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George Lithgow

George Lithgow is a news reporter at PA Media’s London office. He joined the company in 2023 having started his career at a national news agency on the south coast. He trained for his NCTJ qualification at the Cardiff School of Journalism.

A screengrab of an arrest in connection with the LabHost website (Metropolitan Police/PA)
Tech

Arrests made and thousands of victims contacted after scammer site taken offline

<p>An inspection at London City Airport found Border Force staff missed targets on the number of private jet flights they were supposed to meet (Victoria Jones/PA)</p>
News & Advice

Airport inspection reveals lack of private jet security checks

Crime

Police rapist told victim nobody would believe her

<p>Luke D’Wit speaking to police officers (Essex Police/PA)</p>
Crime

Alleged killer was ‘weird’ and visited every day, daughter tells court

<p>Luke D’Wit speaking to police officers (Essex Police/PA)</p>
Crime

Alleged killer was ‘weird’ and visited every day, daughter tells court

<p>Heba Alhayek, 29, (left) and Pauline Ankunda, 26, arrive at Westmintser Magistrates’ Court</p>
Crime

‘Paraglider’ images at Palestine march were peace symbols, court told

Workers from Tata’s Port Talbot steelworks gather at College Green, in Westminster (Lucy North/PA)
Business

‘Stand up and support us,’ South Wales steelworkers urge politicians

Screengrab taken from Nasa of the launch of Peregrine Mission One (PM1) from Cape Canaveral in Florida, the first US Moon mission since Apollo (Nasa/PA)
Space

Peregrine: ‘No chance of soft landing on the moon’

<p>Some 26% of those treated with Bevacizumab saw an improvement, compared with 18% in the control group, the researchers said</p>
Health

New treatment improves outcomes for children with rare cancer

Screengrab taken from Nasa of the launch of Peregrine Mission One (PM1) from Cape Canaveral in Florida, the first US Moon mission since Apollo (Nasa/PA)
Space

Peregrine: ‘Critical loss of propellant’ scuppers private Moon mission

Comedian Les Dawson was a proud Lancastrian (PA)
Science

Lancashire accent may be lost ‘in the next few generations’, study suggests

<p>Great Britain’s Bianca Williams after competing in Budapest (Martin Rickett/PA)</p>
Olympics

Williams banned from driving with 29 points in blow to Olympic dream

Sixty-nine-year-old Fuller was employed at the now-closed Kent and Sussex Hospital and the Tunbridge Wells Hospital (Kent Police/PA)
UK

Key failings identified by David Fuller inquiry

UK

Key failings identified by David Fuller inquiry

Sixty-nine-year-old Fuller was employed at the now-closed Kent and Sussex Hospital and the Tunbridge Wells Hospital (Kent Police/PA)
Sarah Hunter (Aaron Chown/PA)
Rugby Union

Former England rugby captain Sarah Hunter enjoying ‘not feeling beaten up’

Sarah Hunter (Aaron Chown/PA)
UK

Former England rugby captain Sarah Hunter enjoying ‘not feeling beaten up’

Wright is a passionate advocate of women’s football (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
UK

Former England footballer Ian Wright among those to collect honours

Armed officers approaching Sudesh Amman during the incident (Metropolitan Police/PA)
Crime

Policeman who crashed on way to terrorist attack cleared of dangerous driving

Armed officers approaching Sudesh Amman during the incident (Metropolitan Police/PA)
Crime

Policeman who crashed on way to terrorist attack cleared of dangerous driving

Armed officers approaching Sudesh Amman during the incident (Metropolitan Police/PA)
Crime

Policeman who crashed on way to terrorist attack ‘let people down’, trial told

Four men were arrested at the scene (PA)
Crime

Three charged with murder of teen who died after west London fight

Graham Evans will be sentenced in January next year (David Jones/PA)
UK

Former prison worker guilty of misconduct after prisoner’s death

A senior Metropolitan Police officer accused of accessing police information in a bid to help his defence in a bullying investigation has been cleared of misconduct (PA)
UK

