Day: July 16, 2025
New police unit to challenge ‘predators’ targeting women in London bars
July 16, 2025Brooke Davies Published July 16, 2025 10:30pm Updated July 16, 2025 11:03pm Specially-trained police officers will start patrolling London’s nightlife to protect women just trying to live their lives. In an attempt to crack down on predatory behaviour at night, officers are being deployed at party hotspots in the hope to reduce the number of […]
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Keir Starmer suspends four Labour MPs over ‘persistent breaches of party discipline’
July 16, 2025Sir Keir Starmer has suspended at least four more of his MPs over “persistent breaches of party discipline”. Alloa and Grangemouth MP Brian Leishman, North East Hertfordshire MP Chris Hinchliff, York MP Rachael Maskell and Poole MP Neil Duncan-Jordan have been stripped of the Labour party whip after helping to organise the welfare reforms rebellion. […]
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Tomorrowland main stage destroyed by fire days before festival due to start
July 16, 2025Smoke caused by a fire billows above the site of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival in Boom, northern Belgium Belga/AFP via Getty Images A fire has ripped through the main stage of Tomorrowland in Belgium, just two days before the festival was due to open. Footage showed flames engulfing the festival’s huge main stage, sending […]
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Illegal work crackdown: London businesses fined £1m a month as latest raids reveal workers in UK for 16 years
July 16, 2025London businesses are being fined almost £1million a month for hiring illegal workers as Home Office raids are stepped up, figures have revealed. Almost 40 firms in the capital were handed combined penalties totalling £2,780,000 in the last three months of 2024, Home Office data shows. The latest raids by immigration officers on a central […]
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Tory ex-ministers defend record after PM demands ‘answers’ over Afghan data leak
July 16, 2025British soldiers in Kabul in 2021 MoD Crown Copyright via Getty Images Tory ex-ministers have sought to defend their record after the Prime Minister said members of the previous government had “serious questions to answer” about the Afghan data leak that resulted in an unprecedented superinjunction. Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick said he first learned […]
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Plans for controversial Peckham redevelopment scheme rejected by council after backlash from residents
July 16, 2025Plans for a controversial regeneration scheme in south London which is offering just 12% affordable housing have been rejected by the local council. Southwark Council’s Planning Committee voted unanimously to reject the plans from Berkeley Homes which involves redeveloping the Aylesham Centre in Peckham for several reasons including the lack of affordable housing and the […]
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Faced with geopolitics and trade war, US companies in China report record-low new investment plans
July 16, 2025American companies in China are reporting record-low new investment plans for this year and declining confidence in profits, while uncertainty in U.S.-China relations and President Donald Trump’s tariffs have become their top concerns, according to a business survey released Wednesday. The companies are also challenged by China’s slowing economy, where weak domestic demand and overcapacity […]
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I feel like I can’t be beat right now – Dubois feeling good ahead of Usyk fight
July 16, 2025Daniel Dubois feels “unstoppable” ahead of Saturday’s world heavyweight unification bout with Oleksandr Usyk, but kept his cards close to his chest during a low-key open workout on Wednesday. Dubois (22-2, 21KOs) and WBA, WBO and WBC champion Usyk (23-0, 14KOs) are days out from a blockbuster contest under the arch in London where all […]
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‘Betrayed’ Afghan interpreter says family ‘waiting for death’ under Taliban after UK data breach
July 16, 2025An Afghan interpreter who worked with the British military has told Sky News he feels “betrayed by the British government” after a massive data breach saw his personal details revealed. Ali, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, had long suspected his details had been shared with the Taliban – but found out […]
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‘Reckless’ driver who caused deaths of mother and daughter on Boxing Day jailed
July 16, 2025A driver who caused the deaths of a mother and daughter on Boxing Day while racing another car through traffic lights at more than 80mph has been jailed. Amanda Riley, 49, and 72-year-old Linda Philips died in 2023 after a collision involving Mohammed Ibrahim’s BMW 420 in Shard End, Birmingham. Ibrahim, 25, fled the scene […]
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