations between the UK and the EU must be “decisively accelerated” and given a “super charge” to speed up links between the two sides, the co-chair of the EU-UK parliamentary partnership has said.Ahead of the visit to London of the European parliament president Roberta Metsola, Sandro Gozi, MEP said:“Progress has been too slow. The EU-UK reset must now be supercharged. Engagement, based on respect of the Union’s principles, should be broadened and accelerated ahead of this summer’s EU-UK Summit.”“We would like to see a reset