Day: December 13, 2024
Migrant Channel crossings top 34,000 for year so far
December 13, 2024More than 34,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel, with 600 making the journey in the busiest December day on record. Home Office figures show 609 people made the crossing on Thursday in nine boats. This is the highest number recorded in a single day in December […]
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Woman injured on fairground ride describes moment it ‘crashed to the ground’
December 13, 2024A woman who was injured when a Christmas fairground ride “crashed to the ground” in Birmingham city centre has described the moment it plummeted. Two women were taken to hospital after the City Star Flyer ride “failed and crashed” in Centenary Square on Thursday evening, while another 11 patients were assessed by paramedics and discharged […]
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Teenager denies murdering woman who worked at asylum seeker hotel
December 13, 2024A teenager accused of murdering a hotel worker at a railway station has pleaded not guilty to the charge during a video-link appearance before a Crown Court judge. Speaking through an Arabic interpreter, Deng Chol Majek, 18, said “not guilty, I didn’t kill her” when asked to enter his plea to a charge alleging he […]
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Mother slams decision to clear police after boy, 13, with water pistol arrested
December 13, 2024The mother of a black boy who was surrounded by armed officers and arrested when his water pistol was mistaken for a gun has said “the police would not have treated my son in the way that they did if he had been a white 13-year-old boy” She was speaking after an Independent Office for […]
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Police van ramming boy 13, with water pistol off his bike ‘was reasonable force’
December 13, 2024Armed cops who swarmed a 13-year-old boy after his water pistol was mistaken for a real gun have been cleared of wrongdoing by the police watchdog. The schoolboy, identified only as Child X, was rammed off his bike by a police van and handcuffed while surrounded by marksmen in Hackney, east London, in July. He […]
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Buckingham Palace ‘maid arrested’ after Christmas party turned into drunken fight
December 13, 2024A member of Buckingham Palace staff has been arrested after allegedly trying to punch the manager of a bar in London. The woman, said to be a maid at the Royal household, was ‘crazy drunk’ witnesses told The Sun. Staff today told Metro it was the ‘talk of the Palace’ after around 50 servants headed […]
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