Day: August 2, 2025
Prison officer ‘had relationship with 17-year-old young offender inmate’
August 2, 2025Brooke Davies Published August 2, 2025 9:11pm Updated August 2, 2025 10:40pm A former prison officer has been accused of being in a relationship with one her teenage inmates and smuggling cannabis inside jail walls. Ruta Indrasiunaite, from Mitcham, south London, is said to have been in a relationship with 17-year-old Royston Perry at HMP […]
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Pro- and anti-migrant prroters face off at London hotel housing asylum seekers
August 2, 2025Anti-racism demonstrators turned out in large numbers on Saturday outside a London hotel where asylum seekers are being housed to counter-protest against those opposed to it being used as Home Office accommodation. Both groups of protesters gathered near the Thistle City Barbican hotel in Islington, north London. Police later said that a number of arrests […]
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London migrant protests LIVE: Police intervene as masked men clash with rivals outside Islington asylum hotel
August 2, 2025Islington residents protest to ‘stand up to the far right’ Claire Ogley was one of the many Islington residents who joined the Stand Up to Racism protest outside the Thistle City Barbican hotel. The 31-year-old told the Standard earlier: “I live in Islington. I wanted to show support as a local resident. “It’s really important […]
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Pro-Palestine protesters block three key routes in central London
August 2, 2025The group, which describes itself as leaderless but guided by a “strategy team”, previously said politicians had committed a “betrayal of our generation,” and warned of an “unimaginable outbreak of collective power, creativity, love and defiance.”
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King enjoys dram of whisky at Highland Games
August 2, 2025The King enjoyed a dram of whisky and met competitors when he attended the Mey Highland Games in Caithness. Charles wore a traditional kilt and was pictured waving as he arrived at the games on Saturday. He was seen smiling as he sat down in a marquee, and his cousin, Lady Sarah Chatto, was sat […]
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Anti-racism protesters defend London hotel housing asylum seekers – video
August 2, 2025Anti-racism demonstrators turned out in large numbers on Saturday at a London hotel where asylum seekers are being housed. There they staged a counter-protest against those opposed to the hotel being used as Home Office accommodation Explore more on these topics Immigration and asylum Protest London Refugees
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Pensioner on mobility scooter critically injured in crash
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I bought a £420,000 flat with a friend — and then we fell out
August 2, 2025When Victoria Mortimer started looking to buy a flat in London 10 years ago, she quickly realised that there was no way her budget was stretching far enough. And as a single woman with no access to the Bank of Mum and Dad, her options were limited. So, it only made sense that she teamed […]
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Demonstrators detained by police during rival protests outside asylum hotel
August 2, 2025Several demonstrators have been detained by police after rival groups gathered at a protest against the use of a hotel to accommodate asylum seekers. People believed to be migrants earlier watched the protests from the hotel’s windows, with some waving and blowing kisses as demonstrators chanted and banged drums in the street below. A man […]
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‘Ring of steel’ erected after far-right protestors clash outside migrant hotel
August 2, 2025To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Far-right protesters and pro-immigration activists call each other paedophiles as they clash outside a migrant hotel in London. Hundreds have gathered to protest outside the Thistle City Hotel in Islington, north London, which is being used to […]
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