Steven Sansom and Adam Watson pleaded not guilty at Winchester Crown Court to charges of attempting to murder Urfan Sharif at HMP Lewes. The alleged incident occurred in February.
A Peter Kay comedy show at Utilita Arena Birmingham was evacuated after West Midlands Police located a suspicious bag, leading to the arrest of a 19-year-old man. The incident occurred during Friday's performance, just a day after the UK's terror threat level was elevated to 'severe'.
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has stated that the immediate, outright abolition of England and Wales's leasehold system is "almost certainly impossible", rejecting criticisms of delay. He outlined government plans to dismantle the system methodically before the next election by empowering leaseholders to control their buildings and transition to commonhold, rather than an abrupt end to the approximately five million existing leases.
