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Lucas Cumiskey

Lucas Cumiskey is a General News Reporter at PA Media, covering news. He joined PA in May 2022, having previously worked as assistant news editor at Triangle News, a national news agency. His career started at Islington Gazette, where he qualified as a senior reporter. Lucas is particularly interested in politics.

Camilla Bowry, who has become an OBE (Yui Mok/PA)
Money

Boss of charity that donates shoes tells of ‘surge’ in demand as she is made OBE

Snow on the hills near Alnwick, Northumberland (@PhilWillChil/X)
Weather

Snow and ice warning amid plunging temperatures as minus 7.2C recorded

A Metropolitan Police officer tasered a 10-year-old girl twice after she threatened her mother with garden shears and hit her with a hammer, a misconduct hearing has been told (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
UK

Met officer twice tasered 10-year-old girl, misconduct hearing told

Police are investigating two deaths in Birmingham (PA)
UK

Mother pays tribute to teenage son shot dead in Birmingham

The King lays a wreath during the Remembrance Sunday service (Jonathan Brady/PA)
UK

King leads Remembrance Sunday service at Cenotaph

Trade unionists and protesters form a blockade outside weapons manufacturer BAE Systems in Rochester, Kent, in protest over the Israel-Gaza conflict (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Business

Hundreds of trade unionists blockade BAE Systems factory in Israel-Gaza protest

The King with Michael Palin during a reception at Buckingham Palace (PA)
UK

The King wants refugees to ‘feel more welcome’, Sir Michael Palin says

Former Metropolitan Police officer Michael Chadwell has been convicted of sending a grossly offensive racist message on WhatsApp (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Crime

Former Met Police officer convicted of sending racist message

Members of the Jewish community attend a Solidarity Rally in Trafalgar Square (Lucy North/PA)
UK

Thousands attend central London rally calling on Hamas to release hostages

Flooding at St Leonard’s Riding School and Livery Stable in Toton, Nottinghamshire after Storm Babet hit (Sally Carnelley/PA)
UK

Storm Babet: Dozens of horses and ponies evacuated from flood-hit riding school

Kate is patron of the Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League (PA)
UK

Kate says England leave Rugby World Cup with ‘heads held high’

Sir Bobby Charlton (Brian Lawless/PA)
UK

Bobby Charlton death: Alzheimer’s Research UK determined to find dementia cure

Emergency services attended the scene after a passenger plane came off the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport while landing in windy conditions during Storm Babet (Danny Lawson/PA)
UK

Storm Babet: Couple ‘frustrated’ after flight home diverted

UK

Storm Babet: Couple ‘frustrated’ after flight home diverted

Emergency services attended the scene after a passenger plane came off the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport while landing in windy conditions during Storm Babet (Danny Lawson/PA)
Lady Leshurr, who is standing trail at Snaresbrook Crown Court and denies denies two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (PA)
Crime

Lady Leshurr attacked by dog and ex-partner’s then-girlfriend, court hears

Rapper Lady Leshurr, whose real name is Melesha O’Garro, is charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm over an alleged attack on her ex-girlfriend Sidnee Hussein and Chante Boyea (Aaron Chown/PA)
Crime

Rapper Lady Leshurr bit woman’s hand and inflicted ‘nerve damage’, court told

A jury inquest will consider whether police officers could have done more to find Zara Aleena’s killer before he murdered her, a coroner has directed (PA)
UK

Jury to consider if police could have done more to stop Zara Aleena’s killer

Lady Leshurr denies the charges (Alamy/PA)
Crime

Lady Leshurr attacked ex-girlfriend and bit woman’s new partner, court hears

Lady Leshurr denies the charges (Alamy/PA)
Crime

Lady Leshurr attacked ex-girlfriend and bit woman’s new partner, court hears

Ronit Tam-Hammerman and her husband, Eddie Hammerman, discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict at their home in Borehamwood. Picture date: Friday October 13, 2023.
UK

British Jews worried sick and weeping at Israel-Hamas conflict, family says

Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore (PA)
UK

Captain Sir Tom Moore wanted family to keep money from his books, daughter says

Joanna Simpson was killed 13 years ago (Thames Valley Police/PA)
UK

Killer pilot’s release from prison blocked by Justice Secretary

The Osiris-Rex mission landed on the asteroid Bennu and returned a sample to Earth (Nasa/PA)
Science

