Day: August 24, 2020
Man’s body found in suspicious circumstances in London park
August 24, 2020The body of a man in his 30s has been found in suspicious circumstances in a London park, police say. Officers were called to St James Park, in Walthamstow, just before 2pm on Monday after a member of the public filed a report. They found the man unresponsive, and he was later pronounced dead at […]
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Canning Town murder trial: Accused 'not comfortable' with telling police about dead body in flat, court told
August 24, 2020A man accused of murder has told a court he did not alert police about a dead body in his flat as he “was not comfortable” doing this. Zahid Younis, a registered sex offender, said he was “panicking” at the time, a jury has heard. Henriett Szucs, a Hungarian national, and mother-of-three Mihrican Mustafa were […]
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Tourists take full advantage as Tower Bridge closed to traffic due to technical fault
August 24, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Swathes of people made the most of a rare opportunity to pose on an empty Tower Bridge over the weekend as the London landmark was closed to traffic. The famous drawbridge got stuck open after it was hit by […]
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Nora Quoirin inquest opens as Malaysian coroner looks into death of London teenager
August 24, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates An inquest has begun in Malaysia into the death of London teenager Nora Quoirin, a year after her body was found near a nature resort where she disappeared while on holiday. The French-Irish teen’s disappearance from her family’s cottage […]
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Protests erupt in Wisconsin after shocking video shows police shoot 'unarmed black man in back seven times'
August 24, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates A shocking video which appears to show police shoot an unarmed black man in the back seven times has sparked outrage in the US, with protests erupting across Wisconsin. Officials confirmed the victim, identified as Jacob Blake, is in […]
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Blood pressure medication may boost Covid-19 survival rates by a third, study shows
August 24, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Blood pressure medication could improve Covid-19 survival rates by the third, a new study has suggested. Researchers studied 28,000 patients taking antihypertensives, a class of drugs that are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). They found that the […]
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Donald Trump wants to fast-track Oxford coronavirus vaccine ahead of US election in November
August 24, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Donald Trump is considering fast-tracking approval of potential coronavirus vaccines before the US presidential election in November, according to reports. One of potential candidates is Oxford University’s vaccine being developed with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. The US Food and Drug […]
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