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Horse and cart driver arrested for ‘wanton and furious driving’ after e-biker killed
February 5, 2026Luke Alsford Published February 5, 2026 6:08pm Updated February 5, 2026 6:08pm A man has been arrested after a cyclist died in a collision with a horse and cart. An e-bike collided with a horse and cart on Folly Lane in Chingford, north east London, just after 6pm yesterday. Police officers rushed to the crash […]
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Restoring Palace of Westminster could cost £40bn and take 61 years
February 5, 2026Plans to restore the crumbling Palace of Westminster could cost £40bn and take up to 61 years, a report by the body set up to investigate how the project should be handled has found. Critics labelled the cost as “eye-watering” and said the project lacked accountability. MPs and peers will have to choose between two […]
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15-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after teacher attacked
February 5, 2026A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a teacher was attacked, police have said. The assault happened at a school in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed-Powys Police said. Officers said they responded to a report on Thursday afternoon that a teacher had been assaulted by a pupil. They said the teacher […]
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Mandelson saga will bring PM down unless he takes ‘necessary action’, Harman warns
February 5, 2026Sir Keir Starmer risks being toppled by the fiasco around Lord Mandelson “unless he takes action”, Baroness Harman has warned. The former deputy Labour leader said the prime minister “seems to have drifted so far away from [his] values in appointing Peter Mandelson” to be US ambassador, and that he must return to them to […]
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Girl, 2, ‘attacked by two rottweiler-type dogs’ in a London park
February 5, 2026Luke Alsford Published February 5, 2026 3:42pm Updated February 5, 2026 3:42pm Two dogs have been seized by police after a two-year-old girl was allegedly attacked in a busy park. The toddler was taken to hospital after the incident in Raphael Park in Romford just after midday on Monday. Three days later the Met Police […]
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A London Italian restaurant with ‘luxurious pasta’ dishes guaranteed to fill you up has just opened
February 5, 2026Welcome back to The Slice – our exclusive guide to what’s on in London, where we bring you trusted reviews, sneak previews, and amazing deals and discounts. We can finally wave goodbye to January. Whether you embraced Dry January or indulged as much as you wanted, we’ve got a line up of things to get […]
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Starmer under pressure from own MPs over Mandelson scandal
February 5, 2026Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership is under growing pressure from Labour MPs, angry at his decision to approve the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson to the role of British ambassador to Washington despite knowing about his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Sir Keir admitted at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday that he knew about Lord Mandelson’s ongoing […]
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The Green surge shows British politics has reached a turning point – and it has surprisingly little to do with Zack Polanski | Aditya Chakrabortty
February 5, 2026“How many?” On the end of the phone is a nice press officer for the Greens, head full from a long day in Gorton, Manchester, showing off their would-be MP. And now, as Friday’s sky turns indigo, I’m calling about reports from Lewisham, south London, that tomorrow they’re expecting a flood of 500 Green activists. […]
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BBC radio breakfast shows enjoy increase in listeners
February 5, 2026The Radio 3 programme, hosted by Tom McKinney, had an average weekly audience of 840,000 in October-December 2025, up sharply by 22% from 687,000 in July-September and a rise of 2% from 827,000 in October-December 2024.
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King announces Scottish bank holiday to mark nation’s World Cup debut game
February 4, 2026“Now, therefore, we, in pursuance of section 1(3) of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, do hereby appoint Monday, the fifteenth day of June in the year 2026 to be a bank holiday in Scotland.”
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