Samples from asteroid could be key to secrets of building blocks of life – Nasa

(PA)
UK

Teenager charged with terrorism and firearm offences, Met Police says

A female Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court accused of sexual assault (PA)
Crime

Female Metropolitan Police sergeant appears in court charged with sexual assault

Cliff Mitchell was not on duty when he was arrested in September, Scotland Yard has said (PA)
Crime

Serving Met Police officer denies rapes and kidnapping, court hears

A court artist sketch of serving Metropolitan Police officer Rupert Edwards appearing at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with raping two women (Elizabeth Cook/PA)
Crime

Woman claims Met officer raped her in tearful police interview shown to jury

A female Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court accused of sexual assault (PA)
Crime

Female Metropolitan Police sergeant appears in court charged with sexual assault

Cliff Mitchell was not on duty when he was arrested in September, Scotland Yard has said (PA)
Crime

Serving Met Police officer denies rapes and kidnapping, court hears

A court artist sketch of serving Metropolitan Police officer Rupert Edwards appearing at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with raping two women (Elizabeth Cook/PA)
Crime

Woman claims Met officer raped her in tearful police interview shown to jury

Metropolitan Police officer Rupert Edwards has denied raping two women (Elizabeth Cook/PA)
Home News

Met Police officer denies raping two women he met on nights out

Home News

Met Police officer denies raping two women he met on nights out

Metropolitan Police officer Rupert Edwards has denied raping two women (Elizabeth Cook/PA)
Hubert Brown, who was named as the man who died after he was stabbed in the St Pauls area of Bristol on Friday September 29 (Handout/PA)
UK

Bristol fatal stabbing victim named as ‘kind-hearted, harmless’ Hubert Brown

Emergency services at the scene of the coach crash on the M53 on Friday (Peter Byrne/PA)
UK

Headteacher says pupils face ‘difficult day’ after M53 school bus crash

Forensic investigators from Northumbria Police examine the felled Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian’s Wall (Owen Humphreys/PA)
UK

Man in his 60s bailed over felling of landmark Sycamore Gap tree

New legislation has been dubbed Martyn’s Law in memory of the Manchester Arena bombing victim, Martyn Hett (PA)
UK

Mother of Manchester terror attack victim urges PM to deliver Martyn’s Law

New legislation has been dubbed Martyn’s Law in memory of the Manchester Arena bombing victim, Martyn Hett (PA)
UK

Mother of Manchester terror attack victim urges PM to deliver Martyn’s Law

File photo dated 09/02/22 of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, in London. A woman has been arrested after two children reported missing from a centre in north-west London were found “safe and well” in Essex. Jamie-Leigh Kelly, 31, left the centre for vulnerable mothers and children in north-west London on Tuesday with her three-year-old daughter and newborn baby boy, the Metropolitan Police said. The children were found at an address in Harwich on Sunday and a 31-year-old woman was later arrested.
UK

Woman arrested after children missing from London found in Essex

The North East Skinny Dip has been held on 11 occasions (Owen Humphreys/PA)
UK

North East Skinny Dip: Swimmers bare all braving North Sea for charity

(PA)
UK

Police appeal after teenager stabbed to death in south-east London

(PA)
UK

Man taken to hospital after suspected American XL bully dog attack in park

<p>People lay flowers in tribute to the victims of the crash outside the Study Prep school in Wimbledon</p>
UK

Woman arrested over tragic school crash in Wimbledon re-bailed

Pc Nicola Hughes (Greater Manchester Police/PA)
UK

Murdered police officer’s father urges Government to back posthumous medals bid

The Independent Office for Police Conduct launched its investigation in April 2022 after receiving a mandatory referral from the Met (PA)
UK

Former Met Police officer to face misconduct in public office charges

A whistleblower who was dismissed by the Foreign Office after speaking to the BBC about the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Afghanistan Crisis Centre (Alamy/PA)
UK

Kabul whistleblower accuses Government of ‘devastating failings’, judge told

A van is driven through floodwater on a road into Dawlish, Devon (Ben Birchall/PA)
UK

