Day: December 4, 2023
People are confused as half of Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree is installed
December 4, 2023A Christmas tree is supposed to be the centrepiece of festive celebrations, filling our homes and public spaces with festive cheer. But it seems like this year, Trafalgar Square didn’t get the memo. Onlookers watched as the tree was installed at the iconic London landmark earlier today – and shared their surprise as the spruce […]
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British teenager killed in Gaza while fighting for IDF
December 4, 2023Binyamin Needham, a 19-year-old British national, has been killed in Gaza while fighting for the IDF, Sky News understands. Sergeant Needham, who had dual nationality, moved to Israel with his family 10 years ago, and is understood to be the second British national after Nathanel Young to have been killed whilst serving in the IDF […]
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UK unveils tough new rules designed to cut immigrant numbers
December 4, 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 British government announced tough new immigration rules Monday that it says will reduce the number of people able to move to the U.K. each year by hundreds […]
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Suspect appears in court charged with murder of man
December 4, 2023A suspect has appeared in court charged with the murder of a man in Inverclyde. Michael Beaton, 35, was found seriously injured on Drumfrochar Road, Greenock, at around 7.20pm on 26 November. He was taken to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital but died a few hours later. Alexander McQuillan, 25, was arrested and charged in […]
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Miners lead fall on London’s FTSE 100
December 4, 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 Shares in London’s mining giants helped push down the FTSE 100 on Monday as investors cashed in on a recent jump in share prices. By the end of […]
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Bianca Williams could miss out on next year’s Olympics after driving ban
December 4, 2023Olympic sprinter Bianca Williams could miss out on next year’s games after being banned from driving. The 29-year-old failed on three occasions between April and June of this year to tell police the identity of a driver alleged to have committed an offence while driving a Tesla Model 3. Ms Williams submitted an application to […]
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Man ‘stabbed girlfriend and her family members to death in drug-fuelled attack’
December 4, 2023A knifeman stabbed his girlfriend and her family to death in a ‘violent and brutal’ drug and alcohol-fuelled attack, a court has heard. Joshua Jacques, 29, is accused of fatally stabbing girlfriend Samantha Drummonds, 27, her mother Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, her grandmother Dolet Hill, 64, and Ms Hill’s partner, Denton Burke, 58, in April 2022. […]
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Lady Kinnock of Holyhead obituary
December 4, 2023Glenys Kinnock, the former MEP and minister of state at the Foreign Office, who has died aged 79, was a determined feminist who realised her political ambitions by securing recognition as an international stateswoman, after having spent nearly 30 years as a classroom teacher. Despite her delight in her second career, Lady Kinnock of Holyhead, […]
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Manhunt for vandal who sprayed antisemitic graffiti on MP’s office
December 4, 2023Police are searching for a man accused of spraying antisemitic graffiti on an MP’s office. Cops have released a CCTV still of the masked suspect after Feryal Clark’s office in Enfield, north London, was vandalised. The shutters outside of the MP’s office were daubed with red paint just after 11 pm on Tuesday, November 21. […]
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British sprinter Bianca Williams banned from driving for six months
December 4, 2023The British sprinter Bianca Williams has been banned from driving over a failure to disclose the identity of the driver of a car that police allege had committed traffic offences. A court imposed the ban despite being told it could jeopardise Williams’s chances of going to the Olympics next year. Lavender Hill magistrates court heard […]
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