Day: November 20, 2025
Investment in AI to create thousands of new jobs – Government
November 20, 2025Liz Kendall said international investment was a vote of confidence in the UK (Ben Whitley/PA) PA Wire The Government has announced plans to create thousands of new jobs through artificial intelligence-linked investment. Areas including Wales, Bristol and London will benefit, with ministers promising new opportunities for AI firms to grow. The initiative includes a new […]
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Ten bombshell findings from damning Covid inquiry report – including that lockdown could have been avoided
November 20, 2025A scathing new report has found that the Government’s initial response to the Covid pandemic was “too little, too late”, contributing to thousands of deaths. Between March 2020 and May 2023, just under 227,000 people in the UK died with Covid listed as one of the causes on their death certificate. Evidence was taken from […]
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Police failed to act on historic sex abuse claims against ‘Monster in Met’ rapist David Carrick
November 20, 2025He was given 36 life sentences in 2023 after admitting to a catalogue of crimes against 12 women, including at least 71 sexual offences and 48 rapes. Following his convictions, two further victims came forward, leading to nine additional criminal charges. The fresh charges related to the abuse of a girl over 18 months in […]
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Spycops inquiry: Doreen Lawrence says she does not believe ex-home secretary
November 20, 2025The mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told a public inquiry that she does not believe claims by the former home secretary Michael Howard that he did not know undercover police officers had spied on her family. Doreen Lawrence told the spycops inquiry on Thursday that Lord Howard, a former leader of the […]
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10 unmissable Time Out London deals: 3 courses and wine for just £25 at 100 Wardour Street
November 20, 2025Looking for 10 things to do in London? Luckily, there’s lots to do in this city for cheap in 2025! At least… there is now. Metro has teamed up with Time Out to bring you the best deals across the capital. Every Friday, 10 new deals will drop, available in the Metro newspaper, on Metro, and on our […]
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Police officer told pensioner ‘I pay your wages’ after pushing him over small wall
November 20, 2025A Met police officer who used unreasonable force against a pensioner in a row outside a post office has been banned from policing. PC Dan Loft, who patrolled south London, was found guilty of gross misconduct after pushing the pensioner over a wall at a Royal Mail depot. In the aftermath, the shocked victim told […]
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Plans for London’s ‘worst’ borough to get 1,300-home new neighbourhood
November 20, 2025Plans to transform a golf course in East London into a new residential development have taken a step forward, following the submission of an environmental impact assessment. Crowlands Heath Golf Course in Dagenham will be demolished to facilitate the construction of roughly 1,300 new homes, accompanied by new infrastructure and sports amenities. The plans cover […]
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DLR set to be extended in London – where are the new stations?
November 20, 2025Londoners could soon get a new transport link as a huge extension to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) network is set to get a go-ahead in the autumn budget. The much-awaited £1.7 billion addition to the DLR in south east London is expected to go ahead, connecting Thamesmead and Beckton Riverside along the River Thames. […]
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The UK’s ‘worst commuter town’ to undergo £136,000,000 upgrade
November 20, 2025A landmark £136 million mixed-use regeneration project is set to transform the centre of a London commuter town. Construction company Willmott Dixon has been awarded a contract to deliver ‘The Stage’ in the heart of Luton. The scheme is made up of 292 high-quality apartments (including 84 affordable rental homes), commercial units, a multi-purpose venue […]
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Ex-Met officer David Carrick to be sentenced over fresh convictions
November 20, 2025Predatory ex-police officer David Carrick will be sentenced later for molesting a 12-year-old girl and raping a former partner. Carrick, 50, who served as an armed officer in the Metropolitan Police, sexually assaulted the child in the late 1980s. More than 20 years later, he repeatedly raped a woman and subjected her to “degrading and […]
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