Day: January 26, 2024
Oil tanker on fire in Red Sea after strike claimed by Houthis
January 26, 2024Houthi fighters during a rally against the US government designating Houthis as a terror group and against the US-UK air strikes (AP/Osamah Abdulrahman ) AP An oil tanker is on fire off the coast of Yemen after a missile strike claimed by the Houthis. Multinational firm Trafigura, which has offices in London, said the safety […]
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Mother of Barnaby Webber vows to have happy home again and backs public inquiry
January 26, 2024Emma Webber has laid bare her grief after her son was stabbed to death in Nottingham (Jacob King/PA) PA Wire The mother of one of the students stabbed to death in Nottingham has told of how she “could not see” beyond her son’s loss soon after his funeral, but vowed she will have a happy […]
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Donald Trump must pay additional $83.3million in New York defamation case
January 26, 2024Court sketch of Trump walking out of the room REUTERS Donald Trump was ordered by a federal jury to pay a staggering additional $83.3 million (£65 million) in damages to fashion writer E Jean Carroll. Carrol, who smiled as the verdict was read, accused the former US president of destroying her reputation as a trustworthy journalist […]
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Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to address DUP executive on Monday
January 26, 2024DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson outside Hillsborough Castle (Liam McBurney/PA) PA Wire The DUP’s executive has been summoned for a meeting with their leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson on Monday, amid speculation that the party is inching closer to a deal with the UK Government over post-Brexit trading arrangements, which could see them return to devolved […]
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Camilla seen leaving private hospital where King had enlarged prostate procedure
January 26, 2024Camilla departs The London Clinic in central London where the King is being treated (Lucy North/PA) PA Wire The Queen has been seen leaving the The London Clinic after visiting the King who underwent a procedure for an enlarged prostate. Her car was seen driving to the rear entrance of the hospital at 6.34pm and […]
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‘Nothing will bring her back’: Mia Janin’s father speaks after inquest – video
January 26, 2024Mia was a 14-year-old pupil at the Jewish Free School in Kenton, north-west London, who killed herself in March 2021. An inquest revealed she was subjected to a vicious campaign of bullying by male pupils at school and online, where she was targeted in a boys-only Snapchat group. Mia’s father, Mariano Janin, told reporters it […]
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Anger at trolls who targeted mother over abandoned baby Elsa found in a bag
January 26, 2024Detectives investigating how a newborn was abandoned on a freezing roadside have hit out at social media trolls for ‘abusing’ the child’s mother. The baby, named only as Elsa, was found crying in a shopping bag with only a blanket to shield her from sub-zero temperatures in Newham, east London, at around 9.15pm last Thursday. […]
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Average monthly rents ‘hit record high’ as estate agents get ‘11 inquiries per home’
January 26, 2024Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The average monthly rent being asked outside London reached a record £1,280 in the final quarter of 2023, according to a property website. Rightmove, which released the index covering Britain, said agents are […]
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Average asking rents ‘hit new record high with 11 inquiries typically per home’
January 26, 2024For 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 average monthly rent being asked outside London reached a record £1,280 in the final quarter of 2023, according to a property website. Rightmove, which released the index […]
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Private rents in Great Britain hit record high, data shows
January 26, 2024Average private rents in Great Britain have climbed to new record highs, though in some regions there has been a small fall in the amount new tenants are being asked to pay, data shows. The typical advertised private rent outside London for new properties coming on to the market rose to a record £1,280 a […]
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