Day: October 15, 2024
Brand new London Underground trains vandalised before making it to the tracks
October 15, 2024Londoners have been left outraged after a brand-new Underground train was vandalised with mindless graffiti, months before it is even due to enter service. A snap of the train was shared online on Monday, showing it sporting three spray-painted tags. The carriage was reportedly targeted while being transported to a depot for testing, with the […]
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Father of Sara Sharif left chilling note saying he ‘lost it’ and beat 10-year-old to death, court told
October 15, 2024The father of Sara Sharif left a note by her dead body saying he “lost it” and beat her to death, a court heard. Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murdering his daughter, alongside her stepmother, Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29. The court was told police went […]
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Twins jailed after 16-year-old stabbed to death in fight after school
October 15, 2024Twin teenagers have been jailed after a 16-year-old boy was “senselessly” stabbed to death during a fight after school. Ashraf Habimana, who was not involved in the initial fight, was with friends in a car park in Luton at around 7pm on September 29 when two groups of teenagers clashed. In one of the groups […]
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Seven London boroughs get millions of pounds from Government to build homes on abandoned land
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Calls to remove bishops from House of Lords as MPs support upper chamber reforms
October 15, 2024The Government has been challenged to go further in reforming the House of Lords and remove the 26 Church of England bishops from the upper chamber. MPs offered their backing to legislation to sweep away the remaining hereditary peers in what the Government describes as the “first step” of Lords reform. Abolishing the 92 seats […]
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Downing Street denies Keir Starmer got Taylor Swift tickets as ‘thank you’ for arranging her police escort
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Drivers keep getting stuck on housing estate stairs thinking it’s a shortcut
October 15, 2024Sarah HooperPublished Oct 15, 2024, 4:29pm|Updated Oct 15, 2024, 6:00pm Multiple drivers have become stuck on a set of stairs in the middle of a London housing estate – after apparently mistaking the route for a shortcut. Residents at Maitland Park Estate in Camden say there have been five incidents of cars becoming trapped on the steps in the last month […]
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Elderly man attacked at London bus stop ‘for letting women and children on first’
October 15, 2024An elderly man was left with a broken hip after being attacked by a man at a London bus stop. The Met Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward three months after the attack. The 85-year-old had been allowing women and children to board the 220 bus at Hammersmith bus station around 1pm on […]
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Astronomer gives useful hint about how to see the ‘comet of the century’
October 15, 2024Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy People looking for the “comet of the century”, known officially as […]
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King Charles III set to visit Australia and Samoa on a trip spanning a dozen time zones
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