Day: August 26, 2020
Grandma, 91, made to climb several flights of stairs due to broken lifts
August 26, 2020A 91-year-old woman living in a London flat complex has to climb multiple flights of stairs to reach her home due to broken lifts, her grandson has claimed. Jordan Thompson posted a video of his elderly grandma using a cane as she went up the steps to her home, along with a plea to building […]
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Shocking video shows gunfire erupt during Jacob Blake protest in Wisconsin as two people shot dead
August 26, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates A shocking video shows the moment gunfire erupted at a protest in the US as two people were shot dead and another injured. It comes after a third night of unrest in the state of Wisconsin over the death […]
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Courts plan to install hundreds of perspex screens in bid to hold more jury trials with social distancing
August 26, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Courts are planning to tear up their traditional seating plans and install hundreds of Perspex screens to boost the number of jury trials being held. Leeds crown court has run a successful pilot of new social distancing measures, with […]
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Femi Oluwole clashes with This Morning's Eamonn Holmes and Nigel Farage over BBC proms racism row
August 26, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates Femi Oluwole clashed with This Morning host Eamonn Holmes and Nigel Farage who labelled the political activist an “extremist” for his views on the Rule Britannia song. Reports that Rule Britannia could be axed from the Last Night of […]
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Driver denies murder over woman's 'road rage' death on London's North Circular
August 26, 2020A driver accused of running a woman over during a road rage incident on London‘s North Circular has denied murder. Robert Barrow, 54, of Chigwell, Essex, is charged with the murder of Tahereh Pirali-Dashti, 40. He has also been charged with attacking 56-year-old Asghar Moradmand. Mrs Pirali-Dashti was critically injured when the defendant allegedly ran […]
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166 million-year-old dinosaur bone found on Scottish island
August 26, 2020The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday – Friday plus breaking news updates A 166 million-year-old dinosaur bone has been found on the Isle of Eigg in Scotland. It marks the first time such a fossil has been discovered in Scotland outside of Skye. The limb bone is thought to belong to […]
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Walthamstow stabbing: Man found murdered in park
August 26, 2020Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was found stabbed to death in a London park. Yassar Mustakim Moussa, 37, was last heard of on Saturday evening and his body was discovered by a member of the public on Monday. The Metropolitan Police said he was found by a brook in St James […]
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