Image copyright FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA Image caption Caroline Flack was found dead at her home in Stoke Newington TV star Caroline Flack took her own life while she was facing trial accused of assaulting her boyfriend, a coroner has ruled. The ex-Love Island and X Factor host was found dead at her home in Stoke Newington, […]
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Image copyright Twitter @999London Image caption Detectives investigating the Hounslow murder say they have informed the next of kin. One man was shot dead and another fatally stabbed within hours of each other in London. The first victim was gunned down in Edmonton, north London, on Tuesday, while the other was attacked early on Wednesday […]
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Kerys Harrop has yet to make a senior appearance for England Tottenham Hotspur Women have signed centre-back Kerys Harrop following her departure from Birmingham City Women. Former Blues captain Harrop, 29, joins Spurs on a deal until 2022. In her 20 years at Birmingham, the England Under-23 defender helped them to two second-placed league finishes […]
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Image copyright PA Image caption Ms Begum was 15 and living in Bethnal Green, London, when she left the UK in 2015 Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Ms Begum, now 20, was one of three […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Two of the UK’s biggest High Street retailers, John Lewis and Boots, have announced 5,300 job cuts. Boots has said 4,000 jobs will go, while John Lewis is shutting down eight stores, putting 1,300 jobs at risk. The moves come amid warnings that new economic support from Chancellor Rishi Sunak will […]
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Image copyright Reuters Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world, with more than 10 million confirmed cases in 188 countries. More than half a million people have lost their lives. This series of maps and charts tracks the global outbreak of the virus. Where are coronavirus cases and deaths still rising? The virus, which […]
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Image copyright Snapchat Image caption Police attended an illegal street party in Angell Town in Brixton Twenty-two police officers have been injured and their vehicles damaged during clashes at an illegal street party in south-west London. Two officers and two partygoers were taken to hospital following the “unlicensed music event” near Angell Town in Brixton […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Pub chain Greene King and insurance market Lloyd’s of London have apologised for their historical links to the slave trade. One of Greene King’s founders owned a number of plantations in the Caribbean. Meanwhile, maritime insurance – which was focused on Lloyd’s – thrived on the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Both corporations […]
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Image caption Robert Jenrick has insisted he did not show any bias Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick acted properly and with propriety over his approval of a £1bn property scheme in East London, the government says. Mr Jenrick approved the scheme 14 days before the developer gave the Conservative Party £12,000. Labour said the sequence of […]
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Image copyright @DRNimages1 Image caption Officers were called to Energen Close in Harlesden A young child was among four people hurt in a shooting in north London, police have said. Shots were fired in Energen Close, Harlesden, at about 21:45 BST, Scotland Yard said. The child and a man were taken to hospital with gunshot […]
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