Day: September 12, 2025
Man jailed for life over London shooting that left girl, nine, with bullet in brain
September 12, 2025A 33-year-old man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 34 years for his role in a gangland shooting outside a restaurant in east London, which left a nine-year-old girl with a bullet lodged in her brain. The girl was hit in the head by one of six bullets fired by a […]
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Man who set up gangland shooting that left girl, 9, with bullet in brain jailed
September 12, 2025To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A man who helped set up a botched hit for a Turkish gang that left a nine-year-old girl with a bullet lodged in her brain has been jailed for life. Javon Riley, 33, played ‘a key role’ carrying […]
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Who was Charlie Kirk and what do we know about his killing?
September 12, 2025Despite the efforts of emergency services, Kirk was pronounced dead a short while later in hospital. Here is what we know so far: Mr Kirk was in Orem for the first of 15 scheduled events at universities across the United States as part of his “American Comeback Tour”. Prior to the shooting, the father-of-two was […]
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PM ‘wouldn’t have picked Mandelson as US envoy if aware of Epstein emails’, minister insists after sacking
September 12, 2025The Prime Minster would not have appointed Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador if he had known the depth of his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a Cabinet minister insisted today. It comes after allies of the Labour grandee said he admitted in his vetting interview for the diplomat job that he continued his […]
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PM would not have appointed Mandelson if he had known ‘extent of Epstein link’
September 12, 2025Sir Keir Starmer would not have appointed Lord Peter Mandelson if he had known the depth of his relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a Cabinet minister has said. Lord Mandelson was sacked as Britain’s ambassador to the US on Thursday after emails emerged in which the peer offered support to Epstein even as he […]
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Which London Underground and Overground stations and lines are closed this weekend?
September 12, 2025After a week of travel misery across the capital, Londoners are bracing for further transport delays across the weekend due to scheduled line closures. Although strike action across TfL services ends this morning and underground congestion is expected to ease by midday, those relying on public transport across the weekend should also be prepared for […]
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Oxford Union condemns incoming president’s comments about Charlie Kirk shooting
September 12, 2025The Oxford Union is a leading society at Oxford University (Andrew Matthews/PA) PA Archive Debating society, the Oxford Union, has “unequivocally” condemned comments made by its incoming president after he reportedly sent messages celebrating the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. Father-of-two Mr Kirk, 31, a Donald Trump ally and co-founder and chief executive of the […]
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Commuters face final morning of Tube disruption before trains resume
September 12, 2025To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Londoners have endured almost a full week of Tube strikes with rammed Elizabeth line, buses, and Lime bike battles – with a couple more hours of disruption ahead. This week has tested commuters’ patience while most of […]
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I tried being a ‘strikelist’ in London during the Tube strikes – this is how it went
September 12, 2025Red light bandits, closed cycle lanes and empty promises – this is what riding as a ‘strikelist’ was like. London rental bike riders have been getting a lot of hate this week after the ‘strikelist’ trend emerged as an annoying by-product of the ongoing Tube strikes. But what is so wrong about being one – […]
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Family plea for council to move them after father was murdered by neighbour
September 12, 2025The wife of a ‘kind and devoted’ father murdered by his neighbour in a row about a communal door said the family are yet to be rehoused and are still forced to use the flat where the deadly knife attack unfolded. Father-of-two Raish Ahmed, 50, was repeatedly stabbed by Daniel Whybrow, 46, in an argument […]
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