The Latest Breaking News from Brian Martin

England fan spared jail after sending "disgraceful, racist" email to Gareth Southgate

Brian Martin, 36 and with an address in Selby, sent the horrific abuse to Southgate after England’s Nations League defeat to Hungary in June. He said that he will appeal the conviction because his "human rights have been breached"

Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022

England fan, 36, found guilty of sending racist email to Gareth Southgate

Brian Martin, from Selby in north Yorkshire, was found guilty at York Magistrates Court yesterday as prosecutors send warning to supporters during World Cup

Daily Mirror · Nov 22, 2022

Man sent racist email to Gareth Southgate over taking the knee

Brian Martin, from Selby, North Yorkshire, was found guilty of one count of sending by public communication network an offensive or indecent message.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

Most shocking revelations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, five years on from tragedy

Even as the inquiry continues, it has already uncovered a litany of missed opportunities and complacency in government

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

The weird and the wonderful from national motorsport this week

In the first of a new weekly series of articles, we pick out some of the more unusual cars and odd occurrences from the previous weekend's club racing

Autosport · Apr 6, 2022

We would starve to death if campaigners wrote safety laws, Grenfell inquiry told

Senior civil servant Brian Martin told the inquiry “we’d all starve to death” because of the costs of meeting the regulations on “UK plc”.

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

Government did not try to cover up reports on cladding, Grenfell inquiry hears

Senior civil servant Brian Martin said the report’s findings that the cladding failed fire safety tests ‘just got missed’.

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2022

Grenfell: Former official apologises to bereaved families after email exposed

Richard Harral, former head of technical policy at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, gave evidence on Monday.

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022

Fire safety test used on Grenfell cladding kept due to ‘political motivations’

Dr David Crowder told the inquiry he did not support Class 0 as a fire safety test, but it was maintained due to ‘political motivations’.

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022

Civil servant warned of ‘major fire’ three years before Grenfell, inquiry told

Brian Martin, the official in charge of fire safety building regulations at the then-MHCLG, is alleged to have made the remark in July 2014.

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022