Luke Alsford

Luke Alsford | News Reporter

Luke focuses on uncovering stories across politics, health, tech and beyond. He joined Metro in 2024 during his NCTJ training and continues to work there full time.

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A truck involved in a road accident with a minibus carrying Greek PAOK soccer fans remains on the road at the scene near Lugoj, Romania, January 27, 2026. Lugo Info/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Seven football fans killed in head-on crash with lorry while going to a game

Channel: World World 6 days ago
US and Chinese embassies against a yellow background.

China and US owe London £27,000,000 between them

Channel: UK UK 6 days ago
Play Video Gif shows the British Airways plane wheel falling.

Moment wheel falls off departing British Airways plane

Channel: UK UK 5 days ago
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 25: In this photo illustration, the age-verification screen is displayed on the website Pornhub on July 25, 2025 in London, England. From today, the UK communications regulator Ofcom is compelling websites with pornographic material to introduce new age-verification measures for UK users. Aylo, the parent company of the website Pornhub, had criticised such age-verification measures, saying they would simply force users to darker corners of the web that do not require any age confirmation. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Pornhub announces deadline before they cut off access to UK users

Channel: Tech Tech 7 days ago
Fire crews tackle the blaze in Shrewsbury this morning. January 27, 2026. // An elderly woman has died after a devastating fire tore through a historic 16th century building in the early hours of the morning. Police, fire and ambulance crews rushed to Windsor Place, near Castle Street, Shrewsbury, after the blaze broke out at around 3.30am today (Tue). A woman, aged in her 80s, was was retrieved from the property by firefighters but could not be saved despite the efforts of medics. A man was also found with injuries, not believed to be serious or life-threatening, following the "significant fire" at Perches House. Perches House was reportedly used in the 1984 film A Christmas Carol and was where Ebenezer Scrooges office was filmed. A West Mercia Police spokesperson said: "One person has died and a number of people evacuated after a fire in Shrewsbury in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday 27 January). Photo released 27/01/2026

Woman dies in house fire after fire tore through Elizabethan building

Channel: UK UK 7 days ago
Signage for the Revolution nightclub and bar in Reading. (Photo credit: Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock)

Revolution bars set to disappear from the high street after going bust

Channel: UK UK 7 days ago
Palestine Action-linked detainee Umer Khalid. Image: family handout

Mother of hunger striker feels 'helpless' after doctors warn he could die within days

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2026

Manchester United star Gordon McQueen's brain injury 'likely' caused by headers

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2026
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Richard Sowersby/Shutterstock (3195922o) Leeds Magistrates Court in Westgate, Leeds Yorkshire, Britain - Jul 2013

Man in Leeds 'charged with encouring someone in the US to kill themselves over video call'

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2026
London, UK - 13 May, 2025: blurred motion of a Metropolitan Police car traveling fast on a road in central London, UK.

Police to face new target to get to crime scenes within 15 minutes

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2026
A microbiological culture Petri dish with a colonies of the pathogenic bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli)

New virus with genetic code written by AI 'is first step towards lab-grown life'

Channel: Tech Tech January 25, 2026
British mother-of-three Victoria Hart, 33, pictured, was stabbed to death at her home in Spain yesterday / re: British mother-of-three, 33, stabbed to death at her home in Spain as her ex is held on suspicion of her murder

British mum 'stabbed to death by ex in Spain' before 'son, 11, fled to call for help'

Channel: World World January 25, 2026
Alpaca called Giovanni given mirror for company after friends die Picture: Screech Owl Sanctuary & Animal Park

Alpaca called Giovanni given mirror for company after friends die

Channel: UK UK January 25, 2026
? Licensed to London News Pictures. 24/01/2026. London, UK. A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator being arrested by police. A group Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protesting against the incarceration of Palestine Action activists at HMP Wormwood Scrubs were all arrested for aggravated trespassing onto prison property. The demonstrators were kettled in by Police who proceeded to arrest them one by one in a large operation that took 5 hours.Photo credit: Lab Mo/LNP

Almost 90 arrested over mass trespass at prison in support of hunger striker

Channel: UK UK January 25, 2026

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