Day: May 31, 2023
Search for man after boiling liquid thrown at woman in unprovoked attack
May 31, 2023Police are hunting for a man who threw boiling water at a woman in an unprovoked attack on a London street last year. The woman was walking along Walworth Street, near the junction with Carter Place, in the borough of Southwark on November 10 when the man appeared. The attacker – who was not known […]
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Just Stop Oil protesters arrested for blocking Parliament Square
May 31, 2023Part of a group of protesters has been arrested for failing to move out of the road in its latest slow march. Just Stop Oil said 10 out of 56 people who were taking part in the slow march in Parliament Square on Wednesday had been arrested. The campaign group has held at least one […]
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London Pride 2023 events you can get involved in this summer
May 31, 2023It’s time to get your rainbow flags out and cover yourself in glitter as Pride Month 2023 is almost here! Last year, we celebrated 50 years since the first Pride march in the UK when over a million people flocked to the capital to show their support on the anniversary of the parade. And the […]
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Hunt launched after woman woke up to stranger ‘trying to rape her in her home’
May 31, 2023The hunt is on to find a man after a woman said she woke up to someone trying to rape her. The alleged victim, in her 20s, told police she fell asleep in her living room at her home on Bedford Hill, Balham, south-west London. She described how an unknown man somehow managed to get in […]
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Girl, 4, struggles to breathe properly after living in flat overrun with mould
May 31, 2023A four-year-old girl has been left unable to breathe or sleep properly after living in a flat covered in black mould. Zainab Hamid has been to A&E four times over the past year, during which time she has slept by a window beset with damp, her dad Eldsougi said. Eldsougi, 53, and Zainab’s mum, Eiman, […]
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Just Stop Oil block major road in latest protest action
May 31, 2023Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Just Stop Oil protesters have blocked a major road in west London with one police officer dragging a supporter along the ground by his hi-vis vest amid attempts to clear the way. The group said […]
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Britain’s future is ‘outside the EU’, says Starmer
May 31, 2023Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Britain’s future is outside the EU, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he promised to make Brexit work. Writing in the Daily […]
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Members of scandal hit-CBI begin confidence vote on lobby group’s future
May 31, 2023CBI members are to begin voting today on the future of the business lobby group, following a series of scandals. The organisation was plunged into disarray after claims of serious sexual assault were made by CBI employees against colleagues. Today it will launch what it describes as an “ambitious ‘programme of change’”, with adjustments to […]
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Chocolate company to bring in ‘mission guardians’ and ‘golden shares’ to help protect sustainability pledge
May 31, 2023Tony’s Chocolonely has introduced a legal mechanism to prevent shareholders from rolling back on the company’s sustainability pledge. The new governing structure involves “golden shares” to protect the chocolate company’s aim of eradicating inequality and exploitation in the industry, regardless of future shareholder structures. It will be overseen by three independent “mission guardians” – entrepreneur […]
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