Day: June 26, 2023
Body of 17-year-old boy with stab wound pulled from west London canal
June 26, 2023A 17-year-old boy was pulled from a canal after he was found dead with a stab wound in west London. The teenager was pulled from Grand Union Canal near the Wormwood Scrubs prison yesterday afternoon, after reports of a body in the water. Paramedics were unable to save the teenager and he was pronounced dead […]
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Boys set up group chat about girls at school where teen ‘took her own life’
June 26, 2023Boys at the same school as a 14-year-old girl who is believed to have killed herself had set up a group chat about female pupils, a pre-inquest review has heard. Mia Janin was in year 10 at the Jewish Free School in Kenton, north-west London, when she was found dead at her home on March […]
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Rapist who met victim on dating app jailed for almost nine years
June 26, 2023A woman raped by a man she met on a dating app has written to him to say she doesn’t hate him – despite feeling ’empty’ and ‘unsafe’ after her ordeal. The 25-year-old was targeted by Ryan Mulhern, 41 on March 21 this year, in what she described as a ‘tragedy that could have been […]
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Body found in search for missing woman in Chesterfield
June 26, 2023A body has been found in the search for missing 31-year-old Sarah Henshaw in Derbyshire. It was discovered just after midnight in a layby off the A617, close to junction 29 of the M1, and police say they believe it is Sarah. Her family has been told and is being supported by specialist officers. Ms […]
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Prince of Wales launches initiative aimed at ending homelessness
June 26, 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 The Prince of Wales has announced the first of the flagship areas where he hopes to end homelessness with his new Homewards project. William said he is “excited” […]
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Hundreds of people walk Zara Aleena’s final steps one year on from her murder
June 26, 2023The family of Zara Aleena led hundreds of people on a silent vigil one year on from her brutal murder in east London. Crowds met at the street near where the 35-year-old aspiring lawyer was killed and walked the route she should have safely taken home that night. Speaking at the vigil in Ilford, Zara’s aunt […]
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Stephen Lawrence’s mother reacts with fury over failures linked to sixth suspect
June 26, 2023Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Nadine White Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter The Race Report A furious Baroness Doreen Lawrence has called for officers to be sacked after a new suspect was named in the murder of her son Stephen, 30 years after he was stabbed […]
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Former Scotland manager Craig Brown dies
June 26, 2023Tributes have poured in for former Scotland manager Craig Brown, who has died at the age of 82. Aberdeen FC said everyone was “heartbroken” over the former club boss’s death, while the country’s national team described him as a “true Scotland legend”. Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon also paid tribute, saying he was a “truly […]
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HSBC to move out of Canary Wharf headquarters due to hybrid working
June 26, 2023HSBC is to move out of its global headquarters in Canary Wharf after more than two decades to considerably smaller offices in the City of London, in response to post-pandemic hybrid working arrangements and a cost-cutting drive. The financial services giant, which had up to 8,000 staff at the 45-floor tower at Canada Square during […]
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‘Fit and healthy’ non-smoker reveals three early signs of lung cancer everyone should know
June 26, 2023When Emma Bishop developed a persistent cough, she was told it was a chest infection that would go away on its own. The mum-of-two was stunned when she was later diagnosed with lung cancer, despite being a non-smoker with no history of the disease in her family. The 38-year-old, who ran the London Marathon earlier […]
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