Day: November 14, 2025
Man who stole Banksy print worth £270,000 to pay for drug debt jailed
November 14, 2025A man who stole a Banksy painting from a London art gallery to pay off a historic drug debt has been handed a 13-month prison sentence. Larry Fraser stole a limited edition print of the artist’s Girl With Balloon series, worth £270,000. Kingston Crown Court heard how the 49-year-old repeatedly smashed the glass door of […]
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Flooding caused by Storm Claudia to continue ahead of cold snap
November 14, 2025Downpours which battered parts of England and Wales on Friday will be replaced with below-freezing temperatures as a yellow alert for cold weather was issued. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued the cold weather warning for parts of the Midlands and northern England from Monday, and the Environment Agency has warned flooding will continue […]
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UK Budget process in ‘complete chaos’, says Scotland’s Finance Secretary
November 14, 2025The UK Budget process has “descended into complete chaos”, Scotland’s Finance Secretary has said as she pushed for a meeting with the Chancellor. Shona Robison had made a plea earlier this week to meet Rachel Reeves ahead of the unveiling of her tax and spending plans later this month. Her comments come after fresh reports […]
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MP quits Jeremy Corbyn’s Your Party as infighting chaos continues
November 14, 2025On Thursday, the Independent Alliance of MPs, which includes Mr Corbyn, Mr Adam, Mr Khan, Mr Hussain and Mr Mohamed, said Your Party was still attempting to recover money donated by supporters when Ms Sultana promoted a new membership portal that was later disowned as an “unauthorised email”.
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Police appeal to find another prisoner wrongly released from prison while awaiting trial
November 14, 2025William Wenham, 47, was serving a two-year sentence and waiting to face trial for an offence of aggravated burglary when he was released in error from HMP Rochester on June 3 this year Sussex Police Police have launched an appeal to find a man who was released from prison by mistake earlier this year. William […]
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Man charged following investigation into suspected fake admiral at Remembrance event
November 14, 2025Jonathan Carley, from Harlech, has been charged with wearing uniform bearing the mark of His Majesty’s Forces without permission following a Remembrance Sunday event in North Wales on Sunday. He was arrested on Friday. Images circulated in the press and on social media showing a man wearing the uniform and medals of a high-ranking navy […]
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Man who stole Banksy print to pay off drug debt given 13-month sentence
November 14, 2025A man who stole a Banksy print from an art gallery to pay off a drug debt has been given a 13-month prison sentence. Larry Fraser, 49, stole the limited edition print from the street artist’s Girl With Balloon series after breaking into the Grove gallery in Fitzrovia, central London, last September. Sentencing him on […]
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London businessman jailed for life after filming his sex attacks on women
November 14, 2025A businessman has been jailed for life for drugging women then subjecting them to sexual attacks which he recorded for his pleasure, as well as committing hundreds of other sexual offences. The judge said Chao Xu’s offending was “calculated and planned” and he posed a high risk to women. The 33-year-old was arrested in June […]
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How one of London’s worst sex offenders hid in plain sight for three years
November 14, 2025To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video To the outside world, Chao Xu was a highly educated professional from a well-heeled family in China, enjoying London life. But in fact, he was one of the most prolific sex offenders ever apprehended by the Metropolitan […]
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London’s new luxury neighbourhoods where house prices have reached £1,000,000
November 14, 2025London’s housing market is divided, with prices in some boroughs soaring while others are in decline. Prestigious central areas, such as Kensington and Chelsea, are witnessing significant price reductions, but some outer neighbourhoods are defying the downturn by achieving average house prices above £1 million. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) […]
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