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Ellie Ng

Ellie Ng is a general reporter at PA Media, covering news. Ellie's career began at Central News agency, court reporting at the Old Bailey.

<p>The Royal Mail said it is working hard to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation</p>
Home News

China accused of flooding Britain with fake Royal Mail stamps

Home News

Climate protests against new North Sea oil and gas extraction

Norfolk County Council has secured a settlement in a lawsuit against Apple (Yui Mok/PA)
Business

Norfolk County Council secures settlement as Apple agrees £384m lawsuit payment

Governor of Texas Greg Abbott and Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch have signed a statement of mutual co-operation (Peter Nicholls/PA)
Business

UK seals trade co-operation agreement with Texas in ‘exciting moment’

<p>Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston leave after marrying in St George's Chapel </p>
Home News

Who is Thomas Kingston? Husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor found dead

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosting the first 2024 Business Council meeting (Daniel Leal/PA)
Business

Economy has turned corner, Sunak tells first meeting of 2024 Business Council

A damaged roof in Stalybridge (Richard McCarthy/PA)
Sport

Resident says houses are in a state of ‘absolute disaster after tornado’

Weather

White Christmas declared for parts of the UK as snow falls

Home News

Ruth Perry’s family crowdfunds ahead of inquest after legal aid denied

Officers described the incident as ‘a horrible experience for the victim who was simply doing her job’ (Mike Egerton/PA)
UK

Police CCTV appeal after KFC worker allegedly racially abused and spat at

A man has been arrested following a collision involving five vehicles (Joe Giddens/PA)
UK

Two women dead and three men injured after five-vehicle collision, say police

It will be illegal to own an XL bully from February 1 2024 unless the animal is on an exempt list (Jacob King/PA)
UK

Ban on American XL bully dogs could lead to increased abandonment – charity

<p>Meghan Markle and Prince Harry </p>
Royal Family

Author of upcoming royal book says he did not interview Meghan for it

Royal Family

Author of upcoming royal book says he did not interview Meghan for it

<p>Meghan Markle and Prince Harry </p>
A GB News journalist said she and her crew were surrounded by people all shouting at them (Harry Stedman/PA)
UK

Met Police investigates ‘verbal abuse against GB News journalist’ at protest

Sergeant Elliot Butler will appear in court on Monday (Andrew Matthews/PA)
UK

Serving Met officer charged with attempted rape allegedly committed 10 years ago

Nationwide members made 9.92 million purchases on Friday (James Manning/PA)
Money

This year’s Black Friday ‘busiest shopping day on record’ – Nationwide

Gerald Cotter was jailed for seven years in 2017 (Metropolitan Police/PA)
UK

Police appeal over ‘wanted man’ who killed motorcyclist in 2016 crash

Gerald Cotter was jailed for seven years in 2017 (Metropolitan Police/PA)
UK

Police appeal over ‘wanted man’ who killed motorcyclist in 2016 crash

Dave Courtney was found dead at his home in October (Sean Dempsey/PA)
UK

Gangster-turned-author Dave Courtney found with gunshot wound, says coroner

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA)
UK

Zelensky thanks world’s media for fostering support for Ukraine

The Queen speaking at the annual awards ceremony of the Foreign Press Association (Jonathan Brady/PA)
UK

Queen commends journalists ‘risking their lives’ in the Middle East and Ukraine

Protesters at the entrance to Downing Street during a March for Palestine in London on October 14 (James Manning/PA)
Crime

Three women deny paraglider images indicating Hamas support

The FCDO announced the death of one of its Chevening Awards programme alumni (Lucy North/PA)
UK

FCDO announcement of death of Palestinian scholarship alumnus sparks backlash

Charles spoke with Kindertransport refugees at an event commemorating the anniversary of Kristallnacht (Aaron Chown/PA)
UK

King thanked for ‘loving kindness’ in ‘fractured world’ at Kristallnacht event

Diabetes drug Mounjaro has been authorised by the MHRA (Chris Radburn/PA)
UK

Diabetes drug authorised for weight management and loss – MHRA

Police are no longer investigating an alleged assault on a poppy-seller (Matt Alexander/Royal British Legion/PA)
UK

Police end investigation into alleged assault of poppy-selling veteran

Charles spoke with Kindertransport refugees at an event commemorating the anniversary of Kristallnacht (Aaron Chown/PA)
UK

King thanked for ‘loving kindness’ in ‘fractured world’ at Kristallnacht event

Diabetes drug Mounjaro has been authorised by the MHRA (Chris Radburn/PA)
UK

Diabetes drug authorised for weight management and loss – MHRA

Police are no longer investigating an alleged assault on a poppy-seller (Matt Alexander/Royal British Legion/PA)
UK

Police end investigation into alleged assault of poppy-selling veteran

Akshata Murty with a group of Chelsea Pensioners in Downing Street (Lucy North/PA)
UK

Akshata Murty meets Chelsea Pensioners in Downing Street

UK

Akshata Murty meets Chelsea Pensioners in Downing Street

Akshata Murty with a group of Chelsea Pensioners in Downing Street (Lucy North/PA)
The Duke of Sussex joked about never being scrutinised in a stand up ‘debut’ act at a comedy event for veterans in New York (PA)
UK

