Day: January 28, 2023
Scheduled flights cancelled after embattled airline Flybe ceases trading
January 28, 2023Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for weekly expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Regional airline Flybe has gone bust for the second time, with all flights cancelled and passengers left stranded. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) made the announcement the company had gone into administration and urged […]
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‘Like a sun on Earth’: Las Vegas warning if dazzling venue built in London’s East End
January 28, 2023East London residents are being warned that light pollution from a controversial huge new concert venue – the MSG Sphere – will be “like a sun on Earth”. The message comes from neighbours of a Las Vegas version, more than 5,000 miles away. Plans for the new concert hall in Stratford took a step closer […]
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Paramedic speaks out after patient jailed for ‘sickening’ sexual assault
January 28, 2023A paramedic said she felt ‘frightened, scared and vulnerable’ when a patient groped her and exposed himself. Naveed Ahmed, 35, is currently serving a nine-month sentence for sexually assaulting her in Edgware Road, central London, last October. Now the victim, Charlotte Miller, has decided to waive her anonymity and speak out about her experience to […]
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We joined Met Police during nighttime crackdown on predatory men
January 28, 2023‘It is a shame, this used to be a really good bar,’ inspector Andy Durrant says as he points to a New Orleans-style chicken shop with a flashing sign. It is 11pm on Thursday, and his patrol in Shoreditch, east London, has just started, but it is already orchestrated chaos that is expected to continue […]
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Inside secret Facebook group exposing sexual abusers on dating apps
January 28, 2023‘He sleeps with women without a condom, but has multiple STIs. He works in the police,’ reads a comment under a screenshotted dating profile of a man. It is one of the hundreds of alarming warnings on a secret Facebook group, which has more than 17,000 members. Dating apps are now so rife with sexual […]
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Katherine Grainger among celebrities to attend Doddie Weir regatta
January 28, 2023S ports stars including Olympic gold medal winner Dame Katherine Grainger and former Scotland rugby captain Rob Wainwright are set to race each other in a Doddie Weir charity rowing challenge in Edinburgh. The event comes just months after the death of Weir, the former Scotland International who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) […]
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Julian Sands’ hiking partner ‘remaining hopeful’ of actor’s safe return
January 28, 2023A hiking partner and close-friend of Julian Sands says he is “remaining hopeful” of the actor’s safe return, as searches passed the two-week mark. Fellow actor Kevin Ryan said Sands was a “smart guy” and “very strong willed”, with lots of experience to tackle the treacherous conditions. Sands was first reported missing on January 13, […]
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Serving British Army member, 21, charged with terror offence
January 28, 2023Daniel Abed Khalife, of Beaconside, Stafford, was charged on Friday over two incidents in August 2021 and January of this year. He is accused of attempting to “elicit information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism”, at Beaconside, Stafford, on August 2 2021. He has […]
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Tory party ‘disconnected’ from membership since Sunak election – Berry
January 28, 2023A faction of Conservative members feel they were “denied a vote”, according to a former party chairman, after Rishi Sunak was crowned Tory leader during a quick leadership contest in the autumn. Sir Jake Berry said Mr Sunak, who automatically became Prime Minister after being elected Tory leader in October, should have held an “endorsement […]
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HMRC admits mistakes in answering Zahawi questions as row continues
January 28, 2023H M Revenue and Customs has come under scrutiny for providing misleading information last year after it said that no Government minister was under investigation, as the row over Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs continues. It follows a difficult week for Downing Street as calls continue for the Conservative Party chairman to stand aside while under […]
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