Day: August 24, 2024
Man dies after alleged assault at Southwark tube station in London
August 24, 2024A man has died after allegedly being assaulted at a London Underground station, British Transport Police (BTP) said. The victim, currently identified only as a 28-year-old man, had been in a critical condition in hospital since Thursday and died on Saturday evening, with his family by his side. BTP said officers were called to Southwark […]
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Italian prosecutor announces manslaughter investigation over yacht sinking
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The groundbreaking London play that’s finally making theatre welcoming for Muslim audiences
August 24, 2024To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video I’ve only ever been to the theatre as part of a school, university or enrichment programme. For Muslim families, theatre-going isn’t a popular pastime; it’s expensive, inaccessible and doesn’t often tell stories that are reflective or sometimes […]
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Tube offender fined £1,800 after repeatedly using overdrawn card, TfL says
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Multiple stages remain shut at Leeds Festival after Storm Lilian causes chaos
August 24, 2024At least two stages will remain shut at Leeds Festival after gale-force winds from Storm Lilian battered the site yesterday. Artists were unable to perform after grim weather wreaked havoc in West Yorkshire, causing stages to close and attendees urged to stay in their tents by organisers. The BBC Radio 1 and Aux stages will […]
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What did the first Notting Hill Carnival look like?
August 24, 2024Every year around two million people rush to just one small street in London to take part in Notting Hill Carnival. The area, famous for its brightly painted houses and the setting for rom coms, has hosted the festival every year over the August bank holiday weekend since its start in 1966. But the event […]
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M25 misery for bank holiday drivers ‘crawling for miles’ at Dartford Crossing
August 24, 2024Ben AshtonPublished Aug 24, 2024, 8:35am|Updated Aug 24, 2024, 4:46pm Traffic on the M25 has come to a near standstill leaving August bank holiday drivers suffering. Huge queues are stretching back at the Dartford Crossing where the M20 and M25 meets the A282. Congestion is tailing back almost six miles from the Dartford Tunnel to […]
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Transgender woman wins discrimination case after being removed from female-only app
August 24, 2024A transgender woman has won a discrimination case in an Australian court after being removed from a female-only social networking app. Roxanne Tickle, a resident of New South Wales, was blocked from the platform Giggle for Girls in 2021. She filed a complaint with the Federal Court of Australia, alleging that the app’s founder, Sally […]
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Tributes paid to man killed by own XL bully dog at home
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‘Very unusual’ fire caused rocket explosion, delaying first space launch bid
August 24, 2024Engineers have identified a “very unusual” oxygen fire in a turbopump as the reason a rocket engine exploded during a test at the spaceport in Shetland earlier this week. The blast on Monday has delayed a German company’s efforts to carry out the first vertical satellite launch from European soil. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) said […]
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