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15/07/2025

NEWS: The two men who cut down the famous tree at Sycamore Gap out of “sheer bravado” have each been jailed for four years and three months.

Former friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were convicted of criminal damage to the much-loved tree, which had stood for more than 100 years in a fold in the Northumberland landscape.

They were also convicted of criminal damage to Hadrian’s Wall, caused when the sycamore fell on the ancient monument in September 2023.

Newcastle Crown Court heard the two engaged in a “moronic mission” to cut down the landmark, travelling for more than 40 minutes from their homes in Cumbria, then carrying their equipment across pitch-black moorland during a storm in September 2023.

They took a wedge from the tree as a trophy that has never been recovered, and revelled in the media coverage as news of the vandalism caused national and international headlines.

On Tuesday Mrs Justice Lambert jailed the pair, saying their motivation was still not clear but a large factor seemed to be “sheer bravado”.

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15/07/2025

NEWS: Thousands of people are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret £850 million scheme set up after a personal data leak of Afghans who supported British forces, it can now be reported.

A dataset containing the personal information of nearly 19,000 people who applied for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (Arap) was released “in error” in February 2022 by a defence official.

The breach resulted in the creation of a secret Afghan relocation scheme – the Afghanistan Response Route – by the previous government in April 2024.

The scheme is understood to have cost around £400 million so far, with a projected cost once completed of around £850 million.

Millions more is expected to be paid in legal costs and compensation.

Defence Secretary John Healey offered a “sincere apology on behalf of the British government” for the data breach.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) only became aware of the breach over a year after the release, when excerpts of the dataset were anonymously posted onto a Facebook group in August 2023.

Details on the dataset include the the names and contact details of the Arap applicants and names of their family members.

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15/07/2025

NEWS: Troubled Thames Water has revealed it slumped to a £1.65 billion annual loss and saw its mammoth debt mountain climb higher.

The utility tumbled to the pre-tax loss in the year to March 31 from profits of £157 million the previous year after it booked a £1.27 billion bad debt provision on intercompany loans and set aside £122 million for fines from Ofwat, among other costs.

Results from Britain’s biggest water supplier showed its net debts swelled by another £1.65 billion to £16.79 billion by the end of March.

It also revealed a “disappointing” performance on pollution, with incidents surging by over a third (34.3%) to 470.

The figures come as the water firm – which has 16 million customers – remains locked in talks over a rescue funding deal with senior creditors after private equity firm KKR last month pulled out of plans to inject £4 billion of much-needed cash.

Chris Weston, chief executive of Thames Water, said: “Pollutions were adversely impacted by rainfall and high groundwater levels but we have made progress in terms of addressing many of the underlying causes of our poor performance, including being more proactive in sewer cleaning".

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15/07/2025

NEWS: First-time buyers are set to see an “instant impact” from the drive to kickstart economic growth, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to say.

More mortgages will be available at more than 4.5 times a buyer’s income following recent Bank of England recommendations that some lenders can offer more high loan-to-income mortgages if they choose to.

This will create up to 36,000 additional mortgages for first-time buyers over the first year, the Government said.

Britain’s biggest building society – Nationwide – announced last week that it is aiming to increase its high loan-to-income lending limit.

From Wednesday, eligible first-time buyers can apply for Nationwide’s Helping Hand mortgage with a £30,000 salary, down from £35,000, and joint applicants with a £50,000 combined salary – down from £55,000.

It is estimated this will support an additional 10,000 first-time buyers each year.

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15/07/2025

NEWS: A national two-minute silence will be held to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

VJ Day – marking victory over Imperial Japan, which signalled the very end of the Second World War – will also be marked with a series of events.

A service of remembrance held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on August 15 will feature 400 members of the armed forces, the Red Arrows and historic aircraft from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

A national silence will be observed at noon.

Four days of events were held in May to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, which marked the end of the Second World War in Europe.

But 80 years ago, thousands of British and Commonwealth military personnel continued to fight Japanese forces in Asia and the Pacific for a further three months.

The service of remembrance will be run in partnership with the Royal British Legion (RBL) and will be attended by Second World War veterans, VJ association members, senior politicians and military personnel, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said.

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15/07/2025

Good Morning! It's Tuesday 15 July 2025 - birthdays for singer Linda Ronstadt (79), ex-Buggle Trevor Horn (76), actress Celia Imrie (73), US actor Forest Whitaker (64), ex-Labour MP David Milliband & Coronation Street actress Jill Halfpenny (60).

Andy Lloyd's Morning Show is live from 09:00 with three hours of music, news & sport with The Retro Chart, Old Shaw's Almanac, a featured birthday artist & Nuts at Nine.

Support the programme: coff.ee/andylloyd or buy a fab morning show mug www.radiomugs.com

15/07/2025

NEWS: MasterChef presenter John Torode has confirmed he is the subject of an allegation of using racist language that was upheld as part of a review into the behaviour of co-presenter Gregg Wallace.