Harry delivers stand up debut act at New York event for veterans

A protest demanding the return of hostages was held outside the Qatari embassy in London (Aaron Chown/PA)
UK

I was horrified to hear friend’s mother was among hostages – rally organiser

Graffiti on the Field Marshal Earl Haig Memorial (Jamie Lashmar/PA)
UK

Graffiti daubed on Field Marshal Haig statue in London pro-Palestinian protest

Police and protesters have clashed (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK

Police and protesters clash as 100,000 take part in pro-Palestinian London march

Police and protesters have clashed (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK

Police and protesters clash as 100,000 take part in pro-Palestinian London march

Pro-Palestinian protesters at the march in London (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators take to London streets

Police are appealing for information (Andrew Matthews/PA)
UK

Man charged in connection with probe into death of 68-year-old

A police cordon at Wharton Terrace, Hartlepool (Tom Wilkinson/PA)
Crime

Man accused of ‘terror-motivated’ attacks further charged with assault

Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos outside Palestra House (James Manning/PA)
UK

Panel decision due in hearing of Met officers’ stop and search of black athletes

Sir Michael Wilshaw said he no longer supports one-word judgments from Ofsted inspections (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
UK

Ofsted’s claim that nearly 90% of England state schools are good ‘is nonsense’

Equality and Human Rights Commission chair Baroness Kishwer Falkner was being investigated over allegations about her behaviour (Ian Nicholson/PA)
UK

Investigation into human rights watchdog chair over behaviour claims closed

A car is driven through a flooded road in Faithlegg, Co. Waterford, Ireland, following Storm Babet (Niall Carson/PA)
UK

Medium flood risk for England and Wales after Storm Babet death toll rose

The boy was rammed off his bike by a police van and handcuffed as he was confronted by marksmen in Hackney, east London, in July (Andrew Matthews/PA)
UK

Watchdog to investigate after boy with water pistol surrounded by armed police

The number of education settings in England where collapse-risk concrete has been found has risen, the Department for Education has said (Jacob King/PA)
UK

More than 40 more schools and colleges found to have collapse-risk concrete

Rockets are launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip towards Israel (Hatem Moussa/AP)
UK

British-Israeli man among those murdered by Hamas during attack on Israel

<p> Sir Gavin Williamson told the court he felt intimidated during the encounters </p>
Crime

Man guilty of stalking former education secretary Gavin Williamson

Crime

Man guilty of stalking former education secretary Gavin Williamson

<p> Sir Gavin Williamson told the court he felt intimidated during the encounters </p>
An online memorial page has been set up for Jessica Baker, 15, who was killed in a school coach crash (Merseyside Police/PA)
UK

Online memorial page set up for teenager killed in M53 school bus crash

Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos outside Palestra House (James Manning/PA)
UK

Met Police officers accused of racism in stop and search of black sprinter

The flag of Israel and the Union flag above the UK Government Queen Elizabeth House building in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)
UK

One in five Britons feels UK should be more critical towards Israel, poll finds

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has appealed for a Gaza humanitarian corridor (Jonathan Brady/PA)
UK

Archbishop of Canterbury appeals for Gaza humanitarian corridor

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has appealed for a Gaza humanitarian corridor (Jonathan Brady/PA)
UK

Archbishop of Canterbury appeals for Gaza humanitarian corridor

Three flights from Eilat landed at Stansted Airport on Thursday evening (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK

Woman due to fly on U-turned BA flight tells of people ‘stuck’ in Israel

Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos outside Palestra House (James Manning/PA)
UK

I did not rise to athlete’s provocation, officer tells police misconduct hearing

Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos (James Manning/PA)
UK

Met Police officer denies following athlete’s car because driver was black

Junior doctors and consultants on a picket line last month (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Business

Junior doctors and consultants launch longest period of joint strike action

Jessica Baker, 15, and the driver of the coach died in the crash (Merseyside Police/PA)
UK

Family of girl killed in M53 school bus crash tell of ‘massive void’ in lives

The royal website was down for an hour-and-a-half on Sunday morning (Nick Ansell/PA)
Tech

Royal website subject to ‘denial of service attack’, royal source says

Businesses can no longer sell certain plastic items (Ben Birchall/PA)
News

What will change as the single-use plastic ban for businesses comes into force?

