Rabu, 08 Juni 2022

Collin Reeves: Ex-soldier stabbed married couple to death with ceremonial dagger in parking space row, court told - Sky News

A former soldier killed a married couple at their home using a ceremonial dagger presented to him on leaving the army in a dispute over a parking space, a court has heard.

Collin Reeves is on trial at Bristol Crown Court accused of the murder of his neighbours Stephen and Jennifer Chapple in Dragon Rise, Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton in Somerset, on the evening of 21 November.

Reeves, also of Dragon Rise, had been involved in a long-running dispute with the couple over designated parking on the new-build housing development, the court heard.

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Collin Reeves (left), of Dragon Rise, Norton Fitzwarren, in the dock at Taunton Magistrates' Court charged with the murder of Jennifer and Stephen Chapple, who were stabbed to death at their home in a Somerset village. Picture date: Thursday November 25, 2021.
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In the prosecution's opening statement, Adam Feest QC told the jury at Bristol Crown Court that Reeves had killed the couple while their two children were fast asleep upstairs at around 9pm.

The court heard both Mr and Mrs Chapple were stabbed six times by 35-year-old Reeves after he jumped over the back garden fence and entered the couple's home.

He then carried out a minute-long attack on the couple in their living room, stabbing both "multiple times" in the living room, the court heard.

The jury was shown a clip from the Chapples' back door camera of Reeves entering through the back door, before Mrs Chapple could then be heard screaming in terror, with Reeves shouting "die you f****** die".

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However, the clip was so upsetting that many of the victims' family members seated in the public gallery chose to leave court before it was played.

Mrs Chapple, 33, suffered six stab wounds to her upper chest and shoulder, causing fatal injuries to a major blood vessel and her heart, prosecutor Adam Feest QC said.

Tributes were left for the couple outside their home at Dragon Rise in Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton in Somerse,

She did not even have a chance to stand up from the sofa to defend herself, he added.

Mr Chapple, 36, was found close to the rear door and had also suffered six stab wounds as well as three other minor injuries.

Neither had any defensive injuries, indicating the speed of the attack, Mr Feest said.

Reeves had been suffering problems in his marriage

The jury was told that Reeves, who was a commando engineer with the British Army, has admitted killing the couple and has pleaded guilty to their manslaughter.

He claims he was suffering an "abnormality of mental functioning", and jurors were told it will be their job to decide whether this was true.

The jury was also told it will hear evidence from two psychiatrists about Reeves' mental state.

After the killings, Reeves climbed back over the fence and telephoned the police to tell them he had stabbed his neighbours.

Police at the scene in Dragon Rise in November 2021. Pic: Andrew Matthews/PA.

Just a few days before the attack, Mrs Chapple was the victim of a "particularly unpleasant verbal assault" by Reeves, Mr Feest said, which was captured on the victims' Ring Doorbell camera.

Reeves had also been suffering problems in his own marriage, the jury was told.

Mr Feest said: "Whether it was this parking dispute, tensions within the defendant's marriage, or a combination of these things which led the defendant to kill his neighbours is unclear.

"When he was questioned by the police in interview about his actions, the defendant chose to exercise his right to silence."

The trial is expected to last for eight days.

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2022-06-08 12:45:48Z
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Boris Johnson: Don't change rules to allow another confidence vote, health secretary Sajid Javid says - Sky News

Conservative MPs should not change the rules to allow another confidence vote in the prime minister within a year, Sajid Javid has said.

The health secretary said it was a "clear and decisive result" on Monday night when Boris Johnson won a confidence vote among his MPs - although 148 voted against him.

There have been suggestions the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs could change the rules that currently state another confidence vote in a leader cannot happen within a year after they have won a ballot.

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Rebel MP Tobias Ellwood told Sky News on Tuesday he believes the committee is looking into changing the rules so the PM could face another vote in six months.

But Mr Javid told Sky News' Kay Burley: "Of course, they shouldn't change the rules.

"There's no need to change any rules because we've had the ballot, it's a clear, decisive result.

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"And we've just got to get on with the job."