The report, commissioned by MasterChef production company Banijay UK and led by law firm Lewis Silkin, found 45 out of 83 allegations against Wallace were substantiated, alongside two standalone allegations made against other people, including one for using racist language.

In a post on Instagram, Torode confirmed he was the person alleged to have used racist language but said he had “no recollection of the incident” and was “shocked and saddened” by the allegation.

His statement said: “Following publication of the Executive Summary of the investigation into Gregg Wallace while working on MasterChef, I am aware of speculation that I am one of the two other individuals against whom an allegation has been upheld.

“For the sake of transparency, I confirm that I am the individual who is alleged to have used racial language on one occasion.

“The allegation is that I did so sometime in 2018 or 2019, in a social situation, and that the person I was speaking with did not believe that it was intended in a malicious way and that I apologised immediately afterwards".

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15/07/2025

NEWS: Grants for new electric cars are being reintroduced after being scrapped in June 2022, the Department for Transport has announced.

Drivers will be able to reduce the purchase cost of a new electric car by up to £3,750.

Officials hope the measure – restricted to vehicles priced at up to £37,000 – will encourage more drivers to switch to electric motoring.

The DfT said 33 new electric car models are available for less than £30,000.

The Government has pledged to ban the sale of new fully petrol or diesel cars and vans from 2030.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said: “This EV grant will not only allow people to keep more of their hard-earned money – it’ll help our automotive sector seize one of the biggest opportunities of the 21st century".

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15/07/2025

It's Tuesday on Invicta Sound - our programme schedule for today is:

05:00 - Fifty Years of Pop with Peter Kirkpatrick
07:00 - Mike Read's Breakfast Show
09:00 - Andy Lloyd's Morning Show
12:00 - The Nino Firetto Show
13:00 - Lunchtime News & The ILR Sci-Fi Radio Drama
14:00 - Fun with Amandavo & Aaron
16:00 - Unbeatable Eighties with Steve Randall
17:00 - Charting The Nineties with David Graham
18:00 - The Happy Hour Show with Jim Stevens
19:00 - The Rock Show with Andy Fox
22:00 - The Sibbald Shambles with David Sibbald

To listen to the station, download the 'ILR' app from the Apple store for iOS or for Android it's Google Play, we are also available on Alexa-enabled devices

14/07/2025

NEWS: French authorities have stopped more than half of small boat crossings in the Channel this year, the Home Secretary has said.

Yvette Cooper told MPs nearly 500 crossings had been “prevented” by the French police, with 385 reaching British shores.

Speaking in the Commons, Ms Cooper told MPs the Government had five tactics to address small boat crossings, including strengthening the border and clamping down on illegal working.

Her statement came days after the Government secured a new agreement with France over returning migrants who had arrived on small boats.

She said: “French actions have prevented 496 boat crossings this year, but 385 boats have crossed.

“And criminal gangs are operating new tactics, increasing the overcrowding of boats so that more people arrive, and loading them in shallow waters, exploiting the French rules that means their authorities have not been able to intervene in the water.”

It is unclear whether the figure refers to small boat crossings being stopped before or during attempts to leave the coastline, or by other means such as seizing boats from warehouses.

The Home Secretary referred to “appalling scenes” of people clambering onto crowded boats in shallow waters, and said French police had faced “disgraceful violence” from gang members behind the crossings.

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14/07/2025

NEWS: Aristocrat Constance Marten and her convicted ra**st partner have been found guilty of killing their newborn baby.

Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 51, went on the run with daughter Victoria in early 2023 after their four other children were taken into care.

Police had launched a nationwide hunt after their car burst into flames on the motorway near Bolton, Greater Manchester.

The couple travelled across England and went off grid sleeping in a tent on the South Downs where baby Victoria died.

After seven weeks on the run, the defendants were arrested in Brighton, East Sussex.

Following a desperate search, police found their baby dead amid rubbish inside a Lidl bag in a disused shed nearby.

Victoria’s remains were too badly decomposed to establish the cause of death.

The prosecution said she died from hypothermia in the cold and damp conditions inside the flimsy tent or was smothered.

The defendants claimed their daughter’s death was a tragic accident after Marten fell asleep on her.

A jury in their retrial found Marten and Gordon unanimously guilty of manslaughter on Monday after 14 hours and 32 minutes of deliberations.

In their first trial last year, the defendants were convicted of perverting the course of justice, concealing the birth of a child and child cruelty.

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14/07/2025

NEWS: Four people onboard a plane that crashed shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport on Sunday died, the PA news agency understands.

The crash, which happened at around 3.48pm, involved “one 12-metre plane”, Essex Police said.

Images posted on social media showed a plume of fire and black smoke coming from the crash site, while witnesses described seeing a “fireball”.

Zeusch Aviation, based at Lelystad Airport in the Netherlands, confirmed its SUZ1 flight had been “involved in an accident” at the airport.

The statement said the company was “actively supporting the authorities with the investigation”, adding: “Our thoughts are with everyone who has been affected.”

Zeusch Aviation’s website says the plane – a Beechcraft B200 Super King Air – can be used for medical flights to transport patients or organs.

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