Day: July 9, 2025
Notting Hill carnival to go ahead this year after £1m funding boost
July 9, 2025Notting Hill carnival will go ahead this year after almost £1m of funding was raised to provide extra safety and infrastructure measures. City Hall, Kensington and Chelsea council and Westminster city council together provided £958,000 for the event following pleas from organisers for support, after a review recommended several changes to make the event safe. […]
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Hope Rowe jailed for life for stabbing woman to death at child’s party in east London
July 9, 2025A killer who stabbed a ‘devoted’ mother to death with a knife used to cut the cake at a child’s birthday party has been jailed for at least 22 years. Hope Rowe, 33, hid the blade in her handbag before murdering Charlotte Lawlor, 31, in Stepney Green, east London, on September 15 last year. Rowe, a mum-of-two, stabbed […]
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HS2 already billions over budget with work ‘just over halfway done’, says rail boss
July 9, 2025HS2 construction contracts priced at £19.5bn have already cost £26bn despite being “just over halfway done”, the boss of the high-speed rail project has told MPs. Civil engineering to build tunnels and cuttings for the 100-mile line should be almost finished but is closer to 60% complete, while only a third of the wider project […]
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Banker sues Merrill Lynch after being sacked over cheating on pregnant wife
July 9, 2025A senior banker who cheated on his pregnant wife with a junior colleague is suing for sex discrimination after he was sacked over the affair. Stanislav Stepchuk, who was a director at American investment bank Merrill Lynch, sent an unsolicited X-rated photo to the younger woman just four days after they began messaging each other. The […]
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Video shows incredible moment whole house is swept down river in New Mexico
July 9, 2025A house was ripped from its foundations and carried downstream as flash flooding left dozens of people trapped in their homes and cars in New Mexico. Heavy monsoon rains triggered flash flooding in and around the mountain resort village of Ruidoso on Tuesday, sweeping away an entire house. Dramatic video footage showed the house careening […]
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Bayeux Tapestry to go on show at the British Museum as it returns to England for first time in 900 years
July 9, 2025The Bayeux tapestry is coming to the British museum AFP via Getty Images The Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the 1066 Norman invasion and Battle Of Hastings, is to return to England for the first time in more than 900 years. French president Emmanuel Macron confirmed the return of the “national treasure” in his address to […]
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Tube fare dodging: live facial recognition cameras could be used to catch most prolific evaders
July 9, 2025Live facial recognition camera technology could be introduced on the Tube to help catch fare dodgers. Transport chiefs are also considering whether to install new barriers that will make it harder for evaders to “tail-gate” fare-paying passengers. Siwan Hayward, director of security, policing and enforcement at TfL, said the controversial technology was not currently in […]
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Wes Streeting warns doctors the public ‘will not forgive’ them for striking – and there’s no cash for pay rises
July 9, 2025Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, which is part of the NHS Confederation, said: “Further strikes are the last thing health leaders wanted and could result in tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of operations and procedures being delayed or cancelled, leaving patients in pain or discomfort.”
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Cyclist dies five days after being severely injured in collision on ‘dangerous’ Wanstead Flats
July 9, 2025The family of a cyclist who suffered fatal injuries in collision with a car have called for speed cameras to be installed in an area notorious for the lack of road safety. Barry Shonibare, 71, died in hospital on June 21, five days after being severely injured in the crash on Wanstead Flats in east […]
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First picture of boy, 12, killed after fire ripped through block of flats
July 9, 2025This is the first picture of a schoolboy who died after a fire ripped through a block of flats in south east London. Fabian Henry, 12, died after a fire broke out at his home in Orchard Gardens Lewisham, at around midnight today, his family have said. Images from the scene show the fire spreading […]
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