MPs unhappy with Mr Johnson can hand in letters of no confidence to the 1922 Committee chair Sir Graham Brady, and on Monday he announced the threshold of 15% of Tory MPs - 54 - had done so, which triggered the vote.

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Speculation has risen in the wake of Monday's vote, with an "influential" rebel telling The Times a "majority of 1922 officers" will agree to change the rules "when the time is right" - and they expect that to happen before the party conference in October.

But Tory MP Karl McCartney, who is on the 1922 Committee, said the 16 MPs on the executive "have never discussed changing the rules" and that speculation is "nonsense".

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A source close to the 1922 Committee told Sky News a rule change was expected to be discussed at their meeting this week but they do not think it will happen.

"You can't do this once the year has started. You could have done it before the vote or after the year is up but I can't see how you can change the rules mid-game," they said.

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Mr Javid also addressed claims the PM wants to promote those who have been loyal to him over those who are experienced.

"My experience is that he wants the best people in the right roles so that we can get on with dealing with the huge challenges, especially post-pandemic, we face as a country," he said.

"That's why I think, for example, I was asked to step into this role. For me, this is the toughest job I've done in government so far."

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2022-06-08 07:52:30Z
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Unions branded selfish by No 10 over June rail strike plans - BBC

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Unions have been branded selfish over rail worker strike plans which threaten major disruption to passengers.

The RMT Union said it will shut down the country's railway network on 21, 23 and 25 June after talks over pay and redundancies fell through.

A No 10 source said the government was determined to make the railways "more efficient", as they criticised the plans as selfish and irresponsible.

Train operators and RMT have said they want more talks to avoid the strikes.

If industrial action goes ahead, more than 40,000 staff from Network Rail and 13 train operators are expected to take part in what is dubbed the "biggest rail strike in modern history".

On the first day of the planned strike on 21 June, London Underground RMT workers plan to walk out in a separate dispute over pensions and job losses.

The strikes are expected to affect thousands of rail passengers, and fall during music and sporting events including the Glastonbury Festival and an England cricket Test match against New Zealand.

The BBC understands the action will leave around a fifth of mainline rail services running on the strike days, with the majority operating for a maximum of 12 hours.

But due to the walk outs being 24 hour hours each, there is a risk disruption will spill into non-strike days which follow leading to a week of disruption.

According to the Department for Transport, the average salary rail worker salary is £44,000. This is more than the median pay of other public sector workers, such as nurses (£31,000), teachers (£37,000), and care workers (£17,000).

A No 10 source said the move was "thoroughly irresponsible" and warned it would inflict "pain and economic disruption on their fellow citizens in really tough times".

However, Mick Lynch, secretary general of the RMT union, hit back at the government saying they were "experts at being selfish and irresponsible".

He told the BBC his members needed a pay deal, job security and "decent terms and conditions".

"The government have the key to unlock that," he added.

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Steve Montgomery, of the Rail Delivery Group, said the industry body was "extremely disappointed" with the prospect of strike action. "It's really important we ask RMT to get back round the table," he said.

He said that the industry had received £16bn in subsidies over the pandemic, but that level of funding could not continue.

"We have to look how we can reform," he said. "We've not said 'we're not going to give staff a pay increase', but we need to sit down and talk with RMT on how we can move reform forward to make it fair for everybody."

Rail firms "are looking at all options" to modernise, including job losses, he said, as well as trying to operate services during the strikes.

The industry group said rail industry revenue is currently at 82% of 2019 levels, which is the same as a £38m shortfall on pre-Covid revenue levels every week.

However, Mr Lynch said railway firms "can easily afford a pay rise for our members, it'll just mean they have to cut back on their profits".

"They are ripping off the passenger, they are ripping off the taxpayer. The government needs to fund the railway properly, and we need the companies to give up some of their profits to give our members a pay rise," he added.

Despite more people working from home since the pandemic, Mr Lynch said revenues and passenger numbers were recovering.

He said the union doesn't want disruption for thousands of commuters, but had been talking to rail firms for two years trying to get pay deals.

He argued the firms wanted to cut thousands of jobs while still getting "fat cat profits", and that executives had been paid "millions" during the pandemic.

