Day: April 13, 2024
Australian PM praises ‘hero’ officer who killed Sydney knife attacker
April 13, 2024Emergency services at Bondi Junction (Steven Saphore/AAP Image via AP) AP A female police officer who shot dead the knife attacker who killed six people and injured several others in a Sydney shopping centre has been hailed a hero who saved lives. The New South Wales Police officer was one of dozens who responded to […]
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Protesters say they will not disrupt Grand National after last year’s delay
April 13, 2024PA Wire Protesters who delayed last year’s Grand National say they will not disrupt the 2024 race, but believe a spotlight “continues to shine” on the deaths of horses in the world-famous steeplechase. Last year the race was delayed by almost 15 minutes after Animal Rising activists gained entry to the course, leading to more […]
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Sydney knife attacker shot dead by police after killing six at shopping centre
April 13, 2024“Very clearly a range of reports were made on the incident, police attended promptly – a single unit officer, inspector of police, was nearby, attended, (and) went into the centre directed by a range of people.
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Six killed as hundreds flee Sydney shopping centre after stabbing attack
April 13, 2024“He said he saw screaming, screaming and it didn’t seem that long before we heard the boom, boom, boom of the gunshot and we thought and hoped that it was the police. The security guard, he said, was dying 10 metres away.
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Cable car collision in Turkey kills one and leaves 10 injured after cabin collides with pole in Antalya
April 13, 2024A rescue team work with passengers of a cable car transportation systems outside Antalya, southern Turkey AP One person was killed and 10 others were injured on Friday in the southern Turkish province of Antalya after a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole, the interior ministry said on Saturday. Twenty-four cabins were stranded […]
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Girl asks ‘Mummy, what happened?’ after shooting left pellet next to her heart
April 13, 2024Four men have been jailed following a drive-by shooting outside a church which left a young girl with a pellet embedded close to her heart. Two girls, aged 11 and seven and four women were hit when the men used a sawn-off shotgun to fire indiscriminately into a crowd attending a memorial service in Euston, […]
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Murder investigation launched after man found stabbed to death in London
April 13, 2024Brooke DaviesPublished Apr 13, 2024, 9:08am|Updated Apr 13, 2024, 9:19am A man has been found stabbed to death in London. Police were called yesterday evening to Fellmongers Yard, Croydon, where they found a man suffering with a stab injury. The victim – believed to be aged in his 20s – was pronounced dead at the […]
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What I Own: I ditched London and bought my dream house in Worthing for £295,000
April 13, 2024Welcome back to What I Own – Metro’s property series where we speak to homeowners about getting on the ladder. Last week, we were in London chatting to 39-year-old Rachael Smith, who bought a houseboat with her partner Euan for £125,000. This week, we’re in Worthing with 39-year-old Erica, whose last home was featured in What I Own […]
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Samantha Cameron: ‘Public scrutiny made me obsessed with clothes that won’t let you down’
April 13, 2024While the Tories are in freefall, one former first couple are bucking the trend. Samantha Cameron, the designer and founder of the fashion brand Cefinn and wife of the former prime minister David Cameron, is about to open her first bricks-and-mortar store. The Belgravia boutique puts her back in the public eye, just as the […]
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Big manufacturers urged to refund ‘boiler tax’ to ‘ripped off’ consumers
April 13, 2024Three of the “big four” boiler manufacturers for the UK cannot guarantee customers will be refunded the so-called “boiler tax” that companies added to new boilers earlier this year. In January boiler-makers hiked costs by up to an extra £120 per boiler to cover anticipated penalties for a green scheme – which has now been […]
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