Day: June 16, 2025
Oxford Street will be pedestrianised as soon as possible, says London mayor
June 16, 2025Sadiq Khan has said he will pedestrianise Oxford Street “as quickly as possible”, after two in three respondents to a public consultation backed plans to ban traffic from London’s central shopping area. The mayor’s office said there was “overwhelming public and business support” for the proposals to regenerate the street, whose lustre is slowly returning […]
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Works begin in Ireland to exhume remains of hundreds of babies found at unwed mothers’ home
June 16, 2025Officials in Ireland began work Monday to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and their babies to identify the remains of around 800 infants and young children who died there. The long-awaited excavation at the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway in western Ireland, is […]
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Starmer and Trump to hold ‘one-on-one’ talks at G7 in push to wrap up trade deal
June 16, 2025Sir Keir Starmer has said he will meet Donald Trump for “one-on-one” talks at a major global summit in a push to get the US-UK trade deal over the finish line. The Prime Minister said he expected the economic pact to be completed “very soon” ahead of a meeting with the US President at the […]
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Man who killed schoolboy, 14, with samurai sword ‘re-enacted attack in hospital’
June 16, 2025A man accused of hacking a schoolboy to death with a Samurai sword re-enacted the attack in hospital afterwards, a jury was told. Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, is on trial for murder and attempted murder after going on a terrifying rampage that left Daniel Anjorin, 14, dead and five people injured. He claims he has […]
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Council apologises amid school Union Flag row
June 16, 2025A council has apologised for any “upset” caused over a letter sent to parents by a headteacher which implied the Union Flag could be seen as “potentially offensive or sectarian”. Fiona MacDonald, of Cross Arthurlie Primary School in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, raised concerns following a P7 leavers’ event last week which was attended by parents […]
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Flawed data used repeatedly to dismiss ‘Asian grooming gangs’ claims, report finds
June 16, 2025Flawed data has been used repeatedly to dismiss claims about “Asian grooming gangs”, Baroness Louise Casey has said in a new report, as she called for a new national inquiry. The government has accepted her recommendations to introduce compulsory collection of ethnicity and nationality data for all suspects in grooming cases, and for a review […]
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Nursery worker Roksana Lecka found guilty of punching and kicking children while addicted to cannabis
June 16, 2025Craig Munro Published June 16, 2025 1:33pm Updated June 16, 2025 3:44pm Former nursery worker Roksana Lecka has been convicted of abusing children as young as ten months who were left in her care. The 22-year-old was captured on CCTV pinching children, dropping babies and vaping less than a metre away from another young baby. […]
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Israel-Iran latest: Minister warns Tehran ‘will pay price’ after eight killed in strikes on Tel Aviv and Haifa
June 16, 2025At least eight people have been killed after Iranian missiles struck Tel Aviv and the Israeli port city of Haifa, prompting Israel‘s defence minister to warn that Tehran residents would “pay the price and soon”. Explosions rocked the Israeli cities as Iran and Israel exchanged missile fire for the fourth day in a row, with […]
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Rachel Zegler’s West End debut sparks controversy over shock move
June 16, 2025To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Rachel Zegler has made her long-awaited West End debut, but one particular moment has starkly divided fans. The Snow White star, 24, is currently starring as Eva Perón in Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Evita at the […]
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Vigil held in memory of teenager found dead after going missing weeks before
June 16, 2025A vigil has been held in memory of a teenager who was missing for four weeks before his body was found. Cole Cooper, 19, was last seen by his family on May 2 or 3, and was reported missing by them on May 9. He was seen on CCTV Sunday May 4 in Longcroft, Falkirk, […]
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