"We've got another two weeks before this action starts. There's plenty of time to get proposals forward," he added.

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Which lines will be affected by the strike?

People working for 13 train operating companies, which each run services in different parts of the country, will take part in the strike. These are:

  • Chiltern Railways
  • Cross Country Trains
  • Greater Anglia
  • LNER
  • East Midlands Railway
  • c2c
  • Great Western Railway
  • Northern Trains
  • South Eastern Railway
  • South Western Railway
  • TransPennine Express
  • Avanti West Coast
  • West Midlands Trains

In addition, workers at Network Rail, which maintains the railways throughout Britain, also voted to strike. So the impact of the action would be felt across England, Scotland, and Wales.

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But a Rail Delivery Group spokesman said the RMT was "using inflated figures made up of smoke and mirrors to disguise the real issue".

Transport Secretary Mr Shapps said Covid "changed travel habits - with 25% fewer ticket sales and the taxpayer stepping in to keep the railways running at a cost of £16bn, equivalent to £600 per household".

"We must act now to put the industry on a sustainable footing," he added.

Anthony Smith, chief executive of the independent watchdog Transport Focus, said further talks were crucial, and there would need to be an effort to give passengers certainty.

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Selasa, 07 Juni 2022

Zelensky 'very happy' with Boris Johnson win as world's press reacts - The Times

Boris Johnson’s survival in a confidence vote propelled coverage of his tenure over post-Brexit Britain to prominence in newspapers and television bulletins across the world. From the EU to Australia, almost all commentators said that the prime minister’s days were numbered.

President Zelensky of Ukraine said he was “very happy” that Johnson was still prime minister, adding: “Boris Johnson is a true friend of Ukraine. I regard him as our ally, and Great Britain as a great ally.”

Russian state television suggested that Johnson had decided to hold yesterday’s vote of confidence because he was wary that his popularity would fall even further if Britons who went to fight in Ukraine were killed by pro-Kremlin separatists.

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2022-06-07 14:00:00Z
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Boris Johnson seeks to unite cabinet after no-confidence vote - Financial Times

Boris Johnson used a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to urge ministers to move on from the highly damaging no-confidence vote in which 41 per cent of Tory MPs voted to oust him and refocus on practical issues.

Sajid Javid, the health secretary, addressed the cabinet on tackling NHS backlogs and improving health services. The prime minister, meanwhile, told cabinet ministers to find further departmental savings to shift spending towards households.

Johnson’s allies believe he is also planning a ministerial reshuffle to reward those who have remained loyal to him, while punishing those who have not. But Downing Street said on Tuesday that there were “no plans” for a reshuffle.

Johnson won Monday’s no-confidence vote of Tory MPs by 211 to 148 and told the cabinet the result had been “conclusive and decisive”.

But he was confronted by grim newspaper headlines. The Daily Telegraph, Johnson’s former employer, led its front page with the headline: “Hollow victory tears Tories apart” while Lord William Hague, one of his predecessors as party leader, used a column in the Times to call on the prime minister to quit.

Johnson received a boost on Tuesday morning when President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine told the Financial Times Global Boardroom conference that his survival was “great news”, adding: “I am glad we have not lost a very important ally.”

The prime minister and his allies attempted to portray the result as a moment when the party could bury its differences. But the vote exposed rancour and a breakdown in Tory discipline.

Johnson’s victory was by a slimmer margin than the one secured by his predecessor Theresa May in a no-confidence vote in 2018; she was forced to resign as prime minister six months later.

The biggest threat to Johnson now would be a series of resignations by ministers no longer willing to serve in his government, although so far there has been no sign of that happening.

Tobias Ellwood, Tory chair of the House of Commons defence select committee and a Johnson critic, said on Monday: “The days of honourable resignations are no longer there.”

Dominic Raab, deputy prime minister, told the BBC he had no intention of quitting. “I will always put first and foremost the good of the country,” he said, adding that that was best done by Johnson remaining in post.

He said he was confident the Conservatives could exceed the 80-seat majority secured by Johnson in the 2019 general election if the party united.

But some Tory MPs believe Monday’s vote starts the beginning of a long slide out of office for Johnson, who faces multiple looming challenges — including an autumn of high inflation and possible recession.

