Day: May 30, 2024
Two arrested after man assaulted in robbery of London jewellers dies
May 30, 2024Two people have been arrested over a robbery at a jewellery shop in south-west London, shortly after which a staff member was found dead. A man and a woman, both in their 30s, were detained by officers this week and later released while police continue to investigate. The body of Oliver White, who was assaulted […]
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Leading Black figures criticise Labour’s ‘disgraceful’ treatment of Diane Abbott
May 30, 2024Leading Black British actors, professors, authors and broadcasters have urged Labour to “rectify and reverse” the “disrespectful” treatment of Diane Abbott or risk losing the backing of the party’s most loyal supporters. Lenny Henry, David Harewood, Renni Eddo-Lodge, Misan Harriman, Afua Hirsch, Jackie Kay, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Adrian Lester and Gary Younge are among the […]
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Fears over London festival this weekend as site turns into ‘mud bath’
May 30, 2024Ticket holders of a London festival are slightly nervous after the venue turned into a ‘mud bath’ over the weekend. Mighty Hoopla is set to attract 30,000 people to Brockwell Park on Saturday and Sunday. The line-up includes acts like Nelly Furtado, B*witched, Jessie Ware, Rita Ora and Bambie Thug. However, attendees are on edge […]
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Jeremy Hunt: I’m no Portillo and the Tories will defend the Blue Wall brick by brick
May 30, 2024Jeremy Hunt has vowed that the Tories will “defend the Blue Wall brick by brick” as he fights to retain his Surrey seat which is on a “knife edge”. But he defiantly told Lib-Dem leader Sir Ed Davey, a Cabinet colleague during the Cameron-Clegg coalition years: “Don’t bet the farm on it. “Jeremy Hunt is […]
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AI could be used to detect heart failure risk, study finds
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Reform’s Tice: no pact with Conservatives who have ‘betrayed Britain’
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Funeral directors in missing ashes probe expelled by trade body
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Israel claims control of Gaza’s entire land border after taking strategic Philadelphi Corridor
May 30, 2024Israel has said it has taken control of a strategic corridor along Gaza’s border, meaning it now effectively controls Gaza’s entire land border. Israel claims the Philadelphi Corridor buffer zone between the Gaza Strip and Egypt was being used by Hamas to smuggle in weapons despite a blockade, with around 20 tunnels found. The move […]
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Hunt for gunman on an e-bike after child among four shot near London restaurant
May 30, 2024A child and three adults have been injured after they were shot near a restaurant in Hackney, east London, on Wednesday evening. The child is in serious condition and the adults were injured after they were shot on the busy high street in Dalston, Hackney. Police were called at about 9.20pm to Kingsland High Street […]
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