Day: June 7, 2023
Man accused of Gray’s Inn bomb plot was ‘using the loo’ when police arrived
June 7, 2023The man who allegedly planted ‘bomb-like’ devices in London’s legal district was using the bathroom when police arrived at his home, a court heard. Jonathan Nuttall, 50, is accused of being involved in a scheme that saw explosive-looking devices left outside the chambers of two senior lawyers in 2021. It was his second day in the witness […]
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Families run from their homes after huge fire rips through flats in south London
June 7, 2023Dozens of people had to flee their homes after a huge blaze ripped through a block of flats in south London. Fire crews rushed to Whitehorse Road in Croydon after the first four floors of a five-storey building were engulfed in flames. Allan Brown, 44, who lives and works nearby and witnessed the fire, said: ‘From […]
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Rishi Sunak confirms he will not talk about US-UK free trade deal with Joe Biden – as it happened
June 7, 2023Sunak confirms he won’t be talking about US-UK free trade deal with Biden, implying this is no longer goal Peter Walker Rishi Sunak has explicitly accepted that a formal post-Brexit trade deal with the US is not on the table ahead of talks in Washington DC with President Biden, even hinting that the whole idea […]
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Handcuffed man ‘killed police sergeant with revolver hidden under arm’
June 7, 2023A handcuffed police station detainee shot dead a custody sergeant with a hidden antique revolver, a murder trial has heard. Louis De Zoysa, 25, is accused of showering Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matt Ratana, 54, with bullets at a custody block in Croydon, south London, in 2020. CCTV footage shown to jurors today captured the moment […]
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Heathrow Airport strike dates 2023 and how they could impact your holiday
June 7, 2023Security staff at London‘s Heathrow Airport are set to strike for 31 days this summer as their pay dispute escalates. The walkout will affect more than 2,000 security officers and is expected to cause major disruption, as for the first time workers based at Terminal 3 will join their colleagues from Terminal 5 and campus […]
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Prince Harry hurt by ‘mean’ headlines celebrating his break-up with Chelsy Davy, phone-hacking trial hears
June 7, 2023P rince Harry hit out at “hurtful” and “disturbing” news reports about the break-up of his relationship with Chelsy Davy, telling the High Court he believes journalists were celebrating the split. A Sunday Mirror report from 2007 under the headline ‘Hooray Harry’s Dumped’ covered the news that the Duke had visited a nightclub to “drown […]
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What is a Terf? All explained as Oxfam apologises for Pride cartoon
June 7, 2023The international charity faced backlash online after using “offensive” term Terf in the advert, which said that “a more equal future is possible” when “all gender identities and expressions have agency over their lives”. The advert posted the words alongside a cartoon clip, in which a voice is heard asking: “How are you marking Pride Month this year, […]
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London politics latest: Angela Rayner and Oliver Dowden in Covid Inquiry PMQs clash as Rishi Sunak heads to US
June 7, 2023The deputy party leaders went head-to-head on Wednesday in place of Rishi Sunak, who is in the US for meeting with business leaders and senior figures in Congress, and Sir Keir Starmer. Ms Rayner started off by taking aim at the Covid-19 Inquiry, saying the Tories had “set up the inquiry to get to the […]
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What is inflation and how is it calculated? Experts predict rate to drop amid food shortages
June 7, 2023The inflation rate was 8.7 per cent as of April 2023, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), decreasing from 10.1 per cent in March 2023. This is compared with a rate of seven per cent in Europe and 4.9 per cent in the US. In the G20 table of inflation, the UK is […]
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Secret of why Rishi Sunak is so well-heeled: his wife Akshata’s shoe shopping
June 7, 2023R ishi Sunak has often been admired for his choice of footwear, wearing a striking pair of Timberland boots on a trip to Kent to talk about small boats on Monday. Stop the boots, some quipped. Who helps the PM choose his shoes? The answer could be close to home. A spy tells The Londoner […]
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