Day: August 9, 2020
First picture of teenager stabbed to death near Oxford Street
August 9, 2020A teenager who was stabbed to death in London’s West End has been named as 17-year-old Jeremy Menesses, police have confirmed. Officers were called to the scene in Market Place, at the junction with Oxford Street, shortly before 5.40pm on Saturday evening. There, they found the teenager suffering from a stab injury. Jeremy, from south […]
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Extinction Rebellion protesters cover Trafalgar Square in fake blood
August 9, 2020Five Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters have been arrested after pouring fake blood over the steps of Trafalgar Square in protest against the deaths of indigenous people in Brazil. Marking International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the activists could be seen lying ‘dead’ on the ground while others held up banners that read ‘genocide [equals] […]
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Four-year high in Coastguard callouts as heatwave sees beaches packed
August 9, 2020Coastguard rescue teams were called out to 340 incidents across the UK on Saturday – the highest number in a single day for more than four years. According to the search and rescue agency, it responded to 186 calls to emergency services for a “wide range of incidents”. They included people being cut off by […]
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Up to 139,000 jobs could be cut in coming months amid huge jump in planned redundancies due to coronavirus
August 9, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Nearly 1,800 companies told the Government in June that they were considering making 20 or more employees redundant, according to official figures – in a stark outline of how the jobs could be affected by the coronavirus pandemic in […]
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Brazil's coronavirus death toll passes grim milestone of 100,000
August 9, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Brazil has surpassed a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, with the country showing no signs of crushing the disease five months after its first reported case. The nation of 210 million people has been reporting an average […]
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Gargoyles, tarantulas, bloodied children: Research begins into mystery syndrome where people see visions of horror
August 9, 2020The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. The first time Dr Amit Patel saw the girl in his home he was so astonished he fell down the stairs. “She was so vivid,” he remembers today. “I could see the detail on her dress. […]
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Suspected murder-suicide in Dagenham as man and woman in their 30s found dead
August 9, 2020A man and a woman have died in a suspected murder-suicide in east London. Police were called to Whalebone Lane South in Dagenham just before 1pm on Saturday to a reports of a woman in her 30s found unresponsive. Ambulance crews also attended and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers said the […]
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Prince Harry's childhood friend 'punished for expressing doubts about Meghan'
August 9, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Prince Harry fell out with a close childhood friend who expressed doubts about Meghan, a new book has claimed. The highly anticipated Duke and Duchess of Sussex biography Finding Freedom reportedly reveals that Tom ‘Skippy’ Inskip advised the couple […]
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BBC 1xtra's Sideman quits over use of racist term in news report
August 9, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates A BBC radio presenter has quit the corporation after a racist term was used in a news report, saying it “feels like a slap in the face to our community”. 1xtra presenter Sideman said the broadcast was an “error […]
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It would be a tragedy if Gerry Dalton’s fantastic creatures are lost forever | Rowan Moore
August 9, 2020A masterpiece in peril A marvel stands close to destruction. It is, or was, a dream world, created in a modest ground-floor flat, in which handmade statues and models conjured a fantastical and personal version of history. Brightly coloured, staring-eyed figures – Haydn, “a woman of the 1950s”, Marshal Ney, the Earl of Tyrconnell, “Duchess […]
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