Day: March 23, 2023
Bordeaux town hall set on fire as pension reform protests continue in France
March 23, 2023P olice fired tear gas and fought with violent black-clad anarchists in France on Thursday as more than a million mainly peaceful protesters marched against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the pension age. In a ninth day of nationwide protests, train and air travel was disrupted while teachers were among many professions to walk […]
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BBC scraps filming latest series Top Gear series after presenter Freddie Flintoff injured in crash
March 23, 2023T he BBC has announced that the filming of Top Gear’s latest series will not resume after the corporation’s investigation into presenter Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff’s crash. Former professional cricketer Flintoff, 45, was taken to hospital after being involved in an accident while shooting for the hit motoring show. The incident happened while he was at […]
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Starmer ‘will lose election campaign on day one over his trans rights position’
March 23, 2023Sir Keir Starmer will lose the general election campaign “on day one” unless he shifts his position on transgender rights, party strategists have warned. Advisers have been telling the Labour leader since late 2021 to “deal with” the issue and explain to voters that “self-ID is not going to happen”. Sir Keir’s position has evolved […]
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Government urged to provide visas for people fleeing climate change disasters
March 23, 2023T he UK should provide visas for people fleeing natural disasters caused by climate change, a think tank has said. Centre-right think tank Onward urged the Government to provide safe, legal routes for climate refugees to reach the UK to reduce the impact of related migration on border security. Hundreds of millions of people are […]
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Two people arrested on suspicion of murder over baby’s death in Kerry in 1984
March 23, 2023T wo people have been arrested on suspicion of murder as part of the investigation into the death of a baby boy in Ireland almost 40 years ago. The body of the five-day-old infant, known as Baby John, was found with multiple stab wounds in a bag on a beach in Co Kerry in April […]
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BBC will no longer film latest Top Gear series after investigation into Flintoff accident
March 23, 2023The BBC will not continue filming its latest Top Gear series after an investigation into an accident that injured presenter Andrew Flintoff. In a statement, BBC Studios apologised to the former cricketer following its investigation into the incident in Surrey in December. It said it would “continue to support” Flintoff with his recovery. “Under the […]
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Paddington hotel fire: 70 firefighters tackle blaze in central London
March 23, 2023Half the ground floor of the five-storey building in Craven Road, Paddington, was alight at the height of the fire on Thursday evening. London Fire Brigade was called to the scene at around 4.40pm. Road closures were in place and people were asked to avoid the area where possible. Firefighters spent two hours tackling the […]
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Dozens of firefighters tackle hotel fire in Paddington, central London
March 23, 2023Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Dozens of firefighters battled to control a blaze at a five-storey hotel in central London. Thick, grey plumes of smoke filled the air as London Fire Brigade (LFB) were called to the scene […]
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Wealthy Nigerian senator and wife guilty of plot to harvest organs as sick daughter cleared
March 23, 2023For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A wealthy Nigerian senator and his wife have been found guilty of an organ harvesting plot. A jury found that senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice and medical […]
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Homophobic man obsessed with extreme violence guilty of cemetery hammer murder
March 23, 2023A homophobe has been found guilty of murdering a man in an east London cemetery. Erik Feld, who has a long-standing obsession with extreme violence, hit Ranjith ‘Roy’ Kankanamalage repeatedly in the headwith a claw hammer. After being hit in the face and head 12 times, his injuries were so ‘catastrophic’ they were first thought […]
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