Day: February 8, 2025
Man who helped Southport knife victims recalls ‘horror’ of that day
February 8, 2025Undated handout file photos issued by Merseyside Police of (left to right) Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar. The 18-year-old accused of killing three girls in a knife attack at a Southport dance class is due to go on trial. Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, will stand trial at Liverpool Crown […]
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Parents remember girls killed in Southport as they look for ‘light in the dark’
February 8, 2025In their first interviews, Jenni and David Stancombe, parents of seven-year-old Elsie Dot, and the parents of Bebe King, six, who cannot be named for legal reasons, spoke to The Sunday Times about the girls (PA) PA Media The families of two of the three girls murdered at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport […]
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Woman killed in crash with double decker bus in east London
February 8, 2025Brooke Davies Published February 8, 2025 10:50pm Updated February 8, 2025 10:51pm A woman has died after after her car crashed into a London bus in east London. Emergency services were called to Lea Bridge Road in Hackney just before 7am today. The woman driving the car was rushed to hospital, but she died a […]
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Duke and Duchess of Sussex cheer for teams at Invictus Games opening ceremony
February 8, 2025The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have watched the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games in Canada. The seventh edition of the games, established by Harry in 2014, began in Vancouver on Saturday, and Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Nelly Furtado performed at the opening event. Harry and Meghan cheered and clapped for the United Kingdom’s […]
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Family of freed hostage say he is frail and ‘the spark was gone from his eyes’
February 8, 2025The British family of released hostage Eli Sharabi have spoken of their relief that he has been freed, but say he looks “incredibly frail” and “the spark was gone from his eyes”. Mr Sharabi was taken captive from Kibbutz Beeri by the militants during the October 7 2023 Hamas attack. His Bristol-born wife Lianne and […]
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‘Travesty’ after iconic Banksy piece stripped from London building
February 8, 2025Builders have ripped a beloved Banksy artwork form the walls of a west London building. Local residents have been left heartbroken after the iconic image of a goat perched on top of a wall was taken down by workmen over the last week. The artwork had been sprayed onto the side of a gun factory […]
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Girl, 14, missing for two weeks may have travelled to London
February 8, 2025Brooke Davies Published February 8, 2025 2:39pm Updated February 8, 2025 2:41pm An urgent search has been launched for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for two weeks. Talailah Francis, 14, was last seen at Whittlesford Service Station in Cambridge on Saturday, 25 January. Police believe she may have travelled to London, following potential […]
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‘Concrete hellscape’ London attraction to get biggest overhaul in its 42 year history
February 8, 2025The Barbican Centre is often described as Marmite: you either love it or hate it. For some, the massive concrete estate is a ‘soulless’, maze-like ‘hellscape’. But, for others, it’s an ‘architectural treasure’ and ‘one of the wonders of the modern world’. Yet, despite disagreement, London’s divisive complex, which welcomes around 1.7 million tourists every […]
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Map shows full list of 9 new Lidl stores opening this month
February 8, 2025Josh Milton Published February 8, 2025 11:12am Updated February 8, 2025 11:12am Britons on a budget are in for a treat this month as nine Lidl supermarkets are opening. The German retail giant says the nine ‘state-of-the-art stores’ will create hundreds of new jobs. Among the new locations include Canning Town, a residential area of […]
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Voices: Gail’s has done far worse than tamper with a grade II-listed building – trust me
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