Parkruns are free weekly community events (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK

London Marathon Foundation invests £1m in junior parkrun in new partnership

The video circulated online after Newcastle United beat Manchester City at St James’ Park on Wednesday (Richard Sellers/PA)
UK

Football fan charged after ‘offensive comments about Munich air disaster’

(Dave Thompson/PA)
UK

Police hunting sex offender who is ‘real risk to children and women’

Bus driver Stephen Shrimpton was a loving husband and father (Family Handout/PA)
UK

Driver who died after M53 school bus crash ‘was a loving husband and father’

UK

Driver who died after M53 school bus crash ‘was a loving husband and father’

Bus driver Stephen Shrimpton was a loving husband and father (Family Handout/PA)
Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan (Lucy North/PA)
Business

Rail strikes on start and end date of Tory conference not political – Aslef

The scene of a coach crash on the M53 motorway (Peter Byrne/PA)
UK

School bus driver who died after M53 crash named in reports

Ricardo Dos Santos was questioned on two incidents in which his vehicles were stopped by police officers (James Manning/PA)
UK

Sprinter denies routinely provoking police officers – misconduct panel

The Government has launched a public consultation on raising the threshold for describing a drink as ‘alcohol free’ (Alamy/PA)
UK

Public consultation launched to encourage buying of ‘no or low-alcohol’ drinks

The Government has launched a public consultation on raising the threshold for describing a drink as ‘alcohol free’ (Alamy/PA)
UK

Public consultation launched to encourage buying of ‘no or low-alcohol’ drinks

UK

GB News must not be cancelled in wake of Laurence Fox comments – presenter

A forensic investigator puts flowers into a container at the scene near the Whitgift shopping centre (Lucy North/PA)
UK

Girl fatally stabbed on way to school was ‘very comedic’ with ‘bright future’

Strong winds and heavy rain are set to batter the UK (Jacob King/PA)
UK

Weather warnings to come into force as UK and Ireland brace for Storm Agnes

Storm Agnes will bring damaging winds and big stormy seas (Jacob King/PA)
UK

Storm Agnes ‘intensifying quickly’ to bring damaging winds and stormy seas

Wife killer Glyn Razzell has been denied release (Barry Batchelor/PA)
UK

Wife killer denied prison release after refusing to reveal location of body

Racist graffiti on a Windrush mural in Port Talbot (CPS/PA)
Crime

Anonymity removed for teenager who defaced Windrush mural with Nazi symbols

<p>Daniel Khalife and the clothes he would have been wearin upon his escape </p>
Crime

Timeline of events around the capture of terror suspect Daniel Khalife

Police in the Chiswick area in west London where Khalife was eventually found (Jamie Lashmar/PA)
UK

Timeline of events leading to recapture of terror suspect Daniel Khalife

Concerns have been aired over the Prison Service in the wake of Daniel Khalife’s escape from HMP Wandsworth (Yui Mok/PA)
UK

‘Mess in prison system will have played a role in Daniel Khalife’s escape’

Sir Mark Rowley has been forced to readdress the issue of public trust in his police force (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK

Ridding Met Police of rogue officers will take up to three years – commissioner

Police at the Notting Hill Carnival (Yui Mok/PA)
UK

Met Police chief ‘worried’ about severity of crime at Notting Hill Carnival

The Metropolitan Police are dedicating a ‘significant amount’ of resources to tackling ultra-low emission zone camera-related crime, the force’s commissioner has said (PA)
UK

Met Police dedicating ‘significant amount’ of resources to Ulez camera crime

The officers appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (PA)
Crime

Five former Met Police officers plead guilty to sending racist messages

Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was detected in Crossflatts Primary School and Eldwick Primary School in Bradford (Mike Egerton/PA)
UK

Bradford schools lose teaching spaces and kitchen over aerated concrete

Samuel Newey has died in Ukraine (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
UK

Foreign Office confirms death of British volunteer in Ukraine

A plane passes the super blue moon over London (Victoria Jones/PA)
Science

Rare super blue moon shines over UK in treat for stargazers

Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was detected in Crossflatts Primary School and Eldwick Primary School in Bradford (Mike Egerton/PA)
UK

Bradford schools lose teaching spaces and kitchen over aerated concrete

Samuel Newey has died in Ukraine (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
UK

Foreign Office confirms death of British volunteer in Ukraine

A plane passes the super blue moon over London (Victoria Jones/PA)
Science

Rare super blue moon shines over UK in treat for stargazers

Sergeant Graham Saville (Nottinghamshire Police/PA)
UK

Fundraiser for family of police officer hit by train surpasses £100,000 goal

An AI drone (in blue) beat three world-champion drone racers (UZH/Leonard Bauersfeld/PA)
UK

AI system beats trio of human champions at drone racing

A man has been charged in connection with a break-in at the home of England forward Raheem Sterling (PA)
UK

Man charged in connection with break-in at Chelsea star Raheem Sterling’s home

The air traffic control failure was caused by flight data received by National Air Traffic Services (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Repatriation flights to set off for Gatwick after air traffic control fault

Tens of thousands more airline passengers suffered flight (Liam McBurney/PA)cancellations on Tuesday due to the knock-on impact of an air traffic control (ATC) fault
UK

Flight data received by air traffic services ’caused air traffic control fault’

Notting Hill Carnival 2023 (Yui Mok/PA)
UK

Notting Hill Carnival organisers ‘deplore all acts of violence’

Sara Sharif whose father Urfan Sharif is being sought by detectives investigating her murder in Woking (Surrey Police/PA)
UK

Hunt continues for father of 10-year-old who was found dead in Woking

Sara Sharif, 10, suffered ‘multiple and extensive’ injuries (Surrey Police/PA)
UK

Girl, 10, suffered ‘extensive injuries’, say police as father sought in Pakistan

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