Day: March 10, 2024
Tech giants, banks and governments aim to tackle international fraudsters
March 10, 2024Tech firms including Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn will also be at the gathering, along with financial sector organisations including HSBC, NatWest, Santander, Visa and national and international banking associations.
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Portugal election: Centre-right ahead as far-right party Chega makes gains
March 10, 2024Portugal‘s centre-right Democratic Alliance was poised to finish first in Sunday’s parliamentary election, according to the early results, but short of an outright majority. It suggests tough negotiations ahead with the far-right which made huge gains in the vote. The populist, far-right Chega party came third with over 19% of the vote, almost tripling its […]
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Mothers staging hunger strike at Parliament for parents who cannot feed children
March 10, 2024(l to r) Anna Palmer, Grace Thompson, Erika Curren, Karen Gilmore, Jo Hook, Chantelle Norton and Emma Hopkins, on the last day of their hunger strike in 2023 (Jonathan Brady/PA) PA Wire A group of six mothers will begin a five-day hunger strike outside Parliament on Mother’s Day to draw attention to parents in the […]
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Man and woman arrested in connection with funeral director investigation
March 10, 2024Residents reported police outside Legacy Funeral Directors in Anlaby Road and Hessle Road, both in Hull, at about 3am on Thursday, Hull Live reported.
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Australian shepherd named Viking crowned best in show at Crufts
March 10, 2024Viking, an Australian shepherd, won best in show PA An Australian shepherd named Viking has been crowned best in show at the 2024 Crufts dog show at the NEC in Birmingham. Three-year-old Viking, from Solihull, Birmingham, beat 24,000 dogs from around the world over the last four days to claim the show’s top honour on […]
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Quest to track down precious handmade quilt forgotten on train
March 10, 2024Jen MillsPublished Mar 10, 2024, 5:29pm|Updated Mar 10, 2024, 6:36pm Calling all travellers on the London train network: Have you seen this quilt? The silk blanket was forgotten in a luggage rack on the way to Victoria Station, and the baby it was made for would like it found. Public law barrister Verity Bell shared […]
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Londoners think life in the capital is getting worse – but they don’t want to leave
March 10, 2024Many Londoners feel it has gotten harder to live in the capital in the last year, despite having no plans to leave the city any time soon. A survey asked 1,100 people living in London about their thoughts on life in the Big Smoke, with 65% saying housing had got worse and 67% saying the […]
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Police issue update on London shooting that left man dead
March 10, 2024Jen MillsPublished Mar 10, 2024, 12:28pm|Updated Mar 10, 2024, 5:13pm A man was shot dead on a busy street in London early this morning, with the killer still at large. Photos from the scene show forensics officers examining the area in Lewisham for evidence shortly after 5am, while a tent was erected to help in […]
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I was busking on a London street – then someone handed me a photograph
March 10, 2024Brooke DaviesPublished Mar 10, 2024, 7:00am|Updated Mar 10, 2024, 8:24am Londoners are turning to some more unusual forms of tipping buskers, leaving musicians only slightly terrified. As the cost of living crisis continues to tighten its grip around the nation’s pockets, London’s finest street performers are having to make do with a lack of spare […]
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Survivors of UK terror attacks warn: ‘Don’t equate Muslims with extremists’
March 10, 2024More than 50 survivors of terrorist attacks, including the Manchester Arena bombing and the London Bridge attacks, have signed an open letter warning politicians to stop conflating British Muslims with extremism. The signatories include Rebecca Rigby, the widow of soldier Lee Rigby who was murdered in south-east London in 2013, and Paul Price, who lost […]
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