Hague, a former foreign secretary, wrote in The Times that the votes cast against Johnson’s leadership “show a greater level of rejection than any Tory leader has ever endured and survived”. He called for the prime minister to “turn his mind to getting out in a way that spares party and country such agonies and uncertainties”.

Johnson also faces a parliamentary inquiry into whether he lied to the Commons about the partygate scandal — gatherings in Downing Street during Covid restrictions while social events were banned — as well as two treacherous by-elections. The Tories are defending seats in Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton on June 23 and opinion polls have shown them lagging the opposition in both.

“The scale of the vote against the prime minister this evening is clear evidence that he no longer enjoys the full-hearted confidence of the parliamentary party and should consider his position,” said Julian Sturdy, one Tory backbencher.

Under current party rules, Johnson cannot face another no-confidence vote for 12 months, but senior Tories have said the rules could be changed with immediate effect.

Some Conservative MPs believe Johnson will never resign, no matter what electoral damage he might be causing. “He’s an existential threat to the Conservative party,” said one Tory backbencher.

A test of Johnson’s authority could come soon, with the publication expected in the coming days of draft legislation to rip up parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, part of the UK’s 2020 Brexit agreement with the EU.

Some Conservatives have already warned Johnson not to tear up an international treaty. If he pushes ahead with the legislation, the EU has said it will retaliate by shutting British scientists out of the €95bn Horizon research project.


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2022-06-07 12:51:48Z
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Flight cancellations: Tears at Gatwick and fears summer holidays will also be ruined as easyJet, British Airways and Wizz Air cancel flights - Sky News

Thousands of airline passengers are facing fresh disruption as widespread flight cancellations continue - with travel agents inundated with calls from customers worried the chaos will carry on and ruin their summer holidays.

EasyJet cancelled at least 35 flights on Tuesday, with Gatwick the worst affected airport, while Hungarian carrier Wizz Air axed at least seven flights due to serve UK airports.

British Airways cancelled 124 Heathrow flights, although the airline said affected passengers were given advance notice.

Diego Garcia Rodriguez, 32, a Spanish national who lives in Brighton, said there had so far been no changes to his Barcelona flight, but other passengers have been left in tears at Gatwick.

He said: "I have seen lots of people whose flights have been cancelled, some crying and stressing out and they only got the news after having gone through the security control so they didn't know how to get out. There was no information and it was all very chaotic."

Julia Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of Advantage Travel Partnership, which represents independent travel agents, said: "About 30% of all calls that they're receiving now are from customers that are reading the headlines, have bookings for July and August in the school holidays, and they are worried."

She acknowledged the situation is "hideous and disappointing" for passengers whose flights are being cancelled, but added travel agents are trying to reassure customers that "in the vast majority of cases flights are departing and arriving".

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There has been a "significant surge" in demand for holidays this year, she said, creating a "bottleneck" in the system.

The number of people who jetted off during last week's half-term school break was 21% higher than 2019 levels, while summer holiday bookings are at around 80% of normal.

"I'm confident that the industry will get to a point where these bottlenecks will be sorted," she added.

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Today's cancellations are the latest following months of disruption for UK airline passengers - leaving the holiday plans of tens of thousands of travellers in disarray.

The chaos has also impacted those who have managed to getaway, with many thousands of British holidaymakers finding themselves stranded across the rest of Europe after hundreds of flight cancellations.

The aviation industry is struggling to recruit new workers after letting thousands of people go during the coronavirus pandemic - and a blame game has broken out over who is responsible for the crisis.

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'We'll think twice about traveling again'

Airlines, airports and ground handling companies repeatedly called for sector-specific financial support during the COVID-19 crisis as lockdowns and travel restrictions suppressed demand.

Airlines are now suffering from staff shortages and say government red tape is delaying security checks on any new recruits.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has rejected calls to open the door to more "cheap" overseas workers to relieve the pressure on the sector.

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Family stranded abroad amid travel chaos

He has claimed airlines and travel firms have "seriously oversold flights and holidays relative to their capacity to deliver" despite government warnings, and accused bosses of "cutting too far".

