L abour will abstain in Tuesday’s Commons vote on new coronavirus restrictions that set to replace the national lockdown. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said that while his party accepted the need for continued restrictions they could not vote for them without a “credible health and economic plan in place”. It came after Boris Johnson […]
Read MoreT he rate of new cases is falling in more than 94 per cent of England‘s local areas as the country prepares to exit lockdown next week. Just 18 out of 315 local areas in England are currently recording a rise in Covid-19 case rates, or 5.7 per cent. Everywhere else – 297 out of […]
Read MoreA teenage drill rapper boasted in a music video about stabbing a young man whose life was saved by open heart surgery at the roadside. Joshua Erorh, 18, attacked the 21-year-old outside a fast-food restaurant in New Cross, south London just before midnight on Saturday, March 14. Erorh, who raps under the name Lil […]
Read MoreA man has been charged over an alleged attack which left a schoolboy aged 13 with a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain in south London. The teenager was struck with a metal pole as he left Dunraven School in Leigham Court Road, Streatham, at 3.30pm last Wednesday. Luke Bowyer, 35, is accused […]
Read MorePolice Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Police Ombudsman investigations into the 1989 loyalist paramilitary shooting are to go ahead. Mr Finucane, a 39-year-old solicitor who represented republican and loyalist paramilitaries during the Troubles, was shot dead in his family home in north Belfast in February 1989 by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in an […]
Read MoreA treasured canal boat was sunk after a production company took over an inner city location to shoot Top Boy for Netflix. Anthony Beanlands’ home was left submerged after the crew descended to record scenes for a new season of the gritty crime drama. Mr Beanlands, 46, had claimed on Facebook that his boat was […]
Read MoreAfter being hit by a second lockdown, Selfridges is trying to make up for lost time. This week, the famous department store’s doors will reopen but this time, with an added twist. Selfridges is redesigning the mews market that was first opened back in the summer, with a well timed Christmas revamp. The market will […]
Read MorePenguins are being shown Christmas films at the London Aquarium to prepare them for guests when the lockdown ends. They were treated to a showing of the iconic film Elf ahead of the aquarium’s big reopening on Wednesday. The gentoo penguins have been without their regular flow of human visitors since the aquarium closed for […]
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Read MorePubs and restaurants across Wales will be banned from selling alcohol and be forced to close at 6pm every evening. The measure announced by first minister Mark Drakeford will come into force from 6pm this Friday. Cinemas, bowling alleys, bingo halls and other indoor entertainment venues must also close from the same date. Mr Drakeford […]
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