Day: March 20, 2023
France riots: Emmanuel Macron survives no-confidence votes over retirement age furore
March 20, 2023T he French government on Monday survived two no-confidence votes following public outcry over plans to raise the nation’s retirement age. The votes in the lower chamber of parliament were proposed by MPs who objected President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 – which has sparked riots across France. […]
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England football fans’ friendly with Italy cancelled amid security concerns
March 20, 2023A friendly game between England and Italy supporters in Naples has been cancelled amid security concerns. England men’s supporters’ team boss Garford Beck said he received a “very sinister and threatening” email purporting to be from “Napoli ultras” on Sunday. It claimed “we will be there, 60 ultra to get you” if they went ahead […]
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Trust fined for failures in care of dementia patient who died after absconding
March 20, 2023A n NHS trust has been fined for a “catalogue of failures” which saw a dementia patient abscond from a hospital three times and die after hitting his head on concrete. Peter Mullis, who had advanced dementia, left Queen’s Hospital in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, twice in the space of a few hours before the […]
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Casey report: Met police to be branded ‘institutionally sexist’ in landmark review
March 20, 2023T he Metropolitan Police is set to be branded “institutionally sexist” in a landmark report into the scandal-hit force. Baroness Louise Casey’s review, due to be published on Tuesday, is also set to make similar findings about racism and homophobia in the force, the Standard understands. She was appointed to compile the report in response […]
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Head planning to refuse Ofsted entry asks supporters not to come to school
March 20, 2023A headteacher has asked people not to come to her school after calling for support for her plan to refuse Ofsted inspectors entry following the death of fellow school leader Ruth Perry. Ms Perry, who was head at Caversham Primary School in Reading, killed herself in January while waiting for an Ofsted report which gave […]
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London to get beaver safaris as part of plan to return furry critters
March 20, 2023Plans to ‘rewild’ the capital will allow Londoners to see wild beavers on public land for the first time since the 1500s. An alliance of conservationists are turning Paradise Fields, a 10-hectare wetland in Ealing, west London, into an ‘immersive beaver landscape’ set to open later this year. The site will be initially closed to […]
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March 20, 2023London calling! The UK’s iconic capital is a permanent fairground of incredible food and dazzling culture – but with so much to see and do, it can be tricky to know where to start, or what to do each particular weekend. That’s where The Slice comes in. Every week, our free London newsletter serves up […]
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Orlando Bloom stuns revellers with surprise rendition of Irish song in Windsor pub
March 20, 2023To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Orlando Bloom surprised revellers celebrating St Patrick’s Day when he dropped into a packed London pub to belt out an Irish folk song. The Hollywood star, 46, made a visit to The Alma pub in Windsor where […]
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My mouldy flat caused daily asthma attacks – I had to teach my kids to call 999
March 20, 2023Sitting on the bed of a local hotel at the end of last year, I did something I hadn’t done in years – breathed freely. After more than a decade living in a London flat caked in thick, black mould, I’d almost forgotten the feeling of taking a deep breath and my lungs fully expanding. […]
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Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd ‘to be freed after serving half of his sentence’
March 20, 2023The family of Charlotte Brown who was killed in a speedboat crash have said they are ‘devastated’ that killer Jack Shepherd is set to be freed. Ms Brown, 24, from Essex, died after plunging into the icy waters of the River Thames when Shepherd’s boat hit a log during a date in London in December […]
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