Day: February 24, 2026
Joe Benjamin obituary
February 24, 2026My companion, Joe Benjamin, who has died aged 88, was a gifted musician and an activist. In the early 1960s, in his native Bermuda, he started out performing as Joe “Conch Shell” Benjamin at the 40 Thieves nightclub in Hamilton – a calypso singer and balladeer, he appeared with his steel band on the same […]
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Inside the ‘school wars’ spreading over London urging children to ‘be violent’
February 24, 2026Brooke Davies Published February 24, 2026 7:18pm Updated February 25, 2026 10:19am ‘School wars’ have spread all over London with teenagers encouraged to ‘be violent’ towards each other. Parents have been told to pick up their children directly from school, officers are patrolling outside schools and dispersal orders have been imposed after posts calling on […]
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Machete gang raiding jewellers fought off by man armed with a broom
February 24, 2026Barney Davis Published February 24, 2026 6:07pm Updated February 25, 2026 8:18am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video This is the moment a knife-wielding gang do battle with ordinary Londoners defending their streets. Footage shows a moped gang looting a jewellery shop at […]
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In defence of Camden — one of London’s most dangerous places to live
February 24, 2026‘My mother loved London…that was a different London than you have today. Today you have people being stabbed in the a** or worse.’ These were the words the US president used to describe our beloved capital city late last year. His claims were rebutted by the Metropolitan Police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, who speaking on […]
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Heathrow runway expansion ‘could create the world’s most expensive £1,300,000,000 car park’
February 24, 2026Noora Mykkanen Published February 24, 2026 5:03pm Updated February 25, 2026 9:36am Heathrow’s third runway is a hotly discussed topic for Londoners and commuters alike. The £49 billion airport expansion, which was backed by the Government last year, would create at least 30 new daily routes and serve up to 150 million passengers, while the […]
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Serial thief who stole langoustines and luxury flowers in Chelsea fined £350
February 24, 2026Sarah Hooper Published February 24, 2026 1:16pm Updated February 24, 2026 1:16pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A woman who nicked hundreds of pounds worth of shellfish from outside a high-end London restaurant has been fined just £350. Ekaterina Frolova, 46, was sentenced […]
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First picture of man stabbed to death in Wimbledon during a night out
February 24, 2026John Dunne Published February 24, 2026 12:06pm Updated February 24, 2026 12:09pm This is the first picture of a man who was fatally stabbed in the centre of Wimbledon in south west London at the weekend. Luke Brereton, 40, from Mitcham, was on a night out on the busy high street when he was attacked […]
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New Zealand would support removal of Andrew from line of succession
February 24, 2026The former prince was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office after being accused of sharing sensitive information with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein while serving as the UK’s trade envoy. A spokesperson for Christopher Luxon, the country’s prime minister, said: “If the UK Government proposes to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the order […]
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Meet Hugo, the first baby born in the UK after womb transplant from dead donor
February 24, 2026A baby boy has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother who received a womb from a dead donor. Hugo Powell was delivered weighing 6lb 13oz (3.1kg) in December at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The transplant marks the first birth in […]
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Deceased donor womb transplants give hope to couples wanting children
February 24, 2026The birth of a baby boy in the UK’s first womb transplant involving a dead donor offers hope to other couples wanting children. Hugo Richard Norman Powell was born weighing 6lb 13oz (3.1kg) in December at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The transplant marks the first birth in […]
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