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Lindsay Hoyle demands fraudster who fled to Tenerife faces justice
March 23, 2026It is “outrageous” that a convicted fraudster tracked down by Sky News in Tenerife is still on the run, the Speaker of the House of Commons has said. Pamela Gwinnett isolated 89-year-old Joan Green from her family during the COVID-19 pandemic, convinced Joan to give her lasting power of attorney, then raided her life savings. […]
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Who are Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia? The Iranian sleeper cell haunting Europe
March 23, 2026A new terror group has emerged since the outbreak of the Iran war, seemingly hell-bent on wreaking havoc across Europe. The images of four burning Hetzola ambulances have been seared into the British public’s consciousness since three hooded figures set fire to Jewish volunteer ambulance service vehicles on Monday morning. Just hours later Harakat Ashab […]
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Secret Cinema announces plans to make permanent home in London
March 23, 2026Danni Scott Published March 23, 2026 5:13pm Updated March 23, 2026 5:13pm After nearly 20 years of immersive events, Secret Cinema is finally planning to open a permanent flagship venue in London. Secret Cinema has created over 60 unique cinematic experiences, recreating films like Dirty Dancing, Back to the Future, and Casino Royale. The company […]
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Nazi-obsessed teen described herself as ’embodiment of hell’ before launching axe attack
March 23, 2026A Nazi-obsessed teenager who launched a far-right axe attack on a random stranger has pleaded guilty to attempted murder. Alina Burns, then aged 18, attacked Mohammed Mahmoodi, an Iranian Kurd, outside a barber’s shop in Bedminster, Bristol, on 2 August last year as he was chatting with a friend. CCTV from inside the shop showed […]
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‘The Jewish ambulance service saved my baby’s life – this attack is abhorrent’
March 23, 2026A volunteer ambulance service which was targeted in an antisemitic attack saved a one-week-old baby’s life last year, Metro can reveal. The Hatzola crew arrived within just five minutes when Yossi and Esti Glass’ newborn daughter, Aliza, started choking last December. She was rushed to a north London hospital in the very ambulance her Rabbi […]
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Man charged with theft after £150,000 violin ‘taken from north London pub’
March 23, 2026A man has been charged with theft after a rare £150,000 violin was allegedly stolen from a north London pub. Ahmed Sami Madour, 46, is accused of taking the antique instrument from violinist David Ibanez’s side as he dined with a friend at the Marquess Tavern in Canonbury Street. The violin, crafted in Florence in […]
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Unexpected London road named among world’s best streets to walk in your lifetime
March 23, 2026London often conjures up visions of Oxford Street, Whitehall, Tower Bridge Road, and the like. If you’re a local, you might raise your eyebrows at such touristy hotspots, and instead favour a waltz down Crouch End Broadway, Islington’s Camden Passage, or Camberwell Church Street. Now, one particularly tourist-ridden destination in the capital has topped a […]
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British Airways passengers complain of ‘foul smell’ from dead body on 14-hour flight to Heathrow
March 23, 2026Passengers travelling on a 14-hour British Airways flight to London complained of a “foul smell” after a woman passed away on board. A woman in her 60s died shortly after take off on a flight from Hong Kong to London Heathrow on 15 March. Following the decision to store the body in a heated galley […]
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Counter-terror police investigating arson attack on Jewish charity’s ambulances in London
March 23, 2026Counter-terrorism officers are leading an investigation into an arson attack on four ambulances in north London belonging to a Jewish community service, police have said. Officers were called to Highfield Road in Golders Green at about 1.45am on Monday after receiving reports of ambulances on fire near the Machzike Hadath synagogue and were looking for […]
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As Jewish ambulances are set ablaze, we must quell the flames of hate from Golders Green to the West Bank | David Davidi-Brown
March 23, 2026A few weeks ago in Tel Aviv, on my first days there – before what has now become an extended stay due to the war – I stopped at a small place to grab lunch. I began my order in hesitant Hebrew, thinking I was doing well, but after a moment that exposed my linguistic […]
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