Day: June 5, 2026
British PM criticizes Vance over comments about UK teen’s stabbing death
June 5, 2026British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ‘s office on Friday condemned comments by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who blamed immigration for the death of a university student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from a stab wound. Henry Nowak, 18, died after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa in the English city of Southampton in […]
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Former Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow reveals Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis
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London hate crimes rise as antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents increase
June 5, 2026Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Related: Antisemitism is becoming a pandemic warns Jewish Leadership Council chief Metropolitan Police recorded a 72 per cent month-on-month increase in antisemitic hate crimes in London during May, reaching 255 incidents, with the borough of Barnet accounting for 30 per […]
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Shopkeepers battled to save life of boy, 15, stabbed to death in front of young families
June 5, 2026To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Tributes have been paid to a ‘fun loving and caring’ schoolboy who was fatally stabbed in north west London street in front of young families. Jamal Ringrose, 15, died on Thursday after being attacked on Dudden Hill […]
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Two teenagers found guilty of murdering boy, 16, on beach
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The ‘underrated’ South West London area where houses are 20% cheaper
June 5, 2026When it comes to South London, certain areas are well-known for being ‘cool’. There’s Brixton, Camberwell, Peckham. But if there’s one location that’s usually overlooked when compared with its SW neighbours, it’s Streatham. Yes, critics will say the high street (which locals know is actually the High Road) is too loud, and that there’s no […]
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Monthly rises in both Met-recorded antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crime
June 5, 2026Some protesters held a demonstration outside Parliament where they called for the “removal of Islam” while Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, re-posted a video of himself saying that, were he to become prime minister, he would “stop Islam”, adding: “It’s time for many Muslims to leave this country.”
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Revealed: Staggering number of sex toys misplaced on London’s transport network that ended up in lost property in 2025
June 5, 2026A total of 26 sex toys were handed in to TfL from London’s Tube, bus, and train network after being lost last year. Of these, only six toys ever made their way back to their owners. Transport for London’s lost property discovered five of the adult sex toys on their own while the majority (21) […]
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Trump takes fresh tilt at ‘windmills’ while announcing cash boost for US coal
June 5, 2026Countries that subsidise wind power like the UK are “stupid”, Donald Trump has said, as he announced nearly 700 million dollars (£521 million) of support for the US coal industry. The president argued many successful nations, such as China, use the fossil fuel, while “the real great failures” had adopted the renewable energy source. Mr […]
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Starmer rejects US ‘two-tier policing’ criticism over Henry Nowak murder
June 5, 2026Sir Keir Starmer’s Government has rejected an intervention from the Trump administration over Henry Nowak’s murder in which it said so-called two-tier policing is taking place in the UK. Downing Street dismissed the suggestion, echoing Justice Secretary David Lammy, who had earlier said it did not chime with his experience. The Liberal Democrats have called […]
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