Day: July 18, 2023
Shop owner ‘beat worker to death after speaking to child with hands in his pants’
July 18, 2023A shop owner beat an employee to death after a customer complained he had his hands down his trousers while talking to a child, a court heard. Abdul Rahman, 59, suffered a ‘savage beating’ before he was left to die in the doorway of an Aldi near Norwood Junction station last year. Agash Jeyanandam, 24, […]
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Doctor faces £200,000 bill for ‘ambitious’ land grab of neighbours’ gardens
July 18, 2023A top doctor who ‘orchestrated’ and ‘ambitious’ land grab on her three neighbours’ back gardens has been slammed by a judge and left facing a £200,000 court bill. Veena Paes, who specialises in public health research, became embroiled in a legal battle over who owns a large rectangle of land between their homes and her […]
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Teen accused of stabbing boy with ‘ninja-style’ sword refuses to appear in court
July 18, 2023A teenager accused of stabbing a 16-year-old in the heart with a ‘Ninja-style’ red sword has refused to attend his first court appearance. Metropolitan Police were called to West Ham Park in Newham, east London, to a reported stabbing on the afternoon of July 9. Rahaan Ahmed Amin was found with a knife wound to […]
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Man accused of murdering two girlfriends in two years
July 18, 2023A construction worker accused of killing two of his past girlfriends is set to go on trial next year. Carl Cooper, 65, is charged with murdering 41-year-old Naomi Hunte and 48-year-old Fiona Holm. He’d been in relationships with both women at different times. Cooper was first arrested after Ms Hunte was found dead at her […]
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BBC’s Huw Edwards inquiry could take months, director general Tim Davie tells Lords – UK politics live
July 18, 2023BBC fact-finding inquiry into Huw Edwards affair could take couple of months, Davie says The Lords hearing with Tim Davie is starting. Tina Stowell (Con), the chair, says this session was scheduled some time ago. But she says they will start by talking about recent events. She says the committee does not want to pre-empt […]
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Jamie Oliver calls for vulnerable children to be given free school meals
July 18, 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 Vulnerable children should be given free school meals and all pupils leaving education should know how to cook at least 10 dishes, Jamie Oliver has said. The TV […]
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Call for urgent changes after older people left feeling that ‘nobody cares’
July 18, 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 woman whose father died from Covid-19 after he caught the illness in hospital has called for urgent changes to infection control policies and the treatment of bereaved […]
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Lawyer jailed for embezzling £120,000 from pensioner with dementia
July 18, 2023An Aberdeen lawyer who embezzled £120,000 from a pensioner with dementia has been jailed for two years. John Sinclair, 69, stole the money from the woman after being made her power of attorney in 2014. The woman, who was in her 90s, was living in a nursing home. Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that colleagues at […]
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So you’ve bought Taylor Swift tickets in Edinburgh – here’s how to get to Murrayfield stadium from London
July 18, 2023Taylor Swift fans are quite literally snapping up any ticket to the Eras Tour they can get their hands on. There are tweets of fans settling for tickets in France, when they live right here in the UK. Some fans living in London scrambling for Wembley Stadium tickets may have been able to nab some […]
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Light aircraft crashes into cliff face on Isle of Man with ‘one person on board’
July 18, 2023A light aircraft has crashed into a cliff face on the Isle of Man – and one person is believed to be onboard. The collision took place at Bradda Head near Port Erin, on the south of the island, just after midday on Monday. Emergency services are working alongside aviation crash investigators to establish what […]
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