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Housing a basic need, not an investment vehicle – Zarah Sultana

April 18, 2026

Zarah Sultana has said housing “is not an investment vehicle, it is a basic human need” after tabling a parliamentary motion to “ban MPs from being landlords”. Speaking to National Housing Demonstration protesters demanding better council housing and rent controls, the Your Party MP said: “We know that the housing crisis is not an accident, […]

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Latest north-west London arson attack probed as antisemitic hate crime

April 18, 2026

Police are treating the latest arson attack in north-west London as an antisemitic hate crime. Members of the Jewish community have been urged to “remain calm” as counter-terror police investigate it alongside a series of similar incidents. There have been “online claims of responsibility” for the arson and attempted arson attacks, said the Metropolitan Police, […]

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Roberto De Zerbi says struggling Tottenham can go on a winning run and survive

April 18, 2026

Roberto De Zerbi issued a rallying cry to his deflated Tottenham players and insisted they can win their last five Premier League games this season to avoid a catastrophic relegation. Spurs will spend another week in the bottom three after they suffered heartbreak in a 2-2 draw at home to Brighton when Georginio Rutter’s stoppage-time […]

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No hazardous items found near Israeli embassy after drone attack claim

April 18, 2026

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Jewish community urged to ‘remain calm’ after another arson attack in north London

April 18, 2026

Members of the Jewish community have been urged to “remain calm” after an arson attack on a business in north London, which police acknowledged had “similarities” with other recent attacks on a nearby synagogue and a Jewish ambulance charity. The Metropolitan Police said that a man was seen to approach a row of shops in […]

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Canadian ‘online poison seller’ to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 18, 2026

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Museums have a duty to inspire the creatives of the future. At V&A East, I’ve made that my mission | Gus Casely-Hayford thumbnail

Museums have a duty to inspire the creatives of the future. At V&A East, I’ve made that my mission | Gus Casely-Hayford

April 18, 2026

One of the most affecting of the many artist commissions that have found a home in the circulation spaces of the new V&A East museum is an exquisite indigo, cobalt blue and cyan stained-glass window, Towards a Civic Museum. Part of our series of New Work commissions, it was created by the Cuban artist Tania […]

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‘Whatever life throws at us, we don’t walk alone’: how a London synagogue attack birthed an act of solidarity

April 18, 2026

“How good and how wonderful it is when friends sit together,” reads a quote from the Psalms painted high on the wall inside Finchley Reform Synagogue (FRS). For the congregation gathering in a cheerful hubbub before its Shabbat service on Friday evening, that felt like an especially apt sentiment. Three days after the synagogue was […]

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What I Rent: I pay £1,750pcm for my northwest London two-bed flat

April 18, 2026

Welcome back to What I Rent – Metro’s tenant diary series exploring what renting is like in the UK and further afield. When Michelle first moved into her new flat, it had a rather uninspiring colour scheme of white, grey and beige. So, the mum-of-one decided to spruce up the place: injecting colour, adding stick-on-tiles and jazzy wallpaper. Eight years on and […]

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UK to make ‘wide-ranging military contribution’ to mission, says top diplomat

April 18, 2026

Britain will make “a wide-ranging military contribution” to an international mission to protect shipping in the vital Strait of Hormuz trade artery, the UK ambassador to the US has said. The commitment by Sir Christian Turner comes amid long-running concerns over the state of the nation’s armed forces and warnings of under-funding. Only this week, Labour […]

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