Senior police officer accused of accessing staff info cleared of misconduct

Stargazers do not need specialist equipment to see the display (Alamy/PA)
Space

Leonid meteor shower to light up skies over UK for two nights

The Queen met the 2023 winners and runners-up (Maja Smieskowska/PA)
UK

Queen praises young writers at reception for essay competition winners

Labour MPs had been ordered to abstain by Sir Keir Starmer (Jacob King/PA)
UK

The senior Labour MPs who broke ranks to call for a ceasefire in Gaza

A teenager died after being found with stab injuries in Hounslow, police said (Andrew Matthews/PA)
UK

Man, 71, among four arrested on suspicion of teenager’s murder

The Queen met the 2023 winners and runners-up (Maja Smieskowska/PA)
UK

Queen praises young writers at reception for essay competition winners

Labour MPs had been ordered to abstain by Sir Keir Starmer (Jacob King/PA)
UK

The senior Labour MPs who broke ranks to call for a ceasefire in Gaza

A teenager died after being found with stab injuries in Hounslow, police said (Andrew Matthews/PA)
UK

Man, 71, among four arrested on suspicion of teenager’s murder

Floral tributes left on behalf of a school for three children killed in a house fire in Channel Close, Hounslow (George Lithgow/PA)
UK

School pays tribute to children after five people die in house fire

UK

School pays tribute to children after five people die in house fire

Floral tributes left on behalf of a school for three children killed in a house fire in Channel Close, Hounslow (George Lithgow/PA)
Retailer John Lewis was among those to sign the letter to policing minister Chris Philp (John Walton/PA)
Business

Third of service workers consider quitting because of abusive customers

Police clash with as protesters during a previous pro-Palestinian march (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK

Met Police could ban pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day

Pro-Palestinian protesters (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK

Fireworks directed at police and pro-Hamas pamphlet sold at protest, Met says

<p>Metropolitan Police has ‘ceased’ its relationship with lawyer Attiq Malik</p>
Home News

Met Police cuts ties with adviser after chant video emerges

<p>Metropolitan Police has ‘ceased’ its relationship with lawyer Attiq Malik</p>
Home News

Met Police cuts ties with adviser after chant video emerges

Palestinian firefighters extinguish a fire caused by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City (Abed Khaled/AP)
UK

British citizens trapped in Gaza ‘face leaving without family members’

The Prince of Wales with Sim Ann, Singapore’s senior minister of state for foreign affairs and senior minister of state for national development, at the world’s tallest indoor waterfall, the Rain Vortex, as he arrives at Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore, ahead of the third annual Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
News

Crowds cheer as William arrives in Singapore for Earthshot Prize

The Prince of Wales is in Singapore ahead of Tuesday’s Earthshot Ceremony (Jonathan Brady/PA)
News

‘Fantastic to be back in Singapore,’ says William ahead of Earthshot Prize event

<p>Tens of thousands of people gathered as they carried flags and banners to demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinians</p>
Crime

Four police officers injured and 29 arrested at pro-Palestinian rally

Protesters outside the Home Office in central London (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK

Protesters call on Braverman to stop ‘stirring up hatred and fear’

Crime

Career criminal jailed over transportation of cocaine and cash across Europe

Anne said the ‘biggest row’ she has at home on her country estate is about the plant ragwort (Steve Parsons/PA)
News

Rewilding at scale not ‘necessarily a good idea’, Princess Royal says

Broadcaster and entrepreneur Amar Latif (Andrew Matthews/PA)
UK

‘Incredible feeling’ for blind travel pioneer as he becomes an OBE

Sally Orange after being made an Member of the Order of the British Empire (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK

Woman who ran marathons dressed as fruit made an MBE

The front of Buckingham Palace (John Stillwell/PA)
UK

Covid experts to receive honours at Buckingham Palace

The Princess of Wales takes part in a ‘dad walk’ in the local park during a visit to Dadvengers, a community for fathers and their children (Yui Mok/PA)
UK

Kate joins ‘Dadvengers’ for park walk to highlight importance of fatherhood

UK

Kate joins ‘Dadvengers’ for park walk to highlight importance of fatherhood

The Princess of Wales takes part in a ‘dad walk’ in the local park during a visit to Dadvengers, a community for fathers and their children (Yui Mok/PA)
The two-week training package was developed after a request from Ukraine (Steve Parsons/PA)
UK

