Day: February 28, 2025
Government calls ‘urgent meeting’ with BBC over controversial Gaza documentary
February 28, 2025The government has called an “urgent meeting” with the head of the BBC over a controversial documentary about Gaza. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said she will be meeting with the chair of the corporation today to get “assurances that no stone will be left unturned” in the inquiry into the programme. Gaza: How To […]
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Dozens arrested worldwide over AI-generated child sexual abuse images
February 28, 2025Dozens of people have been arrested over their suspected involvement in the distribution of AI-generated images and video of child sexual abuse. Most of the 25 suspects – who are believed to be part of a criminal group – were arrested in simultaneous operations this week, Europol said on Friday. The main suspect, a Danish […]
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Hospital evacuated after ‘chemical spill’ fears in A&E
February 28, 2025Sarah Hooper Published February 28, 2025 7:04am Updated February 28, 2025 7:42am An investigation has been launched after reports of an ‘unknown chemical’ sparked the evacuation of a London hospital. The unknown chemical was smelled in Newham General Hospital’s A&E department around 8pm yesterday. Specialist units, fire crews, police and ambulance services rushed to the […]
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London’s worst Tube crash saw 43 lose their lives – why it happened is still a mystery
February 28, 2025One of Britain’s worst transport disasters struck deep underground at the London Moorgate station – but 50 years on, the cause of the accident remains a mystery. A normal Friday morning commute on February 28, 1975, changed the lives of hundreds of people when a Tube train crashed into the station wall. The worst-ever Tube […]
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London football club’s ‘soul’ captured by photographer who once worked on turnstiles
February 28, 2025An acclaimed photographer has gone back to his roots at the East End football club where he worked on the turnstiles as a teenager. Jake Green is leading a creative takeover of the high street next to Leyton Orient’s ground to celebrate the people who keep one of London’s oldest professional clubs at the heart […]
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