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Starmer: I’m not going anywhere and Rayner has a lot to offer
March 27, 2026Sir Keir Starmer has said he expects Angela Rayner to play a “leading role in this Labour Government” despite his former deputy’s criticism over the direction of the party. The Prime Minister insisted the ex-Cabinet minister had “a lot to offer” and expressed regret about her resignation last year after a row over her underpayment […]
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Starmer: Trump criticism is to pressure me on Iran but I won’t buckle
March 27, 2026Sir Keir Starmer has suggested Donald Trump’s criticism of him is an attempt to push him to change his stance on the Iran war but vowed not to “buckle” under the pressure. The Prime Minister said he had “core values and principles” that were “irreducible” and would not waver on his insistence that Britain will […]
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Nigel Farage brands London ‘riddled with crime, potholes and struggling schools’ ahead of May local elections
March 27, 2026Nigel Farage took on Kemi Badenoch in an election Battle for Croydon as he described London as “riddled with crime, potholes and struggling schools”. Speaking to the Standard, Mr Farage said voters in the capital were telling him “nothing seems to work” anymore. “What should be the beacon of Britain is riddled with crime, potholes […]
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Gangland machete killer gets more time for stamping on Uber driver’s head
March 26, 2026Sam Corbishley Published March 26, 2026 9:08pm Updated March 26, 2026 9:08pm A gang member serving a life sentence for murdering two young men after mistaking them for rivals has had his sentence increased for battering a taxi driver in a separate attack. Jason Furtado, 29, helped plan the ambush that saw Leonardo Reid, 15, […]
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Teen robber who threatened to behead Aled Jones with machete strikes again
March 26, 2026A teenager who threatened to cut TV presenter Aled Jones’s head off and left a Bridgerton star traumatised after trying to steal her phone has pleaded guilty to another attempted robbery with a machete. Zacariah Boulares, now 19, was armed with the huge blade when he tried to steal a Rolex watch from Neil Tallantire. […]
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Manhunt launched after woman ‘sexually assaulted in a lift at a Tube station’
March 26, 2026Noora Mykkanen Published March 26, 2026 1:35pm Updated March 26, 2026 3:49pm Detectives are investigating a sexual assault inside a London Tube station after a woman was targeted by a stranger inside a lift and later attacked on a rush hour train. British Transport Police said a woman was taking the lift at Elephant and […]
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Two men arrested over ‘arson attack’ on Jewish ambulances released on bail
March 26, 2026Brooke Davies Published March 26, 2026 7:41am Updated March 26, 2026 9:40am Two men who have been arrested in connection with the torched volunteer ambulances run by the Jewish community have been released on bail. The men, aged 45 and 47, were arrested yesterday morning on suspicion arson with intent to endanger life. It came […]
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‘I can’t remember the birth of my son because of a bike crash’
March 26, 2026To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A cyclist has said he can’t remember the birth of his son after being severely injured in a road crash. The doctor, who asked not to be named, was cycling along on St John’s Hill near Clapham […]
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‘My daughter was treated like a criminal as she lay dying on the road’
March 26, 2026‘She was treated like a criminal rather than with care and compassion.’ Those are the heart-wrenching words of the mum of Soriah Barry, a promising singer who died following a crash with a double-decker bus in Lea Bridge Road, Clapton, in February last year. She lay dying in the road for nearly two hours while […]
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Meghan and Harry hail ‘reckoning’ for social media firms after US court ruling
March 26, 2026The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed a “reckoning” for social media giants after a US court found Meta and Google liable for a woman’s childhood social media addiction. In a potentially precedent-setting ruling on Wednesday in Los Angeles, a jury ruled that Google, owner of YouTube, and Meta, which operates Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, […]
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