Day: March 28, 2026
‘The tide is turning’, Green party leader tells crowd at march against far right – as it happened
March 28, 2026Organisers say half a million are taking part – though police disagree Getting an accurate picture of the number of people attending a march is always difficult, but today’s organisers say they believe half a million people have gathered in London. Rally co-organiser Kevin Courtney, chairman of the Together Alliance coalition, told crowds gathered on […]
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Hundreds of thousands join London march against the far right
March 28, 2026To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Huge ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump and the far-right have swept across the US. People opposing Trump’s policies, like the Iran war, ICE and rising prices, gathered in major cities yesterday, with banners and effigies against […]
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Hunt for knifeman after man, 26, stabbed to death five minutes from Houses of Parliament
March 28, 2026Sam Corbishley Published March 28, 2026 2:28pm Updated March 28, 2026 2:28pm Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a man was stabbed to death in central London last night. The victim, aged 26, was found with knife wounds in Abbey Orchard Street, Westminster, shortly after 10pm on Friday. Police officers gave first aid before […]
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Sexual predator sticks tongue out at victim after Tube assault
March 28, 2026To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A man who sexually assaulted and stalked women on trains and at stations has been jailed. Craig Anthony Anderson, 38, of no fixed address, attacked young women while they were travelling on the Tube and rail network […]
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I live in a London office for £1,600pcm — there’s a whiteboard and a hand dryer in the loo
March 28, 2026Welcome back to What I Rent – Metro’s tenant diary series exploring what renting is like in the UK and further afield. Unlike most tenants who have a landlord that owns their home, Luke Williams is renting a little differently. The 40-something tech worker is a property guardian, meaning he lives in vacant building – such as an empty school or pub […]
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Gang members jailed for smuggling Albanians into the UK
March 28, 2026To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Three organised crime gang members have been jailed for smuggling Albanians into the UK in lorries and charging them £11,000. Met detectives tracked the criminals by trawling through CCTV at the service stations on the M25 where […]
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London council slams ministers over lack of cash to clear 80,000-tonne ‘Rainham Volcano’ dump
March 28, 2026The leader of a cash-strapped London council has criticised the Government after receiving no funding to clean up Britain’s “largest” former illegal waste dump. Tips in Wigan, Sheffield and Lancashire, containing a combined 48,000 tonnes of waste, have been earmarked for clearance by the Environment Agency, while a 20,000-tonne site in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, is already […]
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Inside London’s smash and grab crimewave
March 28, 2026It was a quiet Tuesday morning in Haringey, north London, when a man wearing all black rode his moped into a jewellery shop. The operation had clearly been carefully planned. CCTV from Bilezzik on Green Lanes, which specialises in gold-plated jewellery, shows another moped driver come in after him and begin smashing the glass countertops […]
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John Swinney to tell Edinburgh rally of ‘prize’ of Scottish independence
March 28, 2026The “prize” of Scottish independence is up for grabs when Scots go to the polls in May, John Swinney has insisted. He will insist that leaving the “broken” Westminster system could see energy bills reduced for Scots while the NHS would be “protected” from possible privatisation. He made the claims ahead of a major pro-independence march […]
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Sarwar pledges to slash NHS waiting times and end 8am GP appointment ‘scramble’
March 28, 2026Anas Sarwar has pledged to slash waiting times and end the 8am “scramble” for a GP appointment as part of his party’s plans to “fix the mess” in the health service. As the Holyrood election campaign enters its first weekend, the Scottish Labour leader said “people feel Scotland is stuck” after two decades of the […]
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