The cabinet minister has answered industry demands to speed up security checks for workers and allow some staff in non-security related jobs to take up training immediately.

But he has said it is up to the sector to fix the issues after receiving £8bn of state support and having access to furlough money to keep staff on the books while COVID travel restrictions were in place.

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Senin, 06 Juni 2022

Wounded, UK's Boris Johnson just survives his party's confidence vote - Reuters UK

  • Large Conservative Party rebellion deals blow to PM
  • Johnson says it is 'decisive result'
  • COVID-19 'Partygate' sours mood

LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote on Monday but a large rebellion in his Conservative Party over the so-called "partygate" scandal dealt a blow to his authority and leaves him with a struggle to win back support.

Johnson, who scored a sweeping election victory in 2019, has been under increasing pressure after he and staff held alcohol-fuelled parties in his Downing Street office and residence when Britain was under lockdowns to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

The vote was a blow to Johnson, with 41% of his lawmakers casting ballots against his leadership after months of scandals and gaffes that has raised questions over his authority to govern Britain and knocked his standing among the public.

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But Johnson, a master of political comebacks, instead described the vote as a "decisive result" meaning that "as a government we can move on and focus on the stuff that I think really matters to people".

"We can focus on what we're doing to help people with the cost of living, what we're doing to clear the COVID backlogs, what we're doing to make streets and communities safer by putting more police out," said Johnson, who for weeks has tried to move the national conversation away from "partygate". read more

It is a change of fortune for Johnson and underlines the depth of anger against him. He was met with a chorus of jeers and boos, and some muted cheers, at events to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth in recent days.

Several lawmakers said the vote, which saw 211 lawmakers cast ballots in favour of Johnson against 148, was worse than expected for a prime minister, once seemingly unassailable after winning the Conservatives' largest majority in more than three decades.

"Boris Johnson will be relieved at this vote. But he will also understand that the next priority is to rebuild the cohesion of the party," David Jones, a former minister, told Reuters. "I am sure he will be equal to the challenge."

Others were less optimistic, with one Conservative lawmaker saying on condition of anonymity: "It is clearly much worse than most people were expecting. But it is too early to say what will happens now."

Roger Gale, a long-time critic of Johnson, urged the prime minister "to go back to Downing Street tonight and consider very carefully where he goes from here".

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By winning the confidence vote, Johnson has secured a reprieve for 12 months when lawmakers cannot bring another challenge. But his predecessor Theresa May scored better in her 2018 confidence vote only to resign six months later. read more

Dozens of Conservative lawmakers have voiced concern over whether Johnson, 57, has lost his authority to govern Britain, which is facing the risk of recession, rising fuel and food prices and strike-inflicted travel chaos in the capital London.

But his Cabinet rallied around him and highlighted what they said were the successes of the government: a quick rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations and Britain's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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A majority of the Conservatives' lawmakers - at least 180 - would have had to vote against Johnson for him to be removed.

Earlier, a spokesperson for Johnson's Downing Street office said the vote would "allow the government to draw a line and move on" and that the prime minister welcomed the opportunity to make his case to lawmakers. read more

Johnson, a former London mayor, rose to power at Westminster as the face of the Brexit campaign in a 2016 referendum, and won the 2019 election with the slogan to "get Brexit done".

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Brexit opportunities minister, told Sky News that completing Britain's departure from the European Union would be "significantly at risk without his drive and energy".

Johnson has locked horns with Brussels over Northern Ireland, raising the prospect of more barriers for British trade and alarming leaders in Ireland, Europe and the United States about risks to the province's 1998 peace deal.

But it was the months of stories of what went on in Downing Street, including fights and alcohol-induced vomiting, when many people were prevented from saying goodbye to loved ones at funerals, that did the real damage.

The move led to lawmakers from different wings of the party revealing that they had turned against their leader. One former ally accused the prime minister of insulting both the electorate and the party by staying in power.

"You have presided over a culture of casual law-breaking at 10 Downing Street in relation to COVID," Jesse Norman, a former junior minister, said before the vote.

Johnson's anti-corruption chief John Penrose also quit.

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