Day: November 11, 2020
Man arrested after car crashes into north London police station
November 11, 2020A man has been arrested after a car crashed into a London police station and a fire was started, triggering a major incident. The vehicle ploughed into the station office of Edmonton police station in north London just before 7pm on Wednesday evening. Scotland Yard said a man in his 40s had been arrested on […]
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The Millennium Dome Heist with Ross Kemp review – turgid true crime with TV’s top hardman
November 11, 2020Following his well-worn formula, the ex-EastEnder somehow stretched the straightforward story of a plot to steal £350m of jewels into an hour-long programme Ross Kemp outside the Millennium Dome, now The O2 Arena. Photograph: ITV Recipe for one hour of ITV presented by Ross Kemp. Ingredients: one headline story from between five and 20 years […]
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Man douses road in ‘petrol’ and sets it on fire moments after car crashes into police station
November 11, 2020A man has been arrested after a driver ploughed their car into the front of a police station and set the road alight. Footage posted on Twitter shows a vehicle crashed into the front entrance of Edmonton Police Station in Enfield, north London, shortly after 7pm. Another video shows a man getting out of the […]
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Naked Attraction contestant who nearly fainted at sight of nude women brutally dumped by date
November 11, 2020A contestant on Channel 4 dating show Naked Attraction who almost fainted after seeing a naked woman was ghosted by his potential date on the show. On the show, contestants pick a date from six naked people stood in front of them whose bodies are slowly revealed. Brian was matched with Australian Georgie – and […]
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Boris Johnson says science has given us ‘two big boxing gloves to pummel coronavirus’ — but neither one is knockout punch
November 11, 2020The Prime Minister welcomed the news that Pfizer’s vaccine had been 90 per cent effective in early trials, but warned that the public still needed to obey coronavirus regulations. It came as 595 new deaths were recorded on Wednesday, taking the UK death toll to 50,365. The UK is the fifth-worst hit country in the […]
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Jon Voight calls Joe Biden’s US election victory a ‘lie’ and calls on Republicans to ‘fight’ for Donald Trump
November 11, 2020A ctor Jon Voight has urged Republicans to keep up their bid for Donald Trump’s re-election – saying America faces the “greatest fight since the Civil war” following Joe Biden’s victory. Hollywood legend Voight, a longtime Trump supporter, has released a video supporting Trump’s repeated claims the 2020 election was rigged. In the bizarre […]
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Londoners can pay tribute to the unknown warrior at Victoria Station
November 11, 2020The body of the anonymous British serviceman was brought back from Northern France through the station 100 years ago. He was buried at the west end of the abbey’s nave on November 11, 1920 to represent all those who lost their lives in the First World War but whose place of death was unknown or […]
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Croydon Council ‘declares bankruptcy’ and bans spending with Section 114 notice
November 11, 2020The council issued a Section 114 notice on Wednesday, barring all new spending except on safeguarding and statutory services. It is the first time a local authority has issued the notice since Northamptonshire County Council in 2018. Last month Croydon Council was placed under a government review after a damning report by auditors Grant Thornton […]
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Extinction Rebellion hangs climate poppy wreath on Cenotaph on Remembrance Day
November 11, 2020Extinction Rebellion has staged a climate change protest at the Cenotaph just hours before Remembrance Day ceremonies are due to take place. The protesters hung a banner that reads ‘Honour Their Sacrifice, Climate Change Means War’ and lay their own wreath of poppies on the memorial. The poppies were decorated with the words ‘climate change […]
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