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Hunt for killer of Citi executive found beaten to death in Woolwich amid fears suspect has fled country

January 22, 2025

Victim: Marianne Kilonzi MPS Police are hunting the killer of a 43-year-old Citi executive found beaten to death at her riverside flat in Woolwich, south London. Marianne Kilonzi, a senior official at Citi, was found dead at her home at Royal Arsenal Riverside development on Friday evening. Detectives on Tuesday said they were hunting a […]

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Boy, 14, arrested on suspicion of murder after 12-year-old stabbed to death

January 22, 2025

Police said (Peter Byrne/PA) PA Archive A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 12-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Birmingham. West Midlands Police said the boy was found with serious injuries near Scribers Lane, Hall Green, shortly after 3pm on Tuesday. He was taken to hospital but died from […]

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Driver crashes £100,000 Range Rover into knitting shop on London high street

January 21, 2025

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A Range Rover driver crashed into a sewing shop in west London leaving a trail of destruction behind. Pictures from the scene show the front of the Sewing Machine Centre on Hounslow High Street completely smashed up […]

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This is what Heathrow Airport could look like after £14,000,000,000 expansion

January 21, 2025

Heathrow Airport could soon expand if government gives the green light to controversial plans to build a third runway. The UK’s busiest airport in Hillingdon, west London, is rumoured to get permission to build its third runway. Heathrow saw a record 83.9 million passengers travel through its terminals last year, and airport bosses have argued […]

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Thousands still without heating nine days after water main flooded gas pipes

January 21, 2025

Thousands of homes in north London are still without hot water or heating nine days after a burst water main flooded gas pipes in what angry residents have described as a ‘perfect storm.’ Young families and elderly people have been left ‘frozen to the bone’ with temperatures often falling below zero – after the incident in […]

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Rare £10,000 Tube map which is ‘unlike any other one out there’ revealed thumbnail

Rare £10,000 Tube map which is ‘unlike any other one out there’ revealed

January 21, 2025

A rare Tube map has come up for sale, revealing the forgotten London of the 1930s. The 162-year-old London Underground network continues to fascinate daily commuters, visitors and Tube lovers alike. Now a rare enamel Tube map has cropped up on the market for £9,995 after antiques dealer Chris Berry discovered it. Mr Berry, the […]

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Manhunt after Citibank executive, 43, beaten to death in her London flat

January 21, 2025

A ‘bubbly and lovely’ woman who died after she was attacked at her apartment in southeast London has been named by police.  Marianne Kilonzi, 43,who was VP of Trade and Working Capital Sales at Citibank, was fatally attacked at her flat in Woolwich on Friday.  She suffered blunt force trauma injuries with paramedics and police […]

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Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist dies

January 21, 2025

Guitarist John Sykes, who played with rock bands including Think Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died aged 65. A statement on the musician’s website said he died after a “hard-fought battle with cancer”. A statement published under an image of a black guitar and single red rose read: “He will be remembered by many as a […]

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The missed opportunities to stop the Southport triple killer

January 21, 2025

Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana murdered three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class after authorities missed a string of opportunities to identify the risk he posed to others. A public inquiry has been announced and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he will not let any institution of the state deflect from their failure, […]

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Climate group says Heathrow expansion would be ‘catastrophic’

January 21, 2025

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Expanding Heathrow Airport […]

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