Heavy rain could cause travel disruption, Met Office warns

Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8 2022 (PA)
UK

Committee to plan permanent memorial to the late Queen

A woman using her mobile phone (Yui Mok/PA)
UK

Online gambling firm In Touch Games has licences to operate in Britain suspended

UK

Online gambling firm In Touch Games has licences to operate in Britain suspended

A woman using her mobile phone (Yui Mok/PA)
Glenn Poyner has been jailed for 19 and a half years (Jacob King/PA)
Crime

Rapist RAF worker jailed after admitting child sex offences

England goalkeeper Mary Earps collects her Golden Glove award (Zac Goodwin/PA)
UK

Fans demand Nike sell Mary Earps’ shirt after keeper’s World Cup final heroics

The King and Queen wished the Lionesses good luck ahead of the final (Chris Jackson/PA)
Royal Family

King urges Lionesses to ‘roar to victory’ in Women’s World Cup final

The England team sing the national anthem (PA)
UK

Lionesses urged to ‘roar to victory’ as nation unites behind them

The England team sing the national anthem (PA)
UK

Lionesses urged to ‘roar to victory’ as nation unites behind them

England players line up (Zac Goodwin/PA)
UK

King urges Lionesses to ‘roar to victory’ in Women’s World Cup final

Three men have been convicted in connection with the burglary (Met Police/PA)
Crime

Three convicted after £2m porcelain vase stolen from museum

Sara Sharif was found dead in a house in Woking (Surrey Police/PA)
UK

Pakistani police want to arrest man over death of daughter in Surrey

Andrew Malkinson twice applied for his case to be referred for appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission but was turned down (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK

Wrongfully convicted man says criminal cases review body has ‘attitude problem’

Rohan Godhania died from a late onset of ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency, triggered after he drank a protein shake (Family handout/PA)
UK

Mother wants health warning added to protein shake after son’s sudden death

Andrew Malkinson’s conviction was quashed last month after he spent years fighting to prove his innocence (Jordan Pettit/PA)
UK

Public inquiry urged into case of innocent man jailed for 17 years for rape

Andrew Malkinson had his conviction for the 2003 attack in Greater Manchester quashed last month (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK

Calls for public inquiry after wrongfully convicted man spends 17 years in jail

Andrew Malkinson, who served 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, reads a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, after being cleared by the Court of Appeal (PA)
Crime

Police had ‘DNA evidence to clear Andrew Malkinson of rape conviction’

Rohan Godhania fell ill and died after drinking a protein shake in August 2020 (Family handout/PA)
UK

Bereaved mother makes ammonia tests plea after son ‘could have been saved’

Arion Kurtaj, 18, and a 17-year-old were being tried at Southwark Crown Court in London (Yui Mok/PA)
Tech

Hackers ’emptied’ victims’ accounts and tried to blackmail GTA maker, court told

<p>Roger Leadbeater was a “kind, gentle” man, his family said </p>
Crime

Pensioner stabbed to death walking dog as woman arrested for ‘murder’

Crime

Pensioner stabbed to death walking dog as woman arrested for ‘murder’

<p>Roger Leadbeater was a “kind, gentle” man, his family said </p>
Junior doctor members of the British Medical Association held a rally outside Downing Street (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK

Union leader urges PM to return ‘to real world’ to settle doctors’ pay dispute

Handout photo taken with permission from the Twitter account @whothehellispoe of a light aircraft on the A40 (Who The Hell Is Vesper/Twitter/PA)
UK

Light aircraft makes emergency landing on A40 in Gloucestershire

The Information Commissioner’s Office issued an enforcement notice to the Ministry of Defence earlier this year (Tim Ireland/PA)
UK

Public bodies named and shamed over Freedom of Information request failings

Emergency services at the scene on Elsley Road in Battersea, south west London, following a house explosion. Picture date: Thursday August 10, 2023.
UK

Explosion damages house in south-west London

Emergency services at the scene on Elsley Road in Battersea, south west London, following a house explosion. Picture date: Thursday August 10, 2023.
UK

Explosion damages house in south-west London

Police Service of Northern Ireland Assistant Chief Constable Chris Todd speaks to members of the media about a data breach involving officers and civilian staff (Rebecca Black/PA)
UK

Cyber security experts react to PSNI major data breach

<p>Dustin Lance Black is charged with assaulting Terry Edwardes in August last year</p>
Crime

Tom Daley’s husband ‘twisted woman’s wrist in nightclub altercation’