British Army trains Ukrainian engineers to defend energy sector against Russia

One lane on the westbound carriageway has since reopened (Niall Carson/PA)
UK

Two dead after five vehicle M4 crash

Rabbi Leo Dee’s wife Lucy, 48, died three days after their daughters, Rina, 15, and Maia, 20, who were shot in the West Bank (Jordan Pettitt/ PA)
UK

Rabbi who lost family in West Bank shooting ‘feels safer in Israel than the UK’

Waves at Stonehaven. (Credit: Andrew Milligan/ PA)
UK

Woman dies after being swept into river during Storm Babet weather warning

Waves at Stonehaven. (Credit: Andrew Milligan/ PA)
UK

Woman dies after being swept into river during Storm Babet weather warning

Professor David Miller outside the Bristol Civil Justice Centre where he is taking the University of Bristol to an employment tribunal (Ben Birchall/PA)
UK

Under-fire academic says university failed to defend him from ‘attacks’

Emergency services at the scene of the bus crash close to Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens Metrolink stop (Peter Byrne/PA)
UK

Woman dies after Manchester city centre bus crash

Ateres Beis Yaakov primary school in Hendon, London (George Lithgow/PA)
UK

Fence to be raised at London Jewish school amid security fears

The Prince of Wales talks to staff during a visit to the Milton Keynes Blue Light Hub to highlight the importance of supporting the mental health of emergency responders (Joe Giddens/PA)
UK

Prince of Wales says retirement like ‘cliff fall’ as trauma caught up with him

The Serious Fraud Office launched an investigation in 2018 (Lauren Hurley/PA)
Business

Four in court over Patisserie Valerie collapse

Several incidents are being examined by the probe (Andrew Parsons/PA)
UK

The seven key night raids at the centre of the Afghanistan inquiry

Keelen Morris Wong, 22, was killed in front of shoppers on a busy street in Brixton (PA)
UK

Teenager arrested after man stabbed to death in front of shoppers

Forensic investigators at the scene in Brighton where a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death (Jamie Lashmar/PA)
UK

Police name teenager stabbed to death in Brighton

Rupert Edwards is on trial charged with raping two women (Elizabeth Cook/PA)
Crime

Met Police officer accused of raping two women ‘shocked’ to be arrested

As part of a drive to create a new northern network, Rishi Sunak pledged to invest in a raft of other transport schemes (PA)
UK

HS2 alternative plans watered down or dropped a day after being announced

Emily Hunt said there was no purpose to her staying, adding there is a ‘lack of will’ for change (PA)
UK

Government rape adviser quits over ‘lack of will’ to change at high levels

UK

Government rape adviser quits over ‘lack of will’ to change at high levels

Emily Hunt said there was no purpose to her staying, adding there is a ‘lack of will’ for change (PA)
A psychologist is concerned about the long-term impact of people replacing real-life relationships with chatbots (PA)
Tech

Rise of AI chatbots ‘worrying’ after man urged to kill Queen, psychologist warns

A third man received treatment for an injury which was not life-threatening (Danny Lawson/PA)
UK

19-year-old charged after triple stabbing in Halifax

A machete-wielding teenager robbed Aled Jones of his £17,000 Rolex watch in daylight (Ian West/PA)
Crime

Machete-wielding teenager who threatened Aled Jones and stole Rolex locked up

Lee Ryan was handed a suspended sentence (James Manning/PA)
Crime

Blue star Lee Ryan handed suspended sentence for abusing cabin crew

Lee Ryan was handed a suspended sentence (James Manning/PA)
Crime

Blue star Lee Ryan handed suspended sentence for abusing cabin crew

Poor mental health is by far the most common reason for students wanting to drop out of university (Alamy/PA)
Health & Families

Female students ‘more than twice as likely’ to be affected by poor mental health, research shows

Poor mental health is by far the most common reason for students wanting to drop out of university.(Credit: Chris Ison/ PA)
UK

