Day: June 9, 2020
Sisters found dead after birthday party in London park
June 9, 2020A murder investigation has been launched after two sisters were found dead in a park after leaving a birthday party. The bodies of Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were discovered in Fryent Country Park, in Wembley, north-west London on Sunday afternoon. Detectives believe they were celebrating Ms Henry’s birthday with a group of […]
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Sadiq Khan will review all monuments in London to ensure they reflect city's diversity
June 9, 2020Sadiq Khan has announced a commission to review statues, plaques and street names in London to ensure landmarks in the capital “suitably reflect London’s achievements and diversity”. The announcement comes after a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol at the weekend. The bronze monument […]
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Man says he’s ill but gets on Tube after arriving from Switzerland despite quarantine
June 9, 2020An unwell traveller who said he needed to go to hospital after landing at Heathrow Airport claims he had no idea about the UK’s new 14-day quarantine rule. Having arrived from Switzerland yesterday, he said no one told him that foreign visitors to Britain now have to stay in one place for two weeks and […]
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North Korea halting all communications with South in row over leafleting
June 9, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates North Korea is cutting all communication channels with South Korea as it escalates pressure on Seoul for failing to stop activists floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. The North’s Korean Central News Agency said it would be “the first […]
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