England’s Chloe Kelly and Alex Greenwood celebrate victory following a penalty shoot-out after extra time (Isabel Infantes/PA)
UK

William and Kate praise England for reaching Women’s World Cup quarter-finals

Andrew Malkinson outside the Royal Courts of Justice after being cleared by the Court of Appeal (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK

Andrew Malkinson: £1m compensation ‘not enough’ after miscarriage of justice

A Coastguard boat takes part in the search for the missing fisherman (@liamjsmithy/PA)
Home News

Huge sea search for fisherman ‘swept off rocks’ called off

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage hopes to ‘build a powerful lobby group’ to oppose de-banking, as it was reported that banks are closing more than 1,000 accounts every working day (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Business

Nigel Farage plans ‘powerful lobby group’ to oppose de-banking

An 80-year-old former Olympian with Parkinson’s disease is to blast off on Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight next month (MarsScientific.com/Trumbull Studios/PA)
Science

Ex-Olympian with Parkinson’s, 80, set for Virgin space flight after 18-year wait

A person has reportedly been swept off rocks in Trearddur Bay in North Wales (Dave Thompson/PA)
UK

Major search continues for person ‘swept into the water’ off Anglesey

British Army instructors taught the 72 Ukrainian army personnel how to operate and maintain the guns when in combat (Ben Birchall/PA)
UK

Ukrainian troops fire UK-donated artillery to mark end of training

HM Coastguard is coordinating the response after the incident at Trearddur Bay (PA)
UK

Major search under way after person ‘swept into water off Anglesey’

<p>Police investigating whether man who died was involved in altercation before fall into River Wye </p>
Crime

Three men arrested in murder probe after missing man ‘fell into river’

Portland Harbour in Dorset (PA)
UK

Coroner: Marine accidentally drowned during arduous training for elite unit

<p>Iain Hughes, from Dudley, started the solo challenge with a support boat on Tuesday from Dover before disappearing</p>
Home News

Body of missing firefighter found a month after English Channel swim

A wildfire burns in Gennadi village (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
UK

Britons tell of ‘terrifying’ and ‘traumatic’ experiences amid Rhodes wildfires

Relatives demonstrate outside No 10 (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK

Relatives of infected blood victims demand full compensation in letter to No 10

Rohan Godhania in 2019 (Family Handout/PA)
UK

‘Lost opportunity’ to carry out test on boy who died of rare disease – inquest

A wildfire burns in Gennadi village (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
UK

Britons tell of ‘terrifying’ and ‘traumatic’ experiences amid Rhodes wildfires

Relatives demonstrate outside No 10 (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK

Relatives of infected blood victims demand full compensation in letter to No 10

Rohan Godhania in 2019 (Family Handout/PA)
UK

‘Lost opportunity’ to carry out test on boy who died of rare disease – inquest

Actor Kevin Spacey is charged with nine sexual offences (PA)
Crime

Kevin Spacey ‘cancelled’ over untrue sexual assault claims, court told

<p>Kevin Spacey arriving at Southwark Crown Court </p>
Crime

Kevin Spacey accusers ‘no longer willing to be secret keepers’

Carla Foster will be released from prison after the Court of Appeal reduced her sentence (Elizabeth Cook/PA)
Crime

Carla Foster: Women’s rights groups call for reform of ‘outdated’ abortion laws

Drury denies the charges at Snaresbrook Crown Court (PA)
Crime

Ex-boyfriend of Towie’s Lauren Goodger denies assaulting her, court hears

<p>Kevin Spacey is on trial at Southwark Crown Court </p>
Crime

Elton John recalls hosting Kevin Spacey for charity ball at his home

A police officer looks out over Bournemouth beach, after Joe Abbess, 17, and Sunnah Khan, 12, drowned and eight other people were treated by paramedics after they were suspected to have been caught in a riptide next to the pier at the Dorset seaside resort (Andrew Matthews/PA)
UK

No criminal offences committed in relation to two deaths off Bournemouth beach

Tom Thorpe will stand trial at Kingston Crown Court (Nick Ansell/PA)
UK

Ex Met Police officer to stand trial over child sexual offences

A dog was tasered by police in Coventry and placed inside a wheelie bin (PA)
UK

Tasered dog shut in wheelie bin ‘to keep children safe’

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