Student mental health problems up by nearly a third, research shows

The Quire in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, during a preview of the Luxmuralis: Renaissance, an art installation using moving light displays and original compositions to highlight the cathedral’s architecture and immerse visitors in paintings and artwork from the Renaissance period (Gareth Fuller/PA)
UK

Canterbury Cathedral lit up with spectacular light display

The Metropolitan Police said it has received a number of allegations of sexual assault following news reports about the comedian (PA)
UK

Met investigating sex offence allegations after Russell Brand reports

<p>(Dave Thompson/PA)</p>
Crime

Teenager charged with murder of four-month-old baby

The Virginia creeper covering the Tu Hwnt i’r Bont Tearoom on the banks of the River Conwy in Llanrwst, north Wales, begins to change colour as autumn sets in. (Peter Byrne/ PA)
UK

Thundery weekend likely before autum weather arrives

The venue has spent £1.2 million on maintenance and improvements in 2023, despite being closed, it said (James Manning/PA)
UK

Brixton Academy cleared to reopen nine months after fatal crush

Andrew Malkinson served 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK

Police watchdog launches investigation into handling of Malkinson case

The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI), has a base at Worm’s Head at Rhossili, South Wales (Yui Mok/ PA)
Home News

Pony in deadly cliff fall after tourists taking selfies spooked it

Thames Water says it is working hard to fix the problem (Tim Ockenden/ PA)
News

Thousands of Londoners without water after power issue

Shop thefts have more than doubled in the past six years, reaching eight million in 2022, The British Retail Consortium estimates (Mike Egerton/PA)
Home News

Shoplifting is now an epidemic, says John Lewis boss

The incident took place last December (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
UK

O2 Academy Brixton pledges stronger doors after deadly crush

The number of people seeking advice on heat exhaustion soared during the hot spell (Alamy/PA)
UK

Heat exhaustion advice page on NHS website sees spike in visits during hot spell

Soaring temperatures over the past week have ‘brought back the feelgood factor’ for hospitality firm owners (Jeff Moore/PA)
UK

Heatwave a ‘huge relief’ for hospitality sector after miserable summer

Almost three-quarters of UK vapers say they throw away single-use vapes (Pixel-Shot/Alamy/PA)
News

Five million vapes thrown away a week, campaign group says

Thursday was provisionally the hottest day of the year so far (PA)
UK

Hot weekend coming but thunderstorm threat looms, Met Office says

Soaring temperatures over the past week have ‘brought back the feelgood factor’ for hospitality firm owners (Jeff Moore/PA)
UK

Heatwave a ‘huge relief’ for hospitality sector after miserable summer

Almost three-quarters of UK vapers say they throw away single-use vapes (Pixel-Shot/Alamy/PA)
News

Five million vapes thrown away a week, campaign group says

Thursday was provisionally the hottest day of the year so far (PA)
UK

Hot weekend coming but thunderstorm threat looms, Met Office says

Chief Constable Trevor Rodenhurst said the officer’s behaviour was ‘appalling and completely unacceptable’ (Peter Byrne/PA)
Home News

Policeman sacked after sexual relationship with crime victim

A serving Met officer has been charged (Sean Dempsey/PA)
Crime

Met officer appears in court charged with raping woman at knifepoint

Sara Sharif (Surrey Police/PA)
UK

Surrey Police use Urdu to reach Pakistani nationals in Sara Sharif search

Airline Jet2 said all its flights due to depart the island on Tuesday and Wednesday have been cancelled (Nicholas Ansell/PA)
UK

Flights back to UK cancelled amid severe Greek island floods

Boscombe cliffs in Bournemouth (Alamy/PA)
UK

Two charged with murder after human remains discovered

Matthew Hedges with his wife Daniela Tejada (Daniela Tejada/ PA)
UK

Foreign Office apologises to academic for failing to spot torture signs

After a meeting with KP Snacks management, strike action will be suspended while workers vote on the revised pay offer from the company, Unite said (Lucy North/ PA)
UK

KP Nuts factory strikes postponed for pay offer vote

Government funding to help rough sleepers is “nowhere near enough” to make up for rising living costs and soaring rents, homeless charities have said (Alamy/PA)
UK

Government rough sleeping funding ‘nowhere